China Promises ‘Robust Response’ To Any NATO Expansion In Asia
[Al Jazeera] Beijing has reacted angrily to a NATO communique portraying China as a major challenge to the group’s interests and security. In a strongly…
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Allies Refuse To Give Ukraine Timeframe On Joining NATO
[BBC] Nato states have said Ukraine can join the military alliance “when allies agree and conditions are met” after President Volodymyr Zelensky criticised the “absurd”…
Sweden Hails Historic Step As Turkey Backs Nato Bid
[BBC] This is a historic moment for Sweden, which has spent the past year fighting hard to get accepted into Nato. The Nordic country previously…
Pakistan Gets $2bn From Saudi Arabia Day Before Key IMF Meeting
[Al Jazeera] Pakistan has received $2bn in financial support from Saudi Arabia, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday, a day before the International Monetary…
Migrant Boat From Senegal Carrying 200 People Missing Off Canary Islands
[BBC] Spanish rescuers are searching waters off the Canary Islands for a boat carrying at least 200 African migrants who went missing more than a…
Unease Grows Over US Sending Cluster Bombs To Ukraine
[BBC] Several allies of the US have expressed unease at Washington’s decision to supply Ukraine with cluster bombs. On Friday, the US confirmed it was…
Six Dead In Private Jet Crash Outside Los Angeles
[Reuters] All six people aboard a small jet died when the aircraft crashed and burned in a field near an airport near Los Angeles on…
Nauru Prepares To Mine Deep Seas In Big Climate Controversy
[Al Jazeera] Nauru is a small Pacific island 4,000km (2,485 miles) off the coast of Australia. It is so small, it has no capital city…
Ukraine ‘Deserves’ NATO Membership, Turkey’s Erdogan Says
[Al Jazeera] Turkey supports Ukraine’s NATO membership aspirations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but he also urged for a…
Latvia Swears In Edgars Rinkevics As EU’s First Openly Gay President
[BBC] Latvia’s long-serving foreign minister Edgars Rinkevics has become the first openly gay head of state of a European Union nation. Mr Rinkevics, who had…