(Reuters) – A senior Russian diplomat, in an interview published on Thursday, urged the United States to pay attention to discussions under way on possibly altering Moscow’s nuclear doctrine to suit changed conditions in international relations. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, interviewed by the Izvestia media outlet, also said Moscow did not rule out downgrading […]
By Makiko Yamazaki and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese authorities were “seriously concerned and on high alert” about the yen’s rapid decline, said the country’s top currency diplomat Masato Kanda, escalating warnings as the currency languished at its weakest level in almost 40 years. “It is generally accepted that the current weakness in the yen […]
By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. should welcome more students from China, but to study the humanities rather than sciences, the second-ranked U.S. diplomat said on Monday, noting that U.S. universities are limiting Chinese students’ access to sensitive technology given security concerns. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said not […]
HELSINKI (AP) — The World War II mystery of what happened to a Finnish passenger plane after it was shot down over the Baltic Sea by Soviet bombers appears to finally be solved more than eight decades later. The plane was carrying American and French diplomatic couriers in June 1940 when it was downed just […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s Foreign Ministry said officials summoned the Iraqi chargé d’affaires Friday to protest against death sentences handed down to Swedes in Iraq. Swedish media reported in recent days that two Swedes have been sentenced to death in Iraq after being convicted of killing a member of criminal gang there. On Friday, […]
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s “provocative” actions around Taiwan, Japan and in the South China Sea run the risk of an accident that could unintentionally spark a broader conflict, Washington’s top diplomat in Taipei said on Friday. Sandra Oudkirk, the outgoing director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and de facto U.S. […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar warned Thursday that migrants who do not opt for a legal pathway into the U.S. will face great consequences, a message coming at a time when the Biden administration needs Mexico’s cooperation in easing the flow of migrants to their shared border. Salazar told reporters […]
By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States believes China’s primary focus currently is its economy and that it is determined to work to stabilize bilateral relations with the United States, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said on Wednesday. Campbell told Washington’s Stimson Center think tank China needed to […]
The Ukrainian ambassador to Germany has repeated his call for a defence system against Russian air attacks on western Ukraine to be set up on NATO territory. Oleksii Makeiev wrote in an article for the German news site Zeit Online that Russian missiles and drones should be intercepted by weapon systems located on the other […]
Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri said Monday his government was engaged in negotiations with arch-foe the United States hosted by the Gulf sultanate of Oman. Asked about the issue at a news conference during a visit to Beirut, Bagheri said “we have always continued out negotiations… and they have never stopped.” Washington and Tehran […]
BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s acting foreign minister arrived in Lebanon Monday, his first official diplomatic visit since his predecessor died in a helicopter crash last month. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that Ali Bagheri Kani would visit Lebanon and then Syria “to meet with the two countries’ officials as well as the officials of […]
(Bloomberg) — Poland has decided to curb movement of Russian diplomats living on its territories amid rising concern over alleged sabotage operations. Most Read from Bloomberg The decision stems from “the participation of the Russian state in the hybrid war against the European Union, including Poland,” Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told reporters in Brussels on […]