ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister was in Pakistan on Monday for talks on deescalating tensions after deadly airstrikes by Tehran and Islamabad earlier this month killed at least 11 people, marking a significant escalation in fraught relations between the neighbors. Hossein Amirabdollahian landed at an airport near Islamabad before dawn and held discussions described […]
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan that Washington should stand by a commitment not to support independence for Taiwan, during their high-level talks in the Thai capital, the Chinese foreign ministry said Saturday. Wang said Taiwan’s recent election did not change the fact that the island […]
(Bloomberg) — The Swiss government realizes that abandoning talks on a deal with the European Union almost three years ago was an error and is ready to convince a skeptical public about the benefits of closer relations, the bloc’s top diplomat in the country said. Most Read from Bloomberg “The proof is that after slamming […]
Russia’s top diplomat has accused the United States, South Korea and Japan on Wednesday of preparing for war with North Korea. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov told a UN news conference that this new military bloc brought together by the United States is building up military activity and conducting large-scale exercises. All of a sudden […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister says the kingdom will not normalize relations with Israel or contribute to Gaza’s reconstruction without a credible pathway to a Palestinian state. Prince Faisal bin Farhan’s remarks in an interview with CNN broadcast late Sunday were some of the most direct yet from Saudi officials. It puts them […]
Western countries are preparing for a possible hybrid attack on NATO’s eastern flank, said to Pavlo Klimkin, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, in an interview with Radio NV on Jan. 16. Read also: War between NATO & Russia is imminent, according to secret German Armed Forces document — Bild Klimkin noted that NATO countries are […]
You probably remember Keri Russell as a cherubic, curly-haired 20-something on the hit WB show Felicity, but these days, the actress, now 47, doesn’t look much different. With an Emmy nom for The Diplomat Russell, we’ll watch her shine on Monday night as she always does — but this time, instead of her famous ‘do […]
During a visit to Lebanon, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell called for de-escalation given the tense situation on the border with Israel and the raging Gaza war. “We agreed to work together through diplomacy towards deescalation and long-term stability, which are in the interest of everyone,” he said on X, referring […]
European countries must enhance their military support to Ukraine, especially with long-range missiles, the EU’s chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, wrote on X (Twitter) on Jan. 3. Borrell described his recent talks with Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski as “productive,” saying about they shared “growing concerns” about the escalating Russian air assaults on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. […]
The European Union’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell sharply criticized the “inflammatory and irresponsible statements” made by Israel’s government on the possible expulsion of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich slandered the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip with their statements and called for a plan for their emigration, Borrell […]
Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has called for more active support for Ukraine, given that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not set to stop his full-scale aggression in the near future. Source: Borrell in an interview with The Guardian; European Pravda Details: Borrell stressed that the […]
A former career American diplomat was charged with serving as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades in what prosecutors portrayed as one of the most brazen and long-running betrayals in the history of the United States foreign service. Manuel Rocha wept as he sat handcuffed in Miami federal court on charges that he engaged […]