ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Monday mediated talks between Somalia and Ethiopia to ease diplomatic tensions between the east African neighbors, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. Tensions between the two African countries have simmered since Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with the breakaway region of Somaliland in January, which Somalia denounced as infringing […]
A Beijing woman has apologised and been fined after she insisted that diplomatic immunity allowed her to park in the middle of a road and block traffic. In a video circulated online, the woman, who was later identified as Yu Qi, secretary general of the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organisation (APSCO), refused to move her vehicle. […]
By Dmitry Antonov and Nelson Acosta MOSCOW/HAVANA (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday that the United States should not be nervous about Russian warships in Cuba but that the West appeared deaf to any diplomatic signals from Moscow and only took notice when the army or navy took action. A Russian navy frigate and a […]
Russian forces have fired missiles and launched drones at the Kyiv region and five other areas of Ukraine in a night-time attack, officials said. The assault comes ahead of several days of intense diplomatic activity around the war, now in its third year. Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 29 out of 30 air […]
Novak Djokovic admitted his late-night finish at the French Open “could have been handled differently” while Coco Gauff branded playing into the early hours “not healthy”. Djokovic endured the latest finish in Roland Garros history as he beat Lorenzo Musetti in five sets to reach the fourth round, with the last ball struck at 3.08am […]
Norway has handed over diplomatic papers to the Palestinian prime minister in the latest step towards recognising a Palestinian state – a largely symbolic move that has infuriated Israel. Ireland, Spain and Norway last week pledged to recognise a Palestinian state, increasing Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in […]
Two days after Spain announced its intention to recognize an independent state of Palestine, Israel has imposed restrictions on the work of Spanish diplomats in the country. The Spanish Embassy in Tel Aviv and the Spanish Consulate General in East Jerusalem will in future be prohibited from offering their services to Palestinians from the Israeli-occupied […]
A diplomatic crisis sparked by Argentina President Javier Milei calling Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife “corrupt” deepened Tuesday with the “definitive” withdrawal of Madrid’s ambassador to Buenos Aires. Spain withdrew its ambassador to Argentina at the weekend and Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said that the envoy “will remain definitively in Madrid. Argentina will […]
Ireland will recognise Palestinian statehood before the end of this month, Taoiseach Simon Harris has insisted. Mr Harris made the comments following reports of a diplomatic row with Israeli president Isaac Herzog over the Government’s plan. The Taoiseach spoke by phone with Mr Herzog on Friday where he set out Ireland’s desire to see an […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping was set to arrive in Europe on Sunday, on a trip that will take him to France, Hungary and Serbia. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal was set to receive Xi in Paris on Sunday afternoon. Talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are then […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadian police said Friday they have made three arrests in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader last June in suburban Vancouver that became the center of a diplomatic spat with India. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner David Teboul said three suspects have been arrested and charged in the slaying […]
(Bloomberg) — President Gustavo Petro said Colombia will cut diplomatic ties with Israel for having “a genocidal president” during a speech commemorating the Labor Day holiday on Wednesday. Most Read from Bloomberg “If Palestine dies, humanity dies, and we will not let it die,” Petro said from downtown Bogotá, where he called for marches in […]