(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 […]
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro announced on Wednesday the cutting of diplomatic relations with Israel due to the “genocidal” government in power there. “If Palestine dies, humanity dies, and we will not let it die,” the left-wing politician said in front of thousands of people in the Plaza de Bolívar in Colombia’s capital Bogotá, where a […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday announced his government will break diplomatic relations with Israel effective Thursday in the latest escalation of tensions between the countries over the Israel-Hamas war. Petro again described Israel’s siege of Gaza as “genocide.” He previously suspended purchases of weapons from Israel and compared that country’s […]
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday he plans to sever diplomatic ties with Israel over the Middle Eastern country’s conduct in its war against Hamas in Gaza. Speaking at a May Day rally in Bogotá’s central Plaza de Bolívar, Petro panned Israel for “the girls, the boys, the babies who have died dismembered by […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador announced Monday it has filed a complaint at the top U.N. court against Mexico’s government over its decision to grant political asylum to a former Ecuadorian vice president, which led to Ecuador’s highly criticized raid on the Mexican Embassy earlier this month. Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A high-level North Korean economic delegation was on its way to Iran, the North’s state media said Wednesday, for what would be the two countries’ first known talks since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Embracing the idea of a “new Cold War,” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that talks with Chinese officials about the war in Ukraine during his recent trip provided a “very important boost” for diplomatic efforts to end the conflict. Scholz emphasized that he was in agreement with the Chinese leadership on the need for peace conferences in Switzerland to discuss the war. Diplomatic […]
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has once again warned Israel against mounting a military counter-attack following Iran’s recent air assault on Israel. During a telephone call with Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Raisi warned that “the slightest action” by Israel against Iran’s national interests “will have extensive and painful consequences.” Details of the call […]
Israel’s foreign minister has launched what he called a “diplomatic offensive” against Iran following the major Iranian attack on Israel. “This morning I sent letters to 32 countries and spoke with dozens of foreign ministers and leading figures around the world,” Israel Katz wrote on Tuesday on the X platform, formerly Twitter. He called for […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel on Sunday hailed its successful air defenses in the face of an unprecedented attack by Iran, saying it and its allies thwarted 99% of the more than 300 drones and missiles launched toward its territory. But regional tensions remain high, amid fears of further escalation in the event of […]
BEIJING (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Beijing Monday to display the strength of ties with close diplomatic partner China amid Moscow’s grinding war against Ukraine and an ongoing effort to align their foreign policies against the U.S. and its allies. The two continent-sized authoritarian states, increasingly in dispute with democracies and […]
Police stormed the Mexican embassy in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito on Friday to seize the former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas. Mr Glas was taking refuge in the embassy. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declared the act “a flagrant violation of international law and the sovereignty of Mexico”. He added that as a […]