MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Top defense and foreign affairs officials of Japan and the Philippines will meet in Manila next month to strengthen strategic ties and discuss regional concerns, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday at a time of escalating concerns over China’s actions in the disputed South China Sea. Details of the […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a security pact with the European Union at a summit of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday. Zelensky signed the accord in a ceremony alongside European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The agreement between the EU and Ukraine was drawn up after months […]
Ukraine is going to sign a security pact with the European Union, the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Thursday. Zelensky said the agreement was an important step towards Ukraine’s “historic goal of peace and prosperity” in the EU in a post on X, ahead of his arrival to an EU leaders’ summit in Brussels. […]
A US aircraft carrier has arrived in South Korea for military exercises. Its arrival comes days after Russia and North Korea agreed to an unprecedented defense pact. The carrier group sends a message to Russia and North Korea and projects US power in the region. A US Navy aircraft carrier has arrived in South Korea […]
South Korea has lodged an official protest with Russia over its new partnership agreement with North Korea and demanded an immediate halt to military cooperation with Pyongyang. Two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea, the foreign ministry on Friday summoned Moscow’s ambassador in Seoul, Georgy Zinoviev. Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Hong Kyun […]
South Korea said it could start sending weapons to Ukraine. It came after Russia signed a security pact with North Korea. Russia’s alliance with North Korea has spiked tensions in the region. South Korea said it could send weapons to Ukraine after Russia signed a security pact with Seoul’s biggest regional foe, North Korea. “We […]
What happened Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed an agreement Wednesday pledging some sort of mutual assistance if either country faced foreign “aggression.” The pledge appears to be the strongest since the collapse of the Soviet Union ended a 1961 pact that required Moscow to step in if North […]
(Bloomberg) — Venezuela’s opposition refused to seal a pact proposed by President Nicolás Maduro to force candidates to recognize the results of the July 28 presidential election, raising tensions between the parties ahead of the vote. Most Read from Bloomberg Maduro endorsed on Thursday the agreement with seven little-known candidates. Opposition’s hopeful Edmundo González had […]
(Bloomberg) — Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is willing to sign an agreement to recognize the results of next month’s presidential election despite polls still showing him trailing the opposition’s little-known candidate. Most Read from Bloomberg A confident Maduro said Monday evening that he is willing to “immediately” seal a pact with him and the eight […]
(Reuters) – A new agreement between Moscow and Tehran on comprehensive cooperation has been temporarily suspended due to problems that Iranian partners are facing, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday citing a Russian foreign ministry official. “This is a strategic decision of the leadership of the two countries,” RIA cited Zamir Kabulov, the […]
SPRING VALLEY ‒ Efforts by the property owners to prevent vagrants from entering the burned-down Evergreen Court Home from Adults have fallen short. Despite a court agreement, the owners have failed to secure the property on Lafayette Street and hire security guards. Vagrants were recently able to reenter the poorly fenced-off property and make themselves […]
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea plans to suspend a military agreement signed with North Korea in 2018 aimed at easing tensions, the presidential office said on Monday, after Seoul warned of a strong response to balloons launched by Pyongyang carrying trash to the South. North Korea has launched hundreds balloons carried by wind across the border […]