Tracking the World, One Axis at a Time
China said on Friday that US “sanctions and pressure” would not resolve the Middle East conflict, after Washington urged governments including Beijing to join efforts to isolate the Iranian economy.…
International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan warned on Friday against “the demise of international rule of law” after the United States targeted her with sanctions. – Washington sanctioned…
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said his government “will spare no effort to achieve the complete Israeli withdrawal and the return of our prisoners to their cities and villages”, according…
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi says his government has no intention of entering into a military confrontation with armed factions, adding that constructive talks are under way over bringing weapons…
Hezbollah has rejected a US claim that the Lebanese group operates under the control of Iran’s Quds Force, an affiliate of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, after Washington announced new…
Swiss voters look likely to reject a more restrictive form of neutrality, which would block the country from cooperating with NATO or imposing economic sanctions, a second poll on the…
Myanmar’s military has deployed hundreds of troops to forcibly clear areas marked for a Russia-backed special economic zone in the country’s south, burning villages and sealing off surrounding tracts of…
China’s military on Friday said it tracked and warned three small Philippine aircraft that “illegally intruded into” airspace over the Scarborough Shoal, a contested feature in the South China Sea,…
Iranian parliament speaker Mohammed Baqer Qalibaf said on Friday that Iran must plan to overcome “unjust sanctions”, a day after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced what he described as…
Ousted Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov will go to the United States to raise money for new defence technology projects as he seeks new ventures after losing his post, a…