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A date for a new contact between Moscow and Washington on removing “irritants” in bilateral relations is being agreed upon, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. – “On our…
Peru and Spain Strengthen Bilateral Relations. 🇵🇪🇪🇸 Foreign Minister Carlos Espá held a meeting with the Spanish Ambassador to Peru, Alejandro Abellán, with whom he discussed the historic and close…
UK Minister of State for the Middle East Stephen Doughty has joined Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in condemning Israel’s decision to launch a construction tender for the E1 settlement project…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Seoul on Wednesday for talks with South Korean officials, media reported, after Seoul and Washington scaled back joint military drills with U.S. President…
South Korea will flag off on Saturday a container ship bound for Europe via the Arctic, testing whether a route opened by melting sea ice can be commercially viable, but…
Ukrainian lawmakers appointed a new defence minister on Wednesday, hours after his ousted predecessor dealt a major blow to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy with a call for elections in wartime. –…
President Donald Trump’s administration has told Congress it is sending more than $206 million for a proposed Gaza peacekeeping force, the first significant funding for the stalled U.S. plan to…
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is seriously concerned by the U.S. decision to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, a U.N. spokesperson…
The head of Israel’s spy agency held a phone call with Syria’s foreign minister last week during which they discussed Turkey’s military presence in Syria, three people familiar with the…
Ukraine and Russia exchanged 103 prisoners of war on Wednesday, Aug. 19, bringing more Ukrainian soldiers home from Russian captivity. – President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the exchange, saying the 103…