Swiss to vote on whether to tighten neutrality, end peacetime cooperation with NATO
Swiss voters will decide in a referendum next month whether to approve a more restrictive form of neutrality that would block their country from imposing economic sanctions or cooperating with…
African Union Warns Against Sudan Conflict Spilling Across Border Into Chad
Statement by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the Situation at the Border between Chad and Sudan. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ali…
Seoul Says Several Russian Military Aircraft Briefly Entered Air Defense Zone
Several Russian military aircraft briefly entered South Korea’s air defense identification zone (KADIZ) over the country’s eastern waters before leaving the area, prompting the South Korean military to scramble fighter…
Japan can assemble nuclear weapons within one year — Kremlin aide
Tokyo will be able to obtain its own nuclear weapons within a year, Russian Presidential Aide and Executive Secretary of the Eastern Economic Forum Organizing Committee Anton Kobyakov said. –…
US not planning new strikes on Iran, may focus on other means of pressure instead
The United States is not planning new attacks on Iran any time soon as it will focus on other means of pressure on Tehran, including using sanctions, US Secretary of…
South Korea and Kuwait Expand Cooperation on Energy Infrastructure AI and Investment
It was a pleasure to meet with H.E. Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait, in Seoul. His visit marks the first by…
Syria’s Kurdish-led SDF dissolves as part of integration with Damascus
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces has been dissolved, the armed militant group’s leader said on Tuesday, a major step in the integration plan agreed on earlier this year with the…
China, India hold border talks, agree to continue search for boundary settlement
China and India agreed on Tuesday to continue dialogue and seek a “fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable settlement” of their border issue after talks between senior diplomats in Beijing. –…
US spy chief visits Russia for meetings, media reports
U.S. CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian officials, U.S. media outlets reported, citing unnamed sources. – The trip would be the first known…
Iran and Oman discuss temporary Hormuz corridor as impasse with US drags on
Iran said it had restarted talks with neighbor Oman to manage the Strait of Hormuz as it faces heightened economic pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump in the wider conflict.…