United Nations – The Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides has warned, ‘The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intends to build a new Ottoman Empire from the Middle East to Eastern Mediterranean. He has initiated efforts in that direction. It could jeopardise the security of the entire region. Turkish foreign policy has been militarised.’ Last year, […]
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Washington/Beijing: – A US think tank has accused Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of creating a debt burden on small countries as much as USD 385 billion. The study notes that about 42 countries are trapped in the Chinese predatory economic policies, with their debt exceeding 10% of the GDP. […]
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Bamako/Moscow/Washington: – The government of Mali in Africa has signalled deployment of mercenaries from Russian Company, Wagner. The United States and European countries have objected to Mali’s decision. But Mali has backed the decision to seek help from the Russian company. While other countries, including France, are withdrawing their military deployments from Mali. Besides, the […]
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Washington – Former US President Donald Trump, while speaking on illegal immigrants from the Mexican border, severely criticised the administration and said, ‘Millions of illegal immigrants are entering the United States and there are no mechanisms to regulate or prevent them. These illegal immigrants are free to go anywhere or do wherever they want. The […]
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Washington/Ankara – The United States has imposed sanctions on five people for supporting Al Qaeda, including a person linked with the Turkish intelligence agency. Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, announced sanctions on three Turkish and two Egyptian citizens. One of the Turkish nationals relates to Turkish intelligence. Besides, they are linked with Al Qaeda […]
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New Delhi: The BRICS Virtual Conference was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Modi was accompanied by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Prime Minister Modi and President Putin’s concerns about Afghanistan and their emphasis on counter-terrorism cooperation seem to be […]
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Warsaw/Minsk: – Poland has indicated to impose emergency to prevent the immigrant influx from Belarus. The situation on the border with Belarus is still tense, and the scale of the crisis is growing, said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, signalling a state of emergency. Poland has already begun erecting fences along the border to prevent illegal […]
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Prague/Brussels: – The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic has suggested that the Balkan countries be included in the Schengen area to curb the influx of illegal immigrants into European countries. Prime Minister Andrej Babis also claimed that the Schengen facility had failed to deter refugees in the current situation. Babis also blamed Schengen’s failure […]
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Beijing – The United States has frozen nearly USD 9 billion in Afghan assets in its territory since the Taliban took control of the country. A decision to impose sanctions on the Taliban could be taken at the forthcoming G7 meeting. In such a scenario, China has announced to provide financial assistance to Afghanistan. China […]
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Jerusalem: – No longer can we rely on the United States for Israel’s security. This lesson can be learned from the situation created by the chaos of the US military presence in Afghanistan. Afghanistan will make terrorist organisations like the Taliban stronger. At the same time, cooperation between Israel and the Gulf states participating in […]
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