“I don’t put any hope in him,” the 20-year-old student told Reuters in Kyiv’s city centre. “In the end, it depends on us.” Her sense of scepticism is shared by many Ukrainians who have scant faith in Donald Trump’s promises to swiftly strike a peace deal after he enters the White House on Monday. “Our […]
Trump, who was elected for the second time in November, will be sworn into office in Washington on Monday. Last month, his transition team confirmed that Trump had broken with precedent to invite Xi and other world leaders to the ceremony. Beijing’s foreign ministry said Friday that Han would attend as Xi’s “special representative”. “China […]
Israel’s assault on Gaza is likely to define the foreign policy legacy of the outgoing Biden administration, despite a deal reached with Palestinian group Hamas on Wednesday on a ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages. “Criminal! Why aren’t you in The Hague,” shouted Sam Husseini, an independent journalist and longtime critic of Washington’s […]
Such a jolt could potentially have a devastating 8-9 magnitude, trigger colossal tsunamis, kill several hundred thousand people, and cause billions of dollars in damage, experts say. The Earthquake Research Committee said it has increased its estimate of the probability to between 75 and 82 percent from between 74 and 81 percent previously. It concerns […]
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has threatened to use force to bring it under its control. Taipei fears Beijing could sever communication links to the island as part of an attempt to seize or blockade it. A Cameroon-flagged vessel was briefly detained by Taiwan’s coast guard earlier this month on suspicion […]
“I am happy, yes, I am crying, but those are tears of joy,” said Ghada, a mother of five displaced from her home in Gaza City during the 15-month-old conflict. “We are being reborn, with every hour of delay Israel conducted a new massacre, I hope it is all getting over now,” she told Reuters […]
“I can announce a ceasefire and a hostage deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas,” Biden said at the White House. The deal was reached after 15 months of suffering, he said and will be followed by a surge of humanitarian aid in Gaza. “Fighting in Gaza will stop, and soon the hostages return […]
In collaboration with 14 government institutions, the Saudi Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) announced the creation of the “Saudi Authorized Economic Operator Program.” In three areas, ZATCA and its partners provide importers and exporters with numerous administrative, procedural, and financial benefits; a fourth category is devoted to logistics services and solution providers, such as […]
“On January 11, the Kyiv regime, to cut off gas supplies to European countries, attempted an attack with nine drones,” on a gas compressor station in southern Russia that supplies the TurkStream pipeline, Moscow’s defence ministry said in a statement. It said all the drones were shot down, with the falling debris causing “minor damage” […]
Seoul has previously claimed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent more than 10,000 soldiers as “cannon fodder” to help Moscow fight Kyiv, in return for Russian technical assistance for Pyongyang’s heavily sanctioned weapons and satellite programs. Over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv had captured two North Korean soldiers, releasing a […]
