World US says NATO allies concerned after Orban-Putin meeting BUDAPEST: Ambassadors of NATO member states and Sweden met in Budapest on Thursday to discuss their growing concern... Published 19 Oct, 2023 10:44pm
World NATO urges Israel to keep Gaza response in proportion BRUSSELS: NATO countries on Thursday told Israel’s defence minister they stood by his country after the attack by... Published 12 Oct, 2023 06:13pm
World NATO urges Israel to respond with ‘proportionality’ in Gaza BRUSSELS: NATO countries on Thursday told Israel’s defence minister they stood by his country after the attack by... Published 12 Oct, 2023 02:20pm
World Ukraine to get 1.7bn euros from frozen Russian funds: Belgium BRUSSELS: Ukraine is to receive 1.7 billion euros ($1.8 billion) from taxes on interest generated from Russian funds... Published 11 Oct, 2023 11:01pm
World Zelensky rallies support on first visit to NATO HQ since invasion BRUSSELS: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday urged allies to step up weapons supplies, on his first... Published 11 Oct, 2023 01:29pm
World UK supports Israel’s right to ‘proportionate action’ to end violence LONDON: Britain supports Israel’s right to take proportionate action that is within international law to bring an... Published 09 Oct, 2023 05:25pm
World Ukraine’s Zelenskiy criticises Iran’s role in Ukraine and Israel conflicts COPENHAGEN: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday linked the assault by Hamas on Israel with Russia’s... Published 09 Oct, 2023 02:55pm
World Biden calls shaken US allies to reassure on Ukraine aid WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden called Western allies Tuesday to reassure them that the United States will stand ... Published 03 Oct, 2023 10:55pm
World NATO says ready to boost presence in Kosovo BRUSSELS: NATO said Friday it was ready to increase its peacekeeping force in Kosovo following deadly clashes. The... Published 30 Sep, 2023 12:22pm
World US warns of large Serbian military build-up near Kosovo WASHINGTON: The United States urged Belgrade to pull its forces back from the border with Kosovo on Friday after... Published 30 Sep, 2023 11:21am
World Polling stations open in Slovak election: AFP BRATISLAVA: Polling stations in Slovakia opened on Saturday for an early parliamentary election seen as key to the... Published 30 Sep, 2023 10:28am
World Ukraine forces 'gradually gaining ground': NATO chief KYIV: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday acknowledged that Ukraine’s army was slowing clawing back territory... Updated 28 Sep, 2023 05:43pm
World Kremlin reminds Hillary Clinton of her own gaffe in response to Putin jab MOSCOW: After Hillary Clinton sought to needle President Vladimir Putin over NATO enlargement, the Kremlin on... Published 27 Sep, 2023 06:08pm
World Moscow alleges US, UK aided Ukraine missile strike on Crimea naval HQ MOSCOW: Moscow claimed on Wednesday that Washington and London helped Ukraine orchestrate an unprecedented strike on... Published 27 Sep, 2023 03:13pm
World US army chief and allies discuss Asia-Pacific in India NEW DELHI: Army chiefs and senior officers from 30 countries including the United States met in India Tuesday to... Published 27 Sep, 2023 06:08am
World Turkiye will back Sweden’s NATO bid if US keeps promise on F-16 sale: Erdogan ANKARA: Turkiye’s parliament will keep its promise to ratify Sweden’s NATO bid if US President Joe Biden’s... Published 26 Sep, 2023 03:54pm
World Kosovo police enter northern village after shootout with gunmen killed four JOSEVIK: Kosovar police units in armoured vehicles moved in to secure and search a village in north Kosovo on... Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:43pm
World Second Ukraine wheat shipment reaches Turkiye: tracking sites ISTANBUL: A second shipment of Ukrainian wheat reached Turkiye via the Black Sea on Sunday, according to maritime... Updated 24 Sep, 2023 11:11am
World Ukrainian heavy artillery inflicts 'hell' on Russian lines near Bakhmut NEAR BAKHMUT: The use of heavy weapons supplied by the West in the fierce battle raging on the outskirts of Bakhmut,... Published 24 Sep, 2023 03:32am
World Zelenskiy thanks Canada, says its aid helped save thousands of lives OTTAWA: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday offered a heartfelt thanks to Canada for its help in the... Published 23 Sep, 2023 12:42am
World King Charles’s France trip closing with climate focus BORDEAUX: King Charles III on Friday puts the environment at the heart of the final day of his state visit to... Published 22 Sep, 2023 11:55am
World 'Stop the war' and Zelenskiy won't speak, UN Security Council chair tells Russia UNITED NATIONS: It was to be Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy's first in- person appearance at a U.N.... Published 20 Sep, 2023 10:50pm
World Rising ammunition prices set back NATO efforts to boost security: official OSLO: A top NATO military official warned on Saturday that a drastic rise in ammunition prices means that allies'... Published 17 Sep, 2023 12:10am
World Erdogan accuses EU of ‘distancing itself’ from Turkiye ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused the European Union of pulling away from Turkiye, whose... Published 16 Sep, 2023 05:08pm
World Libya’s flood-ravaged Derna in grisly hunt for thousands still missing DERNA: Emergency teams on Friday kept up their search for the thousands still posted as missing from the... Published 15 Sep, 2023 12:06pm
World Romania finds fresh drone fragments at Ukraine border BUCHAREST: Romanian soldiers on Saturday found fragments of a drone "similar to those used by the Russian army" on... Published 09 Sep, 2023 10:31pm
Opinion Growing Afghan belligerence against Pakistan That this time the Taliban rulers in Kabul have gone too far is a valid statement without any exaggeration as they... Published 08 Sep, 2023 06:01am
World Blinken, Romanian minister discuss drone debris found in Romania near Ukraine border WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Romanian Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu on Thursday held a... Published 08 Sep, 2023 04:49am
World NATO has no indication of intentional Russian attack on Romania BRUSSELS: NATO has no indication that drone debris found on Romanian territory was caused by a deliberate Russian... Published 07 Sep, 2023 05:18pm
World Erdogan takes grain diplomacy to Putin in Sochi ISTANBUL: Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday in a... Published 04 Sep, 2023 10:37am