South Korea has asked the Russian embassy in Seoul to take down a large banner reading “Victory will be ours”, its foreign ministry said, just ahead of this week’s fourth anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine. The ministry said in a statement on Sunday that it had conveyed its concerns to the […]
One of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera, or “El Mencho,” was killed in a military raid on Sunday, sparking widespread retaliatory violence. President Claudia Sheinbaum has been under mounting pressure from Washington to intensify her offensive against drug cartels blamed for producing and smuggling drugs, particularly the synthetic opioid fentanyl, across the border […]
China is making a “full assessment” of the United States Supreme Court’s tariff ruling and has urged Washington to lift “unilateral tariff measures” on its trading partners, warning that fighting between the two countries is “harmful”. The comments from China’s Commerce Ministry on Monday came days after the highest US court dealt President Donald Trump […]
Strasbourg beat Lyon 3-1 to end the visitors’ seven-match winning streak in Ligue 1 on Sunday, a result that dampens their outside shot at the title. Lyon had won 13 consecutive games in all competitions but failed to equal the club record set in 2006. Paulo Fonseca’s side remain third on 45 points and nine […]
The European Commission called Sunday for Washington to abide by the terms of the trade deal struck last year with the EU, as President Donald Trump announced new global tariff hikes a day after an adverse Supreme Court ruling. “A deal is a deal,” said a commission statement. “As the United States’ largest trading partner, […]
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Israel on Wednesday, his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu announced, saying the trip will help forge a new alliance to counter what he described as “radical” adversaries. “On Wednesday, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, will arrive here; he will deliver a speech in the Knesset,” Netanyahu said Sunday […]
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered a shutdown Sunday of the city’s entire traffic network to all but emergency travel ahead of a massive snowstorm expected to hit the northeast United States. Starting at 9pm Sunday to noon Monday a “state of emergency closes the streets, highways and bridges of New York City for all […]
The Munich Security Conference has, over the years, developed an unintended reputation. It is not just a venue where policy is discussed, it is a stage on which great powers occasionally drop their diplomatic mask and reveal what they believe the structure of the world should look like. In 2007, Vladimir Putin used that moment […]
Iran agreed a secret 500 million euro ($589 million) arms deal with Russia to acquire thousands of advanced shoulder-fired missiles, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The agreement, signed in Moscow in December, commits Russia to deliver 500 man-portable “Verba” launch units and 2,500 “9M336” missiles over three years, the FT said, citing leaked Russian […]
‘Yellow Letters’, directed by German filmmaker Ilker Catak, won the Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear for best film Saturday, at a ceremony reflecting the controversy over Gaza that has dogged this year’s edition. Some award winners spoke out in favour of the Palestinian cause, pushing back after jury president Wim Wenders had sparked outrage earlier […]