Albania has severed diplomatic ties with Iran and ordered Iranian embassy staff to leave. Staff was target of accusations for orchestrating a major cyber-attack. Prime Minister Edi Rama said a probe had found “incontrovertible evidence” that Iran hired four groups to mount the attack on Albania. Iranian embassy personnel have been told to leave, and … Read more
The Gambia, a West African country, has inked multiple agreements with Equatorial Guinea to strengthen commercial and diplomatic ties. According to a statement published on Tuesday by the Gambia’s State House, the agreements were signed on Sunday by Adama Barrow, President of Gambia, who is attending the African Union Summit, and his host, Equatorial Guinean … Read more
Ukraine’s US charge d’affaires The embassy announced that Kristina Kvien and her colleagues returned to Kyiv on Sunday, a step toward re-establishing Washington’s diplomatic presence there, which had been closed days before the Russian invasion. “Just arrived in Kyiv! Delighted to be back on Victory in Europe Day. Slava Ukraine!” tweeted the US embassy on … Read more
In a blow to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who accused his opponents Monday of betraying the country, Mexican lawmakers rejected constitutional electrical amendments at the focus of diplomatic tensions with the United States. Lopez Obrador advocated for the measures in order to strengthen the state-owned energy supplier and reverse the impacts of past … Read more
The World Trade Organization’s chief said Tuesday that diplomatic tensions over the war in Ukraine were complicating negotiations ahead of the global trade body’s biggest gathering in more than four years. The meeting of ministers from all 164 WTO members, including Russia and Ukraine, has been postponed several times due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “There’s … Read more
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met in Beijing as Moscow’s deteriorating relations with the West take centre stage ahead of the official opening of the Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital. During his visit, Putin hailed his country’s “unprecedented” ties with China at … Read more
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM – Israel’s ground-breaking surveillance technology was once feted as a prized export bolstering diplomatic ties abroad, but reports the secret spyware was also turned on citizens at home has trigged domestic outrage. Recent bombshell allegations in Israeli media centre on the controversial Pegasus malware made by the Israeli firm NSO, which can turn … Read more
TOKYO – Yanita Antoko has been waiting for over a year in Indonesia to join her husband in Japan. She has her papers and has closed her business selling homemade spice mixes, but remains shut out. The 30-year-old is one of more than 370,000 people left in limbo by Japan’s coronavirus border rules, which bar … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) on Wednesday organised a seminar on “Debating the Human Rights Violations and War Crimes in IIOJ&K, including Russell Tribunal 2021 proceedings. Former foreign minister and foreign secretary Ambassador Inamul Haque, former federal minister and president of the Research Society of International Law (RSIL) Ahmer Bilal Soofi, secretary general … Read more
SYDNEY: Australia will not send officials to February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, joining a US diplomatic boycott of the Games. Canberra’s decision comes amid “disagreement” with China over a slew of issues that have plunged relations into the most serious crisis since the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989. … Read more
BEIJING: The United States has announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics to protest China’s human rights record, particularly its handling of Muslim minorities that Washington considers a form of genocide. Here’s what the move means. What is a ‘diplomatic boycott?’ Under the boycott, the Biden administration will not send any US diplomatic or … Read more
BEIJING: China warned on Tuesday the United States would “pay the price” for a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights concerns. The US move — which stopped short of preventing athletes from attending — comes after Washington spent months wrangling over what position to take on the Games beginning in February next … Read more
Diplomatic tensions witnessed on the rise on International level due to the ongoing crisis between Iran and United States of America. According to details, Diplomatic tensions on rise, Demand for US troops to withdraw from Iraq after Baghdad attacks intensified, while; activities on the diplomatic and political front have intensified. Iraq’s parliament emergency session Iraq’s … Read more
