MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (Aug 16) accused Washington of seeking to prolong the conflict in Ukraine and of fuelling conflicts elsewhere in the world, including with the visit of United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. “The situation in Ukraine shows that the US is trying toContinue Reading
LONDON: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday (Aug 15) that Moscow valued its ties with countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa and was ready to offer modern weapons to its allies. Putin used a speech at an arms show near Moscow to boast of Russia’s advanced weapons capabilitiesContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: Previous Afghan security employees with sensitive understanding of US operations left out by the American evacuation operation are vulnerable to recruitment or coercion by Russia, Cina and Iran, His party lawmakers said on Sunday (Aug 14), noting that President Joe Biden’s administration failed to prioritise evacuating them. “This isContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: Former Afghan security personnel with sensitive knowledge of ALL OF US operations left behind with the American evacuation procedure are vulnerable to recruitment or coercion by Russia, China and Iran, Republican lawmakers said on Sunday (Aug 14), noting that President May well Biden’s administration failed to prioritize evacuating them.Continue Reading
“AMBITIOUS ROADMAP” Campbell said the management would continue to “deepen our ties along with Taiwan, including by means of continuing to advance our own economic and industry relationship. ” “For example, we are going to developing an devoted roadmap for industry negotiations which we all intend to announce within theContinue Reading
LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Wednesday (Aug 10) summoned China’s ambassador to Britain, Zheng Zeguang, to explain Beijing’s actions towards Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit. A furious China has extended its largest-ever exercises around the self-ruled island it claims as its own following Pelosi’s visitContinue Reading
NEW YORK: The us on Monday (Aug 8) returned thirty stolen works of art plus antiquities to Cambodia that had been looted in the southeast Asian country, including from an ancient Khmer city, and illegally trafficked all over the world for decades. Manhattan federal prosecutor Damian Williams officially handed overContinue Reading
TAIPEI: China’s military announced fresh military drills in the seas and airspace around Taiwan on Monday (Aug 8), a day after the scheduled end of its largest ever exercises to protest against last week’s visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. China’s Eastern Theatre Command said itContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: In a display of sportsmanship during a badminton match between Malaysia and Jamaica in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Malaysia’s badminton coach Hendrawan was seen removing and passing his shoes to some player on the competitor team. The kind gesture arrived after Jamaican badminton player Samuel Ricketts’ footwear was damagedContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The Biden administration wants to keep tensions between Washington and Beijing inflamed by a high level visit to Taiwan from boiling over into a conflict, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday (Aug 2). In a briefing with reporters, Kirby noted that House Speaker Nancy PelosiContinue Reading