Diplomacy
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Interview: Belt and Road Initiative a platform to build a community with a shared future for mankind — Cypriot expert
NICOSIA, June 21 (Xinhua) — Promoting peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit around the world,…
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Group of British MPs and peers call for Parthenon marbles to return to Greece
Six legislators call for return of cultural treasures held by British Museum ‘to their Athenian home’ Helena Smith The Guardian…
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UK govt approves extradition of Assange; he plans to appeal
WikiLeaks said it would appeal. Hurriyet Home Secretary Priti Patel signed the extradition order on Friday, her department said. It…
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Turkey Demands ‘Concrete Steps’ From Sweden and Finland for NATO Support
Although both countries have taken steps to improve relations with Ankara, which holds a veto over their application to NATO,…
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More than 100 million people displaced worldwide, UN refugee agency says
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in its annual update that the increase had come as millions of Ukrainians were driven from…
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Gaza: Israel’s ‘Open-Air Prison’ at 15
(Gaza) – Israel’s sweeping restrictions on leaving Gaza deprive its more than two million residents of opportunities to better their…
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US tries to broker Lebanon, Israel maritime dispute
The two nations have been long deadlocked over competing claims to offshore reserves. Erin Viner TV7 Israel News The United…
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Turkey Targeting Iraq, Syria, Cyprus, Greece
This means that Turkey will once again attack Kurds in Syria in an attempt to push them out of the…
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A Short Visit to the Taliban’s Tense and Quiet Capital
The Taliban are still finding their way around Kabul, the capital they took with the rest of Afghanistan last summer,…
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Kenya’s 2022 Election: High Stakes
It will be hard-fought. ICG To avert the violence that has marred past contests, the two candidates should pledge to…
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Ukrainian and Russia forces fighting in the streets for Sievierodonetsk as UN warns of ‘human trafficking crisis’
Which side had the upper hand in Sievierodonetsk on Monday (local time) was unclear, with “the situation changing from hour…
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Fleeing to Safety – A Photographic Exhibition
On the occasion of World Refugee Day UNHCR On the occasion of World Refugee Day 2022, the UNHCR Country Office…
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Principles or Pragmatism? How to React to West Africa’s Slew of Coups
Though unconstitutional, those power grabs garnered significant popular support, embodying the failure of democratically–elected governments in that part of the world. Rinaldo Depagne Georgetown Journal of International…
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Macron: Putin shouldn’t be humiliated over ‘historic’ mistake
French President Emmanuel Macron said the West should not “humiliate” Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine so as to preserve…
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Why the Ukraine war may power Asia’s green energy shift
Countries in the region – including its three biggest economies China, Japan and India – were criticised last year for…
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Avoiding a Return to War in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
But friction is building between the military and ethnic Rakhine fighters. ICG The parties should strike a formal deal to…
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