President of Uzbekistan to pay visit to Kuwait

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay an official visit to Kuwait on February 17-18 at the invitation of Amir of Kuwait Meshal Al Sabah, UzA reported. According to the visit program, bilateral high-level talks will be held in Kuwait city, along with meetings with the country’s leadership, government officials, and heads of leading Kuwaiti […]

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Prime Minister of Mongolia on a Working Visit to the People’s Republic of China

Prime Minister of Mongolia Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai is on a working visit to the People’s Republic of China. As part of the working visit, Prime Minister of Mongolia Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai will meet with Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Li Qiang on February 14, 2025. After the meeting, the two sides […]

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Netanyahu’s government under pressure from opposition to return hostages ‘quickly’

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has called on the Netanyahu government to “bring back as soon as possible” the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. He made the call on the social media site X on Saturday (February 15). In the X post, Yair Lapid wrote, “Yair, Sagui and Sasha are on their way home. […]

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Three Israeli hostages freed in Gaza, Israel releases 369 Palestinians in exchange

Hamas released Israeli hostages Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel Chen and Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov in Gaza on Saturday and Israel freed some 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange, after mediators helped avert a collapse of the fragile ceasefire. The three Israelis were led onto a stage with Palestinian Hamas militants armed with automatic rifles standing on each […]

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Rubio says U.S. wants stable relationship with South Korea, South Korean ministry says

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told South Korea’s Foreign Minister that the United States wants to maintain a stable trust relationship with South Korea regardless of the domestic situation of either country, the South Korean ministry said in a statement on Friday. Rubio and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul agreed in a meeting […]

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US says military exercises with Philippines ‘purely defensive’, for force readiness

U.S.-Philippine military exercises are longstanding, “purely defensive” and intended to maintain force readiness and preserve regional security, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Saturday. The spokesperson was responding in an email to a request for comment after China’s defence ministry urged Manila on Friday to withdraw U.S. Typhon intermediate-range missiles. The Typhon launchers, part […]

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China will ‘play along to the end’ with U.S., its top diplomat says

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that China will “play along to the end” if the United States is bent on suppressing the country even though Beijing does not wish to be in conflict with Washington. Wang, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, said China would respond resolutely to unilateral “bullying” practices, but […]

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Cook Islands signs partnership deal with China

The Cook Islands said on Saturday that it signed a comprehensive strategic partnership deal with China, a move expected to raise concerns in New Zealand with which it has constitutional ties. Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and Chinese Premier Li Qiang signed the deal in Harbin, the capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, Brown’s […]

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What Modi-Trump talks in Washington signal for India-US trade and defence ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his first visit to Washington under Trump 2.0, discussed reciprocal tariffs, trade, military cooperation, and geopolitics with the US President in the White House on Thursday. In the backdrop of Donald Trump threatening new tariffs on foreign countries, the Modi government was prepared, having reduced the import duties on Bourbon, […]

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Macron rejects Trump’s proposal, calls for ‘respect’ for Palestinians

French President Emmanuel Macron has rejected US President Donald Trump’s plan for “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza, calling for “respect” for the Palestinians and their Arab neighbors. He made the call in an interview with US media outlet CNN. French President Emmanuel Macron said, “You can’t tell two million people, ‘Okay, now guess what? You’re going […]

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