JAKARTA, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto said his upcoming administration would maintain ties with “great friend” Russia after meeting President Vladimir Putin, adding that he hoped for stronger cooperation on defence, energy and education. Prabowo, who is currently defence minister, is set to take over the presidency from Joko Widodo in October. […]
Read MoreIran and its regional allies vowed retaliation on Thursday for the deaths of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders, raising regional tensions as mourners filled Tehran’s city centre calling for revenge. A public funeral was held for Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital where he was killed early Wednesday in an attack on which […]
Read MoreBy Alyssa Chen Tensions are mounting in the South China Sea – a hotly contested and globally significant waterway that’s become a flashpoint for conflict. In the third instalment of a four-part series we look at some of the claimants’ legal efforts to support their case. In recent weeks, two of the countries with competing […]
Read MoreJEDDAH: The Saudi minister of Islamic affairs, dawah and guidance, Abdullatif Al-Asheikh, signed an agreement with Nigeria’s Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Jeddah on Thursday, with the aim of strengthening cooperation between the nations in efforts to promote the understanding of Islam and its message of tolerance, and raising cultural awareness among Muslims. The […]
Read MoreBy Gunay Khalilova This article is part of the US-China Dynamics series, edited by Muqtedar Khan, Jiwon Nam and Amara Galileo. One of the founding fathers of geopolitics, Mackinder (1904), emphasizes the importance of Central Asia for the command in the world because of its location in the center of Eurasia. Similarly, Brzezinski (1997) highlights the […]
Read MoreOfficials from both countries held the 30th meeting of the China-India Border Affairs Consultation and Coordination Working Mechanism in New Delhi on Thursday. China and India will speed up negotiations around a disputed border and continue to maintain peace and tranquility in the areas, China’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Officials from […]
Read MoreWhile bolstering relations with Russia, Pyongyang was keen to reopen nuclear negotiations if Trump – who engaged in both fiery brinkmanship and unprecedented diplomacy with North Korea during his previous term – won re-election in November North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the United States if Donald Trump is re-elected as president and […]
Read MoreLast Saturday, 12 Israeli children were killed in a rocket attack on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. In retaliation, Israel attacked Lebanon’s Beirut and demanded the killing of Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukhar. However, this claim has been dismissed by Hezbollah. The Israeli military claimed in a statement on Tuesday that the strike targeted Hezbollah commander Fuad, […]
Read MoreRecently, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced intervention in Israel in support of the Palestinians. He announced this while addressing a party rally on Sunday. While talking about the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, he made clear threats to intervene in Israel. Erdogan said, “The same way we entered Karabakh, the same way we […]
Read MoreTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told US President Joe Biden that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration has shown it does not want a ceasefire and peace. In a phone conversation on Thursday, Erdogan expressed Turkey’s anger over Israel’s killing of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of Hamas, the chief negotiator on the […]
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