Tue 20 May 2025: The EU approved on Tuesday its 17th sanctions package against Russia. “The EU has approved its 17th sanctions package against Russia, targeting nearly 200 shadow fleet ships,” the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced on X. She added that new measures also address “hybrid threats and human rights.” Underlining that […]
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Tue 20 May 2025: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) member states, 194, on Tuesday formally adopted the first-ever pandemic agreement, marking a milestone in global public health cooperation. The consensus decision at the 78th World Health Assembly follows over three years of negotiations sparked by the inequities and gaps exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO […]
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Mon 19 May 2025: The UK, France and Canada issued on Monday a stern warning to Israel, calling for an immediate cessation of military operations in Gaza and the lifting of restrictions on humanitarian aid or face “further concrete actions.” In an unusually strong statement, the three countries condemned Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza, which […]
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Mon 19 May 2025: After more than two hours, the call between Trump and Putin is over, according to Russian state media. The Russian president described the talks as “substantive, candid and very useful,” the RIA Novosti news agency said. He also “expressed gratitude to Trump for the US role in resuming direct negotiations between […]
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Mon 19 May 2025: The founder of the Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, said he refused a request by the head of France’s intelligence service to ban Romanian conservative voices ahead of the country’s elections. Romania’s centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, won the presidential election on Sunday in a shock upset over a hard-right, nationalist rival who had pledged to […]
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Mon 19 May 2025: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump will speak by phone on Monday evening. During a press conference in Moscow on Monday, Peskov confirmed that the call is scheduled for 5 pm Moscow time (GMT1400). According to him, the purpose of […]
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Mon 19 May 2025: Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, has been placed on leave until an investigation conducted by the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) is completed. “The investigation into alleged misconduct by the Prosecutor is conducted by the OIOS upon request by the […]
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Mon 19 May 2025: The two countries have clashed over alleged persecution of white South Africans and Israel’s war on Gaza. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will begin a state visit to the United States on Monday in what his government describes as an attempt to “reset” the relationship between the two countries, which many […]
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Mon 19 May 2025: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed Sunday that the army likely killed Mohammed Sinwar, a Hamas commander and the brother of slain Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, Anadolu reports. “All indications show that Sinwar was killed,” Katz said at a meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee. “There is no official […]
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Sun 18 May 2025: At least 10 people were killed on Sunday after a suicide bomber targeted a queue of young recruits registering at the Damanyo military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Reuters. Teenagers were lining up at the base’s gate when the attacker detonated their explosives, they said. A military captain […]
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