- 25 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityPutin
Large crowds gather in Hamburg and Paris to protest Russia’s war in Ukraine
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Around 30,000 protesters gathered in Hamburg on Saturday to demonstrate against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, local police said. The protests in Germany's second-largest city took place under…
Ukraine envoy to U.S. calls Russia ‘terrorist state,’ urges tougher sanctions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukraine's envoy to the United States on Sunday called on President Joe Biden's administration to impose tougher sanctions on Moscow and to step up arms supplies to…
Erdogan urges Putin to declare Ukraine ceasefire, make peace
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday to declare a ceasefire in Ukraine, open humanitarian corridors and sign a peace agreement, his…
Israeli PM meets Putin in Moscow, then speaks with Zelenskiy by phone
By Dan Williams and Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Saturday to discuss the war in Ukraine and…
Russia protests to U.S. envoy over senator’s call to ‘take out’ Putin
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry protested to the U.S. ambassador in Moscow on Saturday over remarks by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham advocating that President Vladimir Putin be assassinated. It…
U.S. Embassy in Ukraine calls nuclear power plant attack ‘war crime’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine said that attacking a nuclear power plant is a war crime, after Russia on Friday seized a Ukrainian nuclear facility that is the…
Global news media on defensive after Putin signs ‘fake news’ law
LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Global news media said they were suspending reporting in Russia to protect their journalists after a new law that threatened jail terms of up to 15 years…
U.S. takes aim at Russian oligarchs in fresh sanctions
By Steve Holland, Matt Spetalnick and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions against Russian oligarchs as it targeted Russia's super-rich and others close to…
Putin says Russia’s neighbours should not escalate tensions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin urged Russia's neighbours on Friday not to escalate tensions, eight days after Moscow sent its forces into Ukraine. "There are no bad intentions towards…
Beginning of the End : Emergence of a New World Order
The outcomes of events during critical periods of human history are often shaped by existing political and economic considerations that shape the balance of power. These are often a manifestation…
By Col (Dr) DPK Pillay (Retd)
Thermobaric Weapons – Why Should They be Banned?
Russian forces in Ukraine may have used thermobaric weapons and cluster bombs, according to reports from the Ukraine government and human rights groups. If true, this represents an escalation in brutality…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
The Unfolding Tragedy in Europe
The ‘special military operation’ announced by President Vladimir Putin, 69, on 24th February 2022 continues with no end in sight. Let us examine the genesis of the crisis in and…
By K P Fabian
