- 20 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityUpdated
Turkey faces risks acting as sanctions ‘safe haven’ for Russians
(Refiles with additional reporting credit) By Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked a flurry of Western sanctions on Moscow, at least one oligarch and thousands of…
Kremlin says Biden’s remark on the end of Putin is ‘alarming’
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Monday that U.S. President Joe Biden's remark that Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" was a cause for alarm, a guarded…
Putin, Zelenskiy meeting needed once sides closer on key issues- Russia’s Lavrov
(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy should happen once the two sides are…
Exclusive-Crisis-hit Sri Lanka in talks with India for another $1.5 billion credit line
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has sought an additional credit line of $1.5 billion from India to import essentials, the island nation's central bank governor said on…
Iran struck Iraq target over gas talks involving Israel – officials
By Ahmed Rasheed and Orhan Coskun BAGHDAD/ANKARA (Reuters) -A nascent plan for Iraq's Kurdistan region to supply gas to Turkey and Europe - with Israeli help - is part of…
Analysts investigate possibility of N.Korea missile test ‘deception’
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - Reports suggest North Korea's biggest missile test ever may not have been what it seemed, raising new questions over the secretive country's banned weapons…
Israeli-Arab summit convenes, Blinken seeks to reassure allies on Iran
By Humeyra Pamuk SDE BOKER, Israel (Reuters) -Israeli and Arab partners convened for a rare summit in Israel on Sunday attended by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who sought…
Biden says he is not calling for regime change in Russia
By Phil Stewart, Brendan O'Brien and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden clarified on Sunday that the United States does not have a policy of regime change in…
Ukraine willing to be neutral, says Russia wants to split nation
By Pavel Polityuk and Oleksandr Kozhukhar LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine is willing to become neutral and compromise over the status of the eastern Donbass region as part of a…
Russian aluminium billionaire Deripaska warns of long war in Ukraine
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) -Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska said on Sunday that U.S. President Joe Biden's speech in Warsaw indicated that some sort of "hellish ideological mobilisation" was…
China recovers second black box of crashed passenger jet
BEIJING (Reuters) -Recovery crews on Sunday found the second black box - the flight data recorder - from the wreckage of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet that crashed…
Myanmar junta chief vows no talks with opposition “terrorists”
(Reuters) - Myanmar's junta chief on Sunday said the military would not negotiate with "terrorist" opposition forces, vowing to annihilate them during a speech on Armed Forces Day, as opponents…
