- 20 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityUpdated
West assails Russian ‘barbarism’ as Ukrainians shelter from bombardment
By Jarrett Renshaw and Pavel Polityuk BRUSSELS/LVIV/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) - Western leaders piled on military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine on Thursday and denounced Moscow's invasion of its neighbour as…
West gives more support to Ukraine, raises stakes for Russia
By Jarrett Renshaw and Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO promised Kyiv new military support and assigned more troops to the alliance's eastern flank while London and Washington stepped up sanctions…
U.N. General Assembly again overwhelmingly isolates Russia over Ukraine
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Almost three-quarters of the U.N. General Assembly demanded aid access and civilian protection in Ukraine on Thursday, and criticized Russia for creating a…
Factbox-North Korea’s new Hwasong-17 ‘monster missile’
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea test-fired its massive Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time on Thursday, demonstrating the capabilities of a weapon potentially able to deliver a nuclear…
China examines cockpit voice recorder from crashed airliner
By Martin Quin Pollard WUZHOU, China (Reuters) -Chinese investigators began examining the cockpit voice recorder from a China Eastern Airlines jet that plunged into mountainside with 132 people on board…
Kremlin says Abramovich played early role in Ukraine peace talks
LONDON (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich played an early role in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, but the process was now in the…
China’s foreign minister visits Afghanistan
By Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) -Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Kabul on Thursday, a spokesman for Afghanistan's foreign ministry said, the highest-level visit by a Chinese official since the…
Swiss freeze more than $6 billion worth of sanctioned Russian assets
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Michael Shields ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland has frozen around 5.75 billion Swiss francs ($6.17 billion) worth of Russian assets covered by sanctions, and that amount is…
Exclusive-Solomon Islands considers security cooperation with China – official
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Solomon Islands has signed a policing deal with China and will send a proposal for a broader security agreement covering the military to…
Pakistan PM Khan says he won’t resign ahead of no-confidence move
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he will not resign, rejecting opposition calls for him to step down ahead of a no-confidence move against…
Myanmar ‘special command’ authorised lethal attacks on civilians – report
(Reuters) - Myanmar's junta chief created a special command a day after last year's coup that was solely responsible for deployment and operations of troops in urban areas, and authorised…
Taliban orders girls’ high schools to remain closed, leaving students in tears
By Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban on Wednesday backtracked on their announcement that high schools would open for girls, saying they would remain closed until a plan was drawn…
