Agencies

Moscow: The United States is working to make necessary preparations for large-scale refugee and migrant crises that might arise amid the escalation of the situation around Ukraine, US broadcaster Fox News reported Sunday, citing a source familiar with the...

Moscow: Fears are growing in the United States that Russia is moving closer to China, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said on Saturday.The Russian and Chinese leaders met on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympics...

Moscow: Russia expects the United States to order 28 Russian diplomats to leave by July, the Russian ambassador to the US said, although he promised that Russia would keep trying to avoid a diplomatic breakdown."A further 28 Russian...

Buenos Aires: Peruvian Prime Minister Hector Valer Pinto has submitted a request for resignation to President Pedro Castillo days after assuming the post, amid allegations of domestic violence, media report."I have come to tell you that I accept...

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Winter Olympics, calling for stronger cooperation between China and the United Nations."The Secretary-General expressed his appreciation for China's strong...

Berlin: The head of the German parliament's defense committee warned Ukraine on Saturday that it should stop throwing around criticism about what it sees as Berlin's unfair refusal to supply it with weapons."I sympathize with Ukrainian representatives in...

Taipei: Taiwan "strongly condemns" the joint Russia-China statement adopted by the countries' leaders the day before in which Moscow supports the One-China principle and opposes independence of the island, the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry said on Saturday."In response to...

Washington: The Biden administration restored a sanctions waiver for Iran that is meant to ensure compliance to nuclear commitments as stakeholders enter the final weeks of negotiations to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a senior State...

Washington: A US State Department official said the joint Russia-China statement announced earlier in the day reflects the approach both countries have taken for some time to work more closely together."I think it's fair to say the meeting...

Moscow: The International and European Federation of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) has called on European countries not to use media as a weapon amid the ongoing tensions.The statement was made on Friday following the German decision to ban the RT...