NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. File | Photo Credit: Reuters NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on May 31 dismissed warnings by Russian President Vladimir Putin that allowing Kyiv to use Western weapons for strikes inside Russian territory might lead to an escalation. Speaking on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Prague, Mr. Stoltenberg said … Read more
United States President Joe Biden began his trip to Europe on Monday with a visit to London where he met with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and King Charles-III. The US President described the relationship between the two nations as “rock solid.” The meeting between Biden and Sunak comes ahead of a key NATO meeting … Read more
Image use for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s military says security forces have raided two militant hideouts in regions near the border with Afghanistan, triggering intense shootouts that left six insurgents dead during the Eid holidays. A military statement said the two raids were conducted earlier on June 30, in Tank and … Read more
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg leaves a press conference following his meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey June 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday called on Ankara to drop its opposition to Sweden’s bid to join the defence alliance, saying Stockholm has addressed Turkey’s security concerns. “Sweden … Read more
Norway‘s government said Thursday that it was expelling 15 Russian diplomats from the country, saying they were suspected of spying while working at the Russian Embassy in Oslo. Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said the move was “an important measure to counter and reduce the scope of Russian intelligence activities in Norway, and thereby secure our … Read more
Finland joined the NATO military alliance on April 4, dealing a major blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a historic realignment of Europe’s post-Cold War security landscape triggered by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Nordic country’s membership doubles Russia’s border with the world’s biggest security alliance. Finland had adopted neutrality after its defeat by … Read more
An empty flagpole stands between the national flags of France and Estonia outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, April 3, 2023. Finland awaits an official green light to become the 31st member of the world’s biggest security alliance as NATO Foreign Ministers prepare to meet in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday. | Photo Credit: AP … Read more
A leading U.S. official has said the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is “open” to deepening ties with India. Speaking at a virtual press briefing on Friday, Ambassador Julianne Smith, U.S. envoy to NATO, said Russia should withdraw from Ukraine and that NATO is watching China-Russia relation in the backdrop of Russia’s continued military operation … Read more
Russia’s defence ministry said Wednesday its troops destroyed a depot of NATO-supplied arms in western Ukraine, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Western allies to speed up arms deliveries to his country. “Near the town of Zolochiv in Lviv region, high-precision long-range Kalibr missiles destroyed an ammunition depot of foreign weapons transferred to Ukraine by NATO … Read more
The major losses suffered by Ukrainians daily in its war against Russia could be a tipping point in the ongoing conflict. Ukrainian casualties are reportedly somewhere between 6oo and 1,000 a day. One presidential adviser, Oleksiy Arestovych, told The Guardian this week it was 150 killed and 800 wounded daily Another, Mykhaylo Podolyak, told the … Read more