BERLIN: US President Joe Biden said on Friday that there was no agreement for giving Ukraine long-range weapons that President Volodymyr Zelensky has been mentioning Western countries for a really long time to lead further strikes into Russia. Biden spoke to reporters in Berlin and stated, “Right now, there is no consensus for long-range weapons.” He also urged the West to keep supporting Ukraine in the face of Kyiv’s gloomy winter and concerns about the strength of Washington’s own resolve due to the approaching US presidential election. Before meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz behind closed doors during a one-day…
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ROME: A key policy of the hard-right government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was severely undermined on Friday when Italian judges ruled against detaining the first migrants sent to Albania for processing. However, the Italian government promised to push ahead with its challenged plan to redirect shelter searchers abroad, saying it would bid against the court’s decision. Brussels has been closely following Rome’s boasts that a number of EU nations are interested in the plan as a means of processing asylum requests from outside the bloc. Be that as it may, only days after the arrangement went live on Monday,…
MOSCOW: According to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement on Friday, the Brics group will account for the majority of the expansion of the global economy in the coming years due to its size and relatively rapid expansion in comparison to that of developed Western nations. As a powerful counterweight to the West in global politics and trade, Putin wants to build up Brics, which now includes Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. On October 22-24, the leader of the Kremlin is scheduled to host a Brics summit in Kazan, Russia. “The nations…
JERUSALEM: Israel and its adversaries in the region, such as Hezbollah and Iran, pledged to keep fighting after Hamas confirmed the death of its leader Yahya Sinwar in an attack on Friday. Iran said Sinwar’s killing would just fuel “the soul of obstruction”, while Hamas demanded it wouldn’t deliver detainees taken during the October 7 downpour on Israel, until Israel’s conflict on Gaza closes. It stated, confirming his death, “The martyrdom of our brother, the leader Yahya Sinwar… will only increase the strength and resolve of Hamas and our resistance.” Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, referred to Sinwar’s assassination…
“On India, Justin Trudeau hasn’t always been right. But this time, he is,” says an editorial in the Toronto Star, one of Canada’s leading newspapers. The statement conveys the nation’s sentiments. The specifics are breathtaking. In Canada, eight people have been charged with homicide (the exact number of deaths being investigated was not disclosed), and 22 are charged with making threats, intimidation, coercion, or harassment. “Police have warned 13 Canadians from the South Asian diaspora that they are potential targets of Indian agents since Trudeau first went public with allegations that the Indian government was complicit in the murder of…
A significant victory for Tel Aviv was the execution of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the alleged mastermind of the attack on October 7 of last year, which Israel responded to with a brutal military offensive in the Gaza Strip. According to people who are familiar with Israeli leadership’s thinking, however, they are also trying to secure strategic gains that go beyond military victories. These gains aim to reshape the landscape of the region in Israel’s favor and protect Israel’s borders from any future attacks. With US races drawing nearer, Israel is hurrying to cause most extreme harm for Hamas in…
State media reported on Saturday that Chinese President Xi Jinping had called for troops to be more war-ready this week, just a few days after Beijing held large-scale military drills around Taiwan. According to CCTV, Xi made the remarks on Thursday while he was visiting a People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force brigade. CCTV reported that Xi advised the military to “comprehensively strengthen training and preparation for war” and to “ensure troops have solid combat capabilities.” Xi stated that soldiers should “enhance their strategic deterrent and combat capability.” In recent years, China has increased its displays of force around Taiwan, which…
According to court records and a police officer, a former Indian government official was arrested in New Delhi in December in an attempted murder case, and he was charged this week in the United States for allegedly directing a foiled murder plot. On Thursday, Vikash Yadav, 39, was indicted by the US Justice Department on charges that he was involved in a plot to kill a Sikh separatist in New York. According to the US indictment, Yadav, who was described as an Indian government employee at the time, collaborated with others in India and abroad to direct a plot to…
Two security sources said that early on Saturday, supporters of pro-Iran armed groups in Iraq ransacked offices associated with a Saudi TV channel in Baghdad after the channel aired a report referring to commanders of Tehran-backed groups as “terrorists.” Between 400 and 500 people attacked the studios of a Baghdad production company that works for the Saudi broadcaster MBC after midnight. An anonymous interior ministry source told AFP, “They wrecked the electronic equipment, the computers, and set fire to a part of the building.” He said the fire had been stifled and the group scattered by police. He added, “Security…
On Friday, Melanie Joly, the Canadian foreign minister, “alerted” the final Indian diplomats in the country that Canada will not tolerate any more criminal activity on its territory. The admonition follows the removal recently of six Indian negotiators after Canada’s public police force said there is more than adequate proof of homicide and blackmail by specialists in Canada working on orders from New Delhi. After being identified as a person of interest in the murder of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on June 18, 2023, in British Columbia, the high commissioner of India was one of the people kicked…
