Following Ecuadorian authorities decision to storm Mexico’s embassy in Quito and arrest the country’s former vice president Jorge Glas on corruption charges, Ecuador’s exiled former president, Rafael Correa, told FRANCE 24 on Saturday that his ex-deputy “is an honest man” subject to “political persecution”. He also likened the raid on the embassy, which has been …
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Tuesday on supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia and the Israel-Hamas conflict. Issued on: 02/04/2024 – 04:54 2 min France is among major military suppliers to Ukraine, which has faced critical shortages of arms and troops as …
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Meilan Solly Associate Editor, History When a powerful Japanese feudal lord with aspirations of seizing control of the warring nation learned that a ragged group of European sailors had landed on the archipelago’s southern shores in April 1600, he was eager to arrange a meeting with their leader. The outsiders, Tokugawa Ieyasu believed, could be …
Pandas Bai Yun and Zhen Zhen, former residents of the San Diego Zoo â Credit: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance ‘Panda Diplomacy’ is back in action in San Diego as Chinese conservationists and the California zoo signed an agreement that could see giant pandas return for the viewing public as soon as the end of …
Brazil summoned Israel’s ambassador Daniel Zohar-Zonshine and recalled its envoy from Tel Aviv for “consultations” after the country declared President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva “persona non grata” over his criticism on Israel’s war crimes in Gaza. Israel’s foreign minister said Monday that Brazil’s president would not be welcome in Israel until he apologizes for …
Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the largest in the enclave, receives data from every hospital in the strip. Hospital administrators say they keep records of every wounded person occupying a bed and every body arriving at a morgue. The ministry also collects from other sources including the Palestinian Red Crescent. The health ministry does not …
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso announced Sunday they would be leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) “without delay”, citing the injustice of sanctions ECOWAS levied on each country following takeovers by military juntas. Issued on: 28/01/2024 – 14:37Modified: 28/01/2024 – 14:52 1 min The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger …
Iraq and the U.S. formally launched the first session of discussions to end the mission of the U.S.-led coalition against Daesh. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement that he had sponsored “the commencement of the first round of bilateral dialogue between Iraq and the United States of America to end the …
Saudi Arabia plans to allow alcohol sales to non-Muslim diplomats for the first time, two sources familiar with the plan told AFP on Wednesday, modifying strict rules governing liquor in the conservative country. Issued on: 24/01/2024 – 16:51 2 min Alcohol “will be sold to non-Muslim diplomats” who previously had to import alcohol via a …
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday opens a week-long tour of Africa’s west coast as he seeks to bolster US-friendly democracies with security deteriorating in the Sahel. Issued on: 22/01/2024 – 12:28Modified: 22/01/2024 – 12:33 3 min The top US diplomat will start in Cape Verde before visiting Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Angola, …