Tag: international politics
The forty-year-old family man was held hostage for 444 days – now he tells how to survive the torture without collapsing | Foreign countries
Iran is in turmoil in November 1979. Barry Rosen hears at his workplace in the US embassy how the radio begins to flood with charming talk. The speaker is Iran’s…
India’s foreign minister makes a rare visit to Pakistan, relations between warring neighbors not discussed | News in brief
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar attends the Economic Cooperation Meeting in Islamabad. 16:42•Updated 16:42 External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar emphasizes that it is a multilateral event. According to…
Children’s rights organization: One in six children lives in the middle of an armed conflict | Foreign countries
Plan aims to prevent forced marriages and provide emergency aid and education to children and young people in crisis areas. Every sixth child lives in conflict zones, and there are…
President Xi: China ready to expand practical cooperation with Russia | News in brief
President Xi Jinping according to the Chinese state news agency Xinhua, China is ready to expand practical cooperation with Russia. According to Xinhua, Xi was told about it by the…
Stubb and Erdoğan in Ankara, Stubb: Finland’s NATO process left no dents, Erdoğan denied the NATO delay | Foreign countries
The presidents’ discussions concerned, among other things, the war in Ukraine, the conflict in the Middle East, and the relations between Finland and Turkey and cooperation in NATO. 17:38•Updated 20:33…
Mexico’s first female president takes office | News in brief
The first female president in the history of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum takes the oath of office today, Tuesday. Sheinbaum, 61, the candidate of the center-left Morena party, received 58.3 percent…
Mark Rutte now leads NATO – watch the first briefing live at 12:30 | Foreign countries
Earlier today, Rutte accepted the task from Jens Stoltenberg. NATO’s new Secretary General Mark Rutte will hold its first press conference on Tuesday from 12:30 p.m. We follow the news…
NRK: Norway is considering building a fence on the border with Russia | News in brief
Norway and Russia have almost 200 kilometers of common land border. The Norwegian government is considering building a fence on its border with Russia, the Norwegian Broadcasting Company reported NRK…
Stubb’s statement on Ukraine surprised the Swedish ambassador: Shouldn’t Ukraine join NATO as quickly as possible? | Policy
Stubb said that Ukraine would join the EU first, then NATO. 15:06•Updated 15:50 President by Alexander Stubb thinking about Ukraine’s EU and NATO membership does not resonate among diplomats and…
Japan may soon be led by a man who took parental leave and advocates for women’s right to keep their own surname | Foreign countries
Shinjiro Koizumi would be Japan’s youngest post-war leader. The vote between the main candidates is getting tight. BEIJING Japan may soon have its first prime minister who has taken parental…