US FOREIGN POLICY: Frustration growing among US diplomats at State Department
Articles
May 6, 2022
US FOREIGN POLICY: Frustration growing among US diplomats at State Department
While the US has successfully led a united Western front in pushing back against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Washington has…
Russia to stay in southern Ukraine ‘forever’ – Senior Lawmaker
Defence
May 6, 2022
Russia to stay in southern Ukraine ‘forever’ – Senior Lawmaker
A senior official from the Russian parliament said Friday that Russia will remain in southern Ukraine “forever,” speaking on a…
Ukraine claims Russia continues ‘assault’ on Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant
Defence
May 6, 2022
Ukraine claims Russia continues ‘assault’ on Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant
Moscow-backed separatists in southeastern Ukraine said they had taken down traffic signs spelling out the name of Mariupol in Ukrainian…
Hungary would block current EU proposal to ban Russian oil
Business
May 6, 2022
Hungary would block current EU proposal to ban Russian oil
Hungary won’t support the European Union’s current plan to completely ban Russian crude oil as it undermines the eastern EU…
Why is Ukraine trying to cancel Russian culture?
Articles
May 6, 2022
Why is Ukraine trying to cancel Russian culture?
Leo Tolstoy of “War and Peace” fame is still excommunicated. The Russian Orthodox church barred the white-bearded novelist from “ecclesiastical…
Pentagon denies helping Ukraine sink Russian ship Moskva
Defence
May 6, 2022
Pentagon denies helping Ukraine sink Russian ship Moskva
The United States Pentagon has denied reports that it helped Ukraine sink the Russian Moskva missile cruiser last month, in a high-profile…
UN chief pledges to continue efforts to find peace solution in Ukraine
Defence
May 6, 2022
UN chief pledges to continue efforts to find peace solution in Ukraine
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the first statement on Ukraine passed by the UN Security Council and will…
UN Security Council calls on countries to settle disputes peacefully
General News
May 6, 2022
UN Security Council calls on countries to settle disputes peacefully
The United Nations Security Council has called on countries to settle disputes peacefully, according to the body’s first statement on…
Transnistria vows to seek recognition through dialogue, not war
Diplomacy
May 6, 2022
Transnistria vows to seek recognition through dialogue, not war
Transnistria will seek international recognition through negotiations rather than war, Vadim Krasnoselsky, the leader of the unrecognized republic, said on…
Russia says it gave UN evidence of crimes by Ukrainian troops
Defence
May 6, 2022
Russia says it gave UN evidence of crimes by Ukrainian troops
Russia’s envoy to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said Russian diplomats at an informal Arria-formula UN Security Council meeting on Friday…