Moldova signs security and defence partnership with EU
BRUSSELS – Moldova has signed a security and defence partnership with the European Union, the first country to make such a deal with the bloc, EU foreign policy chief Josep…
Finnish court rejects German arms maker’s complaint over rifle order
OSLO – Finland’s Market Court has rejected German gun maker Heckler & Koch’s complaint over the Finnish government’s direct arms purchase from a local manufacturer, according to a ruling on…
Russian hypersonics expert jailed for 14 years for treason
LONDON – Elderly Russian physicist Anatoly Maslov was sentenced on Tuesday to 14 years in a penal colony for treason, the latest of a string of cases against experts working…
Israeli troops push into Jabalia, airstrikes kill five in Rafah
Israeli forces thrust deeper into the Jabalia camp in northern Gaza on Tuesday, laying waste to residential districts with tank and air bombardments, residents said, while Israeli air strikes killed…
International ocean tribunal to issue climate opinion in ‘David and Goliath’ precedent case
Opinion will not be legally binding but it can bolster climate-linked litigation. Read More
Russia says U.S. subcritical experiment does not violate nuclear test ban treaty
MOSCOW – Russia said that a U.S. subcritical experiment aimed at giving data on the behaviour of the materials used in nuclear warheads did not violate the Comprehensive Nuclear Test…
Finland calls for EU-wide solutions to prevent migrant flow from Russia
HELSINKI – Finland wants the European Union to find common measures to prevent what it calls instrumentalised migration, meaning a flow of migrants arriving from Russia without valid travel documents,…
China rebukes South Korea, Japan lawmakers visiting Taiwan
BEIJING – China on Tuesday scolded South Korean and Japanese lawmakers for visiting Taiwan despite its strong opposition, chiding both neighbours for attending Taiwan’s “so-called inauguration ceremony of the leader”.…
Israel, Hamas reject bid before ICC to arrest leaders for war crimes
Israel called the demand a “historical disgrace” while Hamas said it “strongly condemns” the move. Read More
Israel, Hamas reject bid before ICC to arrest leaders for war crimes
Israel called the demand a “historical disgrace” while Hamas said it “strongly condemns” the move. Read More