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Australia offers France compensation

Paris will get back just a fraction of a multi-billion-dollar contract torn up by Canberra

June 11, 2022

By Editors Desk

FILE PHOTO: A French submarine transits the Thames River in preparation to arrive at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, September 1, 2021. © AP / US Navy / Chief MC Joshua Karsten

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa. Picture: Vaitogi Asuisui MATAFEO / SAMOA OBSERVER / AFP

Fiji and Samoa reveal inside talks with China as Beijing says Pacific agreement still in reach

May 31, 2022

By Editors Desk

Dmitry Medvedev, pictured alongside Vladimir Putin, has warned that the west must drop sanctions on Russia to fix the food crisis sparked by its invasion of Ukraine. Photograph: Sputnik Photo Agency/Reuters

US accuses Russia of weaponizing food in Ukraine crisis and holding global supplies ‘hostage’

May 20, 2022

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April 29, 2022

UK Defence Secretary warns Vladimir Putin could declare a new world war within days

Britain’s Defence Secretary has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin could declare a new world war on a particular date in May.

April 29, 2022

Britain’s Defence Secretary warns Vladimir Putin could declare a new world war in days. Picture: Alexey Danichev/Sputnik/AFP

April 23, 2022

Turkey blocks Russian flights to Syria

The decision applies to both military and civilian flights

April 23, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Mevlut Cavusoglu gives a press conference after a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, April 19, 2022 © AFP / Adem Altan

April 20, 2022

ENEMIES, THINK TWICE: Putin test-fires Satan 2 nuke and issues threat

Russia has successfully test fired its ‘Satan’ nuclear missile, Vladimir Putin has claimed as he issued a chilling warning to the West.

April 20, 2022

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April 20, 2022

Assange extradition order issued by UK court

The Australian-born journalist is facing an effective life term on American soil, if the decision is signed off by Home Secretary

April 20, 2022

Julian Assange. © Getty Images / Carl Court

April 14, 2022

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev threatens to move nuclear weapons towards Finland and Sweden if they join NATO

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has warned that Russia would deploy nuclear weapons in a new location if a red line is crossed.

April 14, 2022

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev threatens to move nuclear weapons towards Finland and Sweden if they join NATO

April 13, 2022

Ukraine War: Finland to decide on Nato membership in weeks says PM Marin

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin says her country will decide whether to apply to join Nato "within weeks".

April 13, 2022

REUTERS |Prime Minister Sanna Marin (R) met Swedish leader Magdalena Andersson in Stockholm to discuss Nato

April 12, 2022

Why so much of the world won’t stand up to Russia

Rising food prices and a history of Western hypocrisy and selfishness aren’t helping

April 12, 2022

April 09, 2022

Finland is hurtling towards NATO membership

The NATO-Russia border would double at a stroke

April 09, 2022

April 07, 2022

Viktor Orban Is Set for a Fourth Term as Hungary's Prime Minister. That Could Be a Boost for Putin

It was an election that was supposed to be dominated by Hungary’s woeful healthcare system following a dire pandemic response—

April 07, 2022

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and members of the Fidesz party celebrate on stage at the 'Balna' building on the bank of the Danube River of Budapest, on April 3, 2022. Attila Kisbenedek—AFP/Getty Images

April 04, 2022

‘War criminal’: Biden unleashes on Putin

US President Joe Biden called for a war crimes trial over the alleged atrocities in Ukraine that sparked a wave of outrage. WARNING: Distressing

April 04, 2022

Ukainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) speaks to the press in the town of Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, on April 4. Picture: RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP

April 03, 2022

Russia’s chilling dream of new ‘world order’ with China

The US has been pressing China not to support Russia – but Vladimir Putin has other, grander, plans, and the signs from Beijing are ominous.

April 03, 2022

TOPSHOT – Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for a photograph during their meeting in Beijing, on February 4, 2022. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / AFP)

March 30, 2022

Russian bombers armed with nuclear warheads violated EU air space, Sweden says

Russian bombers armed with nuclear warheads have been accused of violating European Union air space, and doing so on purpose.

March 30, 2022

An image of the Russian planes. Picture: Swedish Air Force/TT/AFP

March 29, 2022

Russia vows to ‘radically reduce’ military activity in northern Ukraine

Experts and western diplomats voice caution over pledge on first day of face-to-face talks in Istanbul

March 29, 2022

00:45 Russia says it will 'radically reduce military activity' around Kyiv and Chernihiv – video

March 19, 2022

Japan pushes India to denounce Russia

The Japanese PM said that Russia’s actions in Ukraine are ‘shaking the very essence of the international order’

March 19, 2022

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sits his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida during a signing of agreements in New Delhi, Saturday, March 19, 2022 © AP / Manish Swarup

March 19, 2022

US should have dialogue with Russia, address ‘crux’ of Ukrainian crisis, China’s Xi tells Biden

The presidents of the two countries have held talks discussing the hottest international and bilateral issues

March 19, 2022

March 14, 2022

US tells allies China signalled openness to providing Russia with military support

Moscow requested equipment including surface-to-air missiles, according to diplomatic cables

March 14, 2022

Jake Sullivan, US national security adviser, raised the issue during a meeting with Yang Jiechi, China’s top foreign policy official © AP

March 14, 2022

US urged China not to supply arms to Russia at ‘intense’ Rome meeting

China had denounced reports that Moscow asked for military equipment as ‘malicious disinformation

March 14, 2022

China has so far not condemned the Russian invasion or the mass killings of civilians in Ukraine. Photograph: Alexei Druzhinin/AP

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