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Britain’s foreign sectary is expected to announce on Monday that his country must look beyond its “traditional” allies and develop partnerships with emerging countries. James Cleverly will underline the need for the UK to develop stronger relations with increasingly influential countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, according to a statement released Saturday evening. Cleverly’s…
MOSCOW (AP) — Snipers from Russia’s National Guard on Friday killed four inmates who had stabbed four prison guards to death and briefly held others as hostages while declaring allegiance to the Islamic State group. The Federal Prison Service said that four inmates took eight prison guards and four inmates hostage. It said they stabbed…
South Korea’s military has shrunk to about 450,000 people – a decline of 20% over the last six years, according to a defence ministry report released by a ruling party lawmaker on Sunday. Authorities say the main reason behind the decline is the country’s dismal birth rate, which at 0.75 babies per woman is the…
“The initiative is first and foremost about strengthening European security,” said Finnish President Alexander Stubb. PARIS — Finland is joining France’s plans to cooperate more closely with other European countries on nuclear deterrence, the two countries announcedMonday. “Today, we took a new step forward as Finland joined the French forward deterrence initiative. The initiative is…
Dozens of Israeli aircraft participated in an initial wave of strikes on dozens of military targets and Iranian nuclear sites early on Friday morning. Iranian state media confirmed the killing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Commander Hossein Salami in the opening strike of Israel’s Operation Rising Lion, early Friday morning. Dozens of Israeli aircraft participated in…
ROME, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Italy’s lower house of parliament voted on Thursday against a long-awaited reform of the euro zone bailout fund, throwing into doubt ratification of a European Union treaty that is designed to provide help for failing banks. The vote confirmed the deep hostility within Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s ruling coalition to…