Category: Politico News

WASHINGTON — China’s ambassador to the United States on Wednesday attempted to walk back his country’s declaration of a “no limits” partnership with Russia, suggesting there’s been a “misunderstanding” of China-Russia relations amid Moscow’s assault on Ukraine. Speaking during a fireside chat at the Aspen Institute Security Forum, Ambassador Qin Gang addressed the February statement in […]

Nicola Beer is vice president of the European Parliament. Peter R. Neumann is a professor of security studies and director of the Institute for the Freedom of Faith and Security in Europe.    While the war in Ukraine continues to swamp our front pages, there’s another conflict that has reached a crisis point. After 10 […]

Belgian MPs ratified a controversial treaty with Iran that could allow an Iranian convicted of terrorism in Belgium to be sent back to Tehran. Out of the 131 MPs present, 79 voted in favor while 41 rejected the treaty, and 11 abstained from the vote just after midnight, following a late debate Wednesday. Critics fear […]

On Thursday morning, the Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream natural gas pipeline is due to resume deliveries. It’s been offline for 10 days as part of routine annual maintenance — but politicians from Brussels to Paris to Berlin have warned this year is anything but ordinary. Russian state-backed exporter Gazprom has already halted or reduced deliveries to […]

Ukraine’s first lady delivered an emotional speech to American lawmakers on Wednesday, emphasizing the human toll of Russia’s war on her country and pleading with Congress for more weapons. Olena Zelenska, who addressed members of both chambers at the invitation of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, showed images of Ukrainians who have been killed, injured and displaced, […]

ROME – Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is facing a crucial vote of confidence, amid growing signs that he will fail to win enough support from right-wing parties to carry on leading the government. In a speech on Wednesday, Draghi indicated he was willing to stay on as prime minister if his feuding coalition partners […]

LONDON — Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak will battle it out with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to lead the U.K.’s Conservatives and become Britain’s prime minister, after the party’s MPs chose their final two candidates to go on to the next stage of the contest. After a frantic final day of lobbying MPs for support, Sunak […]

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Moscow is expanding its military objectives in Ukraine and aims to seize control of entire southern regions. Nearly five months after the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion, Lavrov said in an interview with RIA Novosti and RT that Russia’s military targets now go beyond the so-called People’s […]

Days after the European Union banned Kremlin-backed news outlet RT for its role in spreading propaganda about the war in Ukraine, the Russian media organization was back in the game. To reach Germans, a new site quickly appeared that was a replica of the now-sanctioned RT Deutsch. For Spain, multiple sites that were carbon copies […]

LONDON — Boris Johnson urged his successor to “stay close to the Americans” in what is almost certain to be his final parliamentary appearance as U.K. prime minister. Johnson, who will leave Downing Street on September 6 after being ousted by his own lawmakers, called on whoever replaces him to hold fast to the transatlantic […]