The South Caucasus country's domestic security agency said that the explosives were hidden in a cargo of car batteries that entered Georgia in January overland from Ukraine via Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, and were seized at its border with Russia. In a statement, it said that the explosive ...
Turkey can continue paying for Russian natural gas imports via Gazprombank despite US sanctions on the bank, Ankara's energy minister said this morning. The US imposed new sanctions on Russia's Gazprombank last month, creating an obstacle for buyers of Russian gas, which had b...
The U.K. Ministry of Defense said in a recent intelligence update that Ukraine’s successes forced the Russian navy to sharply limit operations in the western Black Sea, allowing Kyiv to expand its agricultural exports despite Moscow’swithdrawal from a dealbrokered by Turkey and the U.N. that...
Boris Johnson spoke with Turkey's Erdogan about NATO concerns U.K. Boris Johnson spoke with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, focusing on their two countries' cooperation and the war in Ukraine. Johnson raised the issue of Turkey's opposition to Sweden and Finland's NATO...
Russia, Turkey and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding on creating four de-escalation zones in Syria on May 4, aiming to ease tensions for at least six months in Syria where the war is in the seventh year. According to the memorandum, the government and opposition forces will halt fig...
US ally Thailand has applied for membership, while Laos and even its former “protectorate” master France have indicated interest in BRICS. Another Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) member Turkey showed interest in 2018 and applied for membership this year. ...
Moscow holds elections in illegally occupied parts of Ukraine; Putin and Turkey's Erdogan to meet in Sochi Russia holds elections in illegally occupied parts of Ukraine, including Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. Anadolu Agency | Getty Images...
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal among Ukraine, Russia, the United Nations and Turkey, said the vessels are carrying 122,315 metric tons of grain and other crops. Two ships are set to leave from Ukraine's port of Chornomorsk and are destined for Pakistan and Italy. Two more vessel...
While the majority of the additions are Russian entities, additions to the list also include entities in China, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.3 BIS is considering a new rule that would impose export control restrictions on persons sanctioned under the authority of...
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