US President Donald Trump's demand for European allies to help secure the passage of oil and gas tankers through the Strait of Hormuz was a major talking point at today's meeting of European Union foreign affairs ministers in Brussels.
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz has gone back and forth in his relationship with Donald Trump: A year ago, Merz presented himself as a sharp critic of Trump. Then came a long phase of rapprochement — political opponents accused Merz of pandering to the US president.
China's National People's Congress (NPC) last week approved by an overwhelming majority a law that had been submitted to the legislature three years ago: the Law Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress. There were 2,756 votes in favor of this "ethnic unity" law, three abstentions and three votes against.
A well-known stock market proverb says: "Buy when the cannons are firing." In other words, in times of war and uncertainty, people should invest. Those looking to protect their wealth and assets often turn to gold — even though gold is rarely cheap in turbulent times.
Officials promised to clamp down on the practice of pressing Kenyans into joining the Russian army, Nairobi's Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi said on Monday in Moscow. He added that they were working on a plan to repatriate Kenyans who had been lured to Russia until false pretenses.
The election of Menaka Guruswamy as an MP last week marks a significant moment for LGBTQ+ visibility in India's political life, with the openly queer lawyer now entering the country's upper house of parliament, the Rajya Sabha.
An Azerbaijani court sentenced Martin Ryan of France to 10 years in prison on Monday, after finding him guilty of collecting secret information about Baku's military cooperation with Turkey and Pakistan. He was also accused of cooperating with employees of France's security services allegeldy operating out of the French embassy in Baku.
Hungary's ruling and opposition parties each held major rallies on Sunday as they race to shore up support ahead of hotly contested elections on April 12.
Kenya's Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi departed for Moscow on Sunday to press Russian authorities to end the recruitment of Kenyan citizens into the Russian military for the war in Ukraine.
Voters in France are going to the polls on Sunday in muncipal elections that are being considered as a final major gauge of political sentiment in the country ahead of a presidential vote next year.
He himself calls it a 'strong signal:' A man with non‑European roots serving as a Catholic bishop in Germany.