China opposes any country disrupting the international economic and trade order by rules of “small circles,” a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday, in response to a related query about the so-called “critical minerals alliance” established by the United States. Spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks at a dailyContinue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Saturday that India will begin buying Venezuelan oil instead of importing from Iran, following Delhi’s decision to reduce Russian energy imports. “They’re going to be buying Venezuelan oil as opposed to buying it from Iran,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “We’veContinue Reading
Russia strongly condemns the latest restrictive measures imposed by the United States on Cuba, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Saturday. Zakharova made the remarks in response to a media question regarding a U.S. executive order published on Thursday, which threatened to impose tariffs on countries that sellContinue Reading
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday that while Europe remains a close partner to the United States, it is not a subordinate power. In a government statement delivered to the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, Merz emphasized that the trust built within NATO remains the “best guarantee forContinue Reading
A senior Iranian military commander said on Saturday the country’s armed forces are ready to give a “regret-inducing” response to any adventurism by the “enemies,” according to the official news agency IRNA. Deputy Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Ahmad Vahidi made the remarks at a national congressContinue Reading
Fears of regional escalation grew on Saturday as more airlines suspended flights to the Middle East. The move followed a warning from Türkiye’s foreign minister that Israel is seeking an opening to strike Iran. The atmosphere of uncertainty was compounded by expanded U.S. sanctions targeting Iranian oil and Tehran’s accusationsContinue Reading
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Friday that 10 foreign intelligence services were behind recent “terrorist” incidents in the country. In a statement on its official outlet Sepah News, the IRGC described the incidents as part of a failed “U.S.-Israeli plan” to threaten Iran’s territorial and national integrity.Continue Reading
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says the growing dispute with the United States over the Danish-controlled Arctic territory of Greenland “is an issue that reaches far beyond our own borders”, and has hailed the support the country has received from its European allies. US President Donald Trump claims theContinue Reading
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Iran had defeated the United States and Israel “once again” and had “extinguished the sedition” he alleged was incited by Washington and Tel Aviv. Speaking during an address marking a religious holiday, Khamenei’s remarks came as Iranian authorities appeared toContinue Reading
There are no Chinese warships operating in Greenland and no significant Chinese investments in the region, Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said in Washington on Wednesday, as he countered US threats to seize the Arctic island. Rasmussen, together with Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt, had an hourlong meeting withContinue Reading
