US President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that Spain be expelled from NATO for refusing to increase its defense spending. “They have no excuse not to do this,” Trump told reporters at the White House during a meeting with visiting Finnish President Alexander Stubb. “Maybe you should throw themContinue Reading
The directors-general of the state news agencies of Burkina Faso (AIB), Mali (AMAP) and Niger (ANP) have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at creating conditions for future co-operation in the field of print media and information. This was reported by Burkina Faso’s news agency AIB. The heads ofContinue Reading
The Islamist militant group Hamas said on Friday that it accepted some elements of the Gaza peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump and that it was prepared to release all Israeli hostages, dead or alive. The group also said it was prepared to enter into immediate negotiationsContinue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin will “in one way or another” take part in the G20 summit, which will be held on 21–22 November 2025 in Johannesburg. Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told journalists at a briefing. “In one way or another he (Putin) will take part in the G20 inContinue Reading
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday urged Israel to immediately release South African nationals and other activists detained after the interception of humanitarian aid vessels bound for the Gaza Strip. Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing toward Gaza say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting theirContinue Reading
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has proposed that Qatar should be the new headquarters of the United Nations, slamming President Donald Trump for violating the principles of the organisation following his visa revocation by Washington. “As President of Colombia, in the general assembly of the nations that we founded in theContinue Reading
Russia consistently supports the expansion of the UN Security Council to include countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America. This was stated by Russia’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyanskiy at the seventh summit of the African Union’s “Committee of Ten” in New York on 21 September.Continue Reading
The Israeli prime minister took to the stage at the UN General Assembly on Friday afternoon when dozens of delegates began to get up from their seats and leave the room in protest against the genocide in Gaza. Shouts directed towards Netanyahu could also be heard before he began toContinue Reading
By our Correspondent Nigeria has expressed its support for the recently proposal for Global Governance Initiative by the Chinese President Xi Jinping. It will be recalled that President Xi in his statement during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s leaders summit in Tianjin, unveiled the GGI along with it’s five concepts. InContinue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Congo’s leader Denis Sassou Nguesso at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, the Kremlin press service reported. The talks took place as part of events marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japanese militarism and the end of the Second WorldContinue Reading
