diplomacy

Nicaraguan president, wife banned from US

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States on Tuesday imposed an entry ban on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, his…

G20 leaders approve global tax reform deal

G20 leaders have formally endorsed the global agreement for a minimum 15 percent corporate tax, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen…

India vows to take up ‘climate justice’ combat at COP26

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - India will be a fighter for "climate justice" at the upcoming COP26 summit, seeking to…

Brazil, Colombia ‘united’ in defense of Amazon ahead of UN summit

Brasília, Brazil (AFP) - Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro and his Colombia counterpart Ivan Duque said on Tuesday they would head to…

Algerian president demands ‘total respect’ from France

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday demanded France's "total respect", following a row over visas and critical comments from Paris…

Taiwan official warns China military tensions highest in decades

by Amber WANG TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Military tensions between China and Taiwan are at their highest in four decades,…

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid opens Israeli embassy in Bahrain

MANAMA, Bahrain (AFP) -- Israel's top diplomat Yair Lapid opened the Jewish state's embassy in Bahrain Thursday, a year after…

N. Korea’s Kim condemns US dialogue offer as ‘facade’: state media

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemned a US offer of dialogue as a "facade",…

North Korea fires ‘missile’, insists on right to weapons tests

  by Claire LEE Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a presumed short-range missile…

India to export 8 million Covid-19 jabs in October

  NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India will export eight million coronavirus vaccine jabs by the end of October after…

France denies report it would give up permanent UN seat

PARIS, France (AFP) -- France denied a report in Britain's The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday that it would be prepared…

US to announce ‘additional commitments’ on Covid Wednesday: Biden

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- The United States will announce "additional commitments" on fighting Covid-19 when the White House…

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