Vienna: Western countries have begun to pressure Austria, which has taken a neutral stance militarily in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Besides, an ‘OSCE’ group meeting has been organized in Austria towards the end of next week. Austria has decided to grant visas to 15 Russian leaders and officials for this meeting. However, representatives of 20 countries […]
Riyadh/London: ‘To the West: Anybody who challenges the existence of this [Saudi] Kingdom, we are all projects of Jihad and martyrdom,’ Saudi Prince Saud al-Shaalan threatened the US. US President Joe Biden had warned that Saudi Arabia, which has decided to cut fuel production, will face serious consequences. At the same time, US senators had […]
Moscow: Referendums have begun in four Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine. Voting has started in Luhansk and Donetsk, part of the Donbas region, and Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Russia said that voting would continue till the 27th of next week. Western countries, including Ukraine, have criticized the referendum process as a sham and warned that the international […]
Vienna: OPEC+, an organisation of petroleum export countries, has a meeting to agree on increasing oil production from September by 100000 barrels per day. In the last session, for July and August, OPEC + decided to increase oil production by 600000 barrels per day. Hence the latest increase planned for September is relatively minimal compared […]
London: Senior US Statesman Henry Kissinger advised that if Russia is not to be made the centre of Chinese influence in Europe, western countries have to consider Russian interests. He also praised the assistance provided by NATO to Ukraine in the conflict against Russia during an interview with ‘Times’ the British daily. But he warned […]
Paris: A crisis bigger than the 1970 ‘Oil Crisis’ has been created, riding on the sanctions imposed against Russia. International Energy Agency (IEA) Chief Fatih Birol warned that the United States and European countries might have to resort to fuel rationing in the coming times. There was a shortage of only crude oil in 1970. […]
Paris/Moscow – In the fight against terrorism, Mali has partnered with Wagner, a Russian company that supplies mercenaries. Sixteen Western nations, including France, have accused that the deployment of the Russian contracted troops could threaten stability and security in West Africa, including Mali. But Mali’s government has dismissed the allegations levelled by the western countries. […]
Washington/Canberra/Beijing: – Curt Campbell, the US coordinator for Indo-Pacific, accused ‘The United States feels that China is trying to separate Australia from the group of like-minded western countries. The objective is to see what effects this has on Australia and the change in the Australian outlook.’ At this time, Campbell assured that despite any efforts […]
Washington/Beijing – Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton warned that China is the biggest threat of the 21st century to the United States’ existence and the entire western world. Bolton warned that the time has come for the western world, including the United States, to stand united against the threat of the Chinese communist […]
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned, ‘Russia does not want to sever its ties with the western countries. But if someone thinks of the Russian goodness as its weakness, there will be a strong, immediate and harsh retaliation against it. Russia will decide the limits for this.’ The Russian President issued this warning to the […]