adminColombian President Gustavo Petro fired back at Washington after the Trump administration imposed sweeping sanctions on him, his family, and top officials, accusing them of aiding the global drug trade.…
adminVenezuela’s Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino López accused the United States of mounting an “unprecedented show of militarism” in the Caribbean amid a wide‑scale naval buildup ordered by President Donald Trump. Speaking in Caracas, Padrino warned that the U.S. is deploying “air and naval assets of one of the greatest military powers in the world” near Venezuela’s coast, calling it a “latent threat to the nation’s sovereignty.” His remarks follow the Pentagon’s confirmation that the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group were sent to the region under U.S. Southern Command to intensify anti‑cartel operations. Powered by WPeMatico
adminU.S. President Donald Trump expressed “a lot of respect for Taiwan,” while also criticising Canada for allegedly using AI to alter a Ronald Reagan commercial. He mentioned plans for a…
adminWorld leaders, including Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, UK PM Keir Starmer, Danish PM Mette Frederiksen, and Dutch PM Dick Schoof, unite in London for the Coalition of the Willing meeting…
adminBrazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he is “fully ready to defend Brazil’s interests” in his anticipated meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia. Speaking in Jakarta, Lula called the 50% U.S. tariffs on Brazilian exports a “mistake without factual basis,” pointing to a $410 billion trade surplus Washington has enjoyed with Brazil over 15 years. He said his goal is to “prove with numbers” that the tariffs were wrong and to explain why sanctions against Brazil’s Supreme Court judges “lacked any justification.” Powered by WPeMatico
adminUkraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev face off over sanctions, U.S. policy, and the future of Ukraine—Zelensky underscores unity with the United States and Europe in tightening…
adminVenezuelan President Nicolás Maduro issued a defiant message amid escalating tensions with the United States, denouncing Washington for “inventing an eternal war” to justify military aggression in the Caribbean. Speaking in Caracas, Maduro called on South America and the Caribbean to mobilize for peace, saying, “We say: no to war, yes to peace, yes to prosperity, yes to harmony.” He…
adminRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressed the VIII Global Forum of Young Diplomats in Moscow, marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in World War II and the founding of the United Nations. Lavrov opened his remarks by celebrating Russia’s “decisive contribution to the defeat of Nazi Germany” and criticized the West for trying to “unite once again against Russia through NATO and the EU.” He accused Berlin of calling to “re‑establish the German army as the strongest on the continent,” drawing parallels to Europe’s wartime coalitions. Powered by WPeMatico
adminOn this episode of the Hindustan Times Podcast, Shashank Mattoo sits down with Prashant Vasisht of the ICRA to discuss US sanctions on Russian oil. Vasisht argues that Indian refiners…
adminAt the UN Security Council, the United States praised President Donald Trump’s landmark 20‑Point Peace Plan for Gaza — hailed as a historic breakthrough that ended two years of conflict and brought home 20 hostages after 738 days. Addressing the Council, the…
