Ukraine says it retakes more ground as Zelenskyy visits front lines on 05/09/23
Ukraine said on Monday (4 September) its troops had regained more territory on the eastern front and were advancing south in their counteroffensive against Russian forces while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited two front-line areas. Kim to meet Putin as Russia seeks closer military ties with North Korea on 05/09/23
Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet Vladimir Putin and discuss the possibility of supplying Moscow with weapons for the war in Ukraine, as Russia says it is seeking closer military ties with North Korea. After meeting Putin, Erdoğan says Black Sea grain deal can be restored on 05/09/23
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said after talks with Vladimir Putin on 4 September that it would soon be possible to revive the grain deal that the United Nations says helped to ease a food crisis by getting Ukrainian grain to market. ASEAN leaders seek to assert bloc’s relevance at annual summit on 05/09/23
Southeast Asian leaders will on Tuesday (5 September) converge on the Indonesian capital for an annual summit amid rifts within the 10-member regional bloc over stalled peace efforts in Myanmar and a sharpening US-China rivalry in the region. The Brief – Coup epidemic in Africa on 04/09/23
The recent military coup in Gabon comes in a line of similar events in former French colonies in Africa: Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Niger. In Sochi, Putin and Erdoğan discuss gas hub, grain deal on 04/09/23
President Vladimir Putin told Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday (4 September) that Russia was open to discussions about the Black Sea grain deal, an agreement that helped get Ukraine's grain to market and thus ease a global food crisis. Ukraine says Russian drones hit NATO member Romania, Bucharest denies on 04/09/23
Ukraine said on Monday (4 September) Russian drones had detonated on the territory of NATO member Romania during an overnight air strike on a Ukrainian port across the Danube River, but Bucharest denied its territory had been hit. Some inconvenient truth about international development policy on 04/09/23
When complaining about the West losing global influence, no one dares to talk about another big elephant in the room of international relations - development cooperation, writes Peter Hefele. European Commission mulls new European Defence Act before end of year on 04/09/23
The European Commission plans to propose a new 'European Defence Production Act' to boost the bloc's defence industrial base, from research to joint procurement, to help EU member states better face future crises. Chinese PM Li Qiang to attend G20 summit, Biden ‘disappointed’ on 04/09/23
China's Premier Li Qiang will attend G20summit in the Indian capital New Delhi this weekend, a Beijing foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Monday (4 September).
|
|
