Washington DC (UPI) Jun 14, 2024 South Korean and U.S. officials held an emergency phone call over an upcoming visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to North Korea, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Friday. First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun spoke with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell, the ministry said in a statement....
Stockholm (AFP) June 15, 2024 A Russian SU-24 bomber violated Swedish airspace near the strategic Baltic Sea island of Gotland, leaving only after Sweden scrambled two JAS-39 fighter jets, Sweden's military said on Saturday. The incident on Friday occurred three months after the Scandinavian country became a full member of NATO, dropping...
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) June 14, 2024 NATO on Friday agreed to play a bigger role in coordinating weapon deliveries to Ukraine, as part of a Western push to ensure support continues whatever the results of November's US elections. Faced with the looming spectre of a potential return to the White House for Donald Trump, Kyiv's backers are...
Seoul (AFP) June 15, 2024 North Korea's military has been building roads and walls inside the Demilitarized Zone that separates it from the South, the Yonhap news agency reported Saturday. The construction activities are taking place north of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) that runs through the middle of the DMZ, the South Korean agency...
Jerusalem (AFP) June 14, 2024 Senior Israeli officials said Friday that comments by the defence minister, who rejected a French initiative to contain tensions on the Lebanese border over "hostile policies against Israel", do not reflect the government's position. French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday at the G7 summit in Italy...
Shanghai (AFP) June 15, 2024 New Chinese coast guard rules took effect Saturday, under which it can detain foreigners for trespassing in the disputed South China Sea, where neighbours and the G7 have accused Beijing of intimidation and coercion. Beijing claims almost the entirety of the South China Sea, brushing aside competing claims from...