Haitian officials call Security Council resolution a ‘a glimmer of hope’, despite concerns over foreign intervention. The United Nations Security Council has approved a multinational force to assist in Haiti as the Caribbean nation contends with widespread gang violence. The 15-member council voted overwhelmingly in favour on Monday, with 13 approving…
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India threatens to revoke the diplomatic immunity of diplomats told to leave if they remain after October 10. India has told Canada that it must repatriate 41 diplomats by October 10, according to The Financial Times newspaper. Ties between India and Canada have become strained over Canadian suspicion that Indian government agents…
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President Joe Biden has vowed continued US support for Ukraine, after further military funding was excluded from a last-minute congressional budget deal. The temporary measure, pushed through to avert a government shutdown, did not include $6bn (£4.92bn) in military aid for Kyiv – a top White House priority. Hardline Republicans…
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US president takes repeated shots at his predecessor’s economic record as 2024 election campaign begins to heat up. US President Joe Biden has hit out at the economic policies of his predecessor and likely 2024 election challenger Donald Trump, noting that the United States lost jobs under the former Republican president’s…
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The United States and China have achieved what many deemed impossible – a historic meeting between US President Joe Biden, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol. Mr Biden hosted the first stand-alone meeting among the three countries at the Camp David presidential retreat in the…
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Niger’s coup leaders have closed the country’s airspace until further notice, citing the threat of military intervention from their neighbours. It comes after the Ecowas group of West African states demanded President Mohamed Bazoum be reinstated by Sunday. Ecowas had warned that the junta could face military action and will…
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Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has returned to parliament for the first time since he was convicted in a criminal defamation case. The Congress party leader had lost his lawmaker status in March after he was sentenced to two years in jail. He was reinstated as MP on Monday, two days after the…
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As mystery swirls over the removal of China’s foreign minister Qin Gang, questions have also arisen over what his downfall means for China’s diplomacy. Following weeks of unexplained absence, Mr Qin this week was decisively rooted out by the Chinese leadership – even all mention of him was scrubbed off…
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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party have demanded polls expected early next year are overseen by a neutral caretaker government. Dhaka, Bangladesh – Thousands of opposition supporters rallied in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday, demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down and make way for a neutral caretaker administration to oversee a…
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On the night a dozen of Donald Trump’s Republican rivals spoke at the same event in Iowa, only one challenged the former president head on – and he was roundly booed. It highlights the grip Mr Trump still has on his party. Someone backstage at the Lincoln Dinner clearly had…
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