United Nations, July 28 (IANS) Washington and Paris have clashed over the reelection of Volker Turk as the UN human Rights chief, and it boiled over in the Security Council with the US staging a dramatic walkout when France began to speak.Dan Negrea, a senior US diplomat, accused France of “disingenuous grandstanding” on human rights after he walked out on Monday as France’s Permanent Representative Jerome Bonnafont began speaking during a discussion Ukraine.The public spat between the two…
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Washington, July 27 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday said his administration is rapidly rebuilding America’s weapons stockpiles, arguing that military inventories had been depleted by large-scale assistance to Ukraine under former President Joe Biden but insisting the United States remains well prepared for any future conflict. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while travelling to Michigan, Trump dismissed concerns that the United States could face ammunition shortages if anot…
London, July 27 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday arrived in the United Kingdom to meet with the country’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.”Arrived in the United Kingdom. My schedule includes meetings with Prime Minister Andy Burnham, as well as with our warriors who are currently in the UK, including those who took part in the Sea Breeze exercises,” Zelensky wrote on X.”Over the years of the full-scale war, we have built the strongest relationship in the entire history of …
Tehran, July 27 (IANS) Terming Ukraine’s attack on an Iranian vessel “illegal”, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday described Kyiv’s move as dangerous adventurism and warned that it will not go unanswered. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s behaviour is reminiscent of the “anarchists who took dangerous actions before World War I”, Iran’s official Islamic Republic News …
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday summoned Ukraine’s Ambassador to India, Oleksandr Polishchuk, in connection with the attack on the commercial vessel MV OMORFI, which resulted in the tragic death of an Indian national. “Today, the Ambassador of Ukraine to India, H.E. Dr. Oleksandr Polishchuk, was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs in connection with the attack on the commercial vessel MV OMORFI, which resulted in the tragic death of an Indian n…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Amid escalating security threats in the Black Sea region, Ukraine on Monday called on the international community to increase pressure on Russia to end its attacks on civilian shipping. In a statement, the Ukraine Embassy in India alleged that Russia’s attacks in the Black Sea caused civilian casualties among seafarers, maritime pilots and crew members of merchant vessels.”The Embassy of Ukraine in India firmly believes that threats and risks to civilian navigation aris…
Seoul, July 27 (IANS) The foreign ministry said Monday it is closely monitoring military cooperation between North Korea and Russia following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s claim that Moscow is preparing to receive another 30,000 North Korean troops for its war against Ukraine.In a recent post on X, Zelenskyy said Russia is preparing to bring in an additional 30,000 North Korean troops, with preparations under way since June in Russia’s Voronezh region to receive them.The Ukrainian pre…
Tehran, July 27 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on said Ukraine’s attack on an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea “cannot go unanswered.”In a post on the social media platform X, Araghchi accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of ordering “a blatant UN Charter violation done at Israel’s behest to drag Europe into its war.”He said he had “made clear that what the freeloader in Kyiv did CANNOT GO UNANSWERED” in phone calls with European Union foreign policy chie…
Tehran, July 27 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov condemned Ukraine’s “illegal” attack on an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea during a phone call on Sunday, according to Iran’s foreign ministry.Araghchi condemned Ukraine’s move as a “dangerous adventurism and clear violation of the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter,” stressing that Iran would decisively defend its national security and interests, the ministr…
Tehran, July 26 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that the attack on an Iranian commercial vessel by Ukraine, which killed a sailor, was done at the ‘behest’ of Israel to drag Europe into its war.”(Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky has attacked an Iranian commercial vessel, killing a sailor. A blatant UN Charter violation done at Israel’s behest to drag Europe into its war. In calls with EU High Representative Kaja Kallas and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavro…