World news about “Diplomatic tension” published by euronews.
US diplomat leaves RussiaRussian television says a US diplomat at the centre of a spying row has left Moscow. Ryan Fogle was given five days to leave Russia after allegedly trying to… 20/05/2013
Turkey calls on world to act against Syria in wake of car bombs Ankara is accusing a group with links to Syrian intelligence of carrying out two car bombings in a Turkish border town, which left 46 people dead. The… 13/05/2013
Turkey arrests bomb attack suspects Turkey believes fighters loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are to blame for the two car bombs that killed more than 40 people in the Turkish border… 12/05/2013
Turkish government suspects Syrian involvement in bomb attacks The Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, has said that Turkey reserves the right to take “every kind of measure” after the car bomb attacks that killed… 12/05/2013
Pyongyang pulls back missiles After weeks of tension and uncertainty, North Korea is said to have taken two missiles off launch-ready status. They have also been moved from their… 07/05/2013
Koreas: Kaesong industrial complex silenced The last seven South Korean workers left the Kaesong industrial complex in North Korea on May 3 — and with them went the final channel of communication… 03/05/2013
North Korea sentences US citizen to 15 years hard labour North Korea has sentenced a US citizen to 15 years hard labour for what the Supreme Court called crimes against the country including trying to overthrow the… 02/05/2013
Japan-China tension over East China Sea islands reignites China has sent a flotilla to the disputed waters of the East China Sea islands. The move comes in response to a group of 80 Japanese nationalists who entered… 23/04/2013
Tough talks as Turkey and Israel meet over fatal flotilla attack An Israeli delegation has arrived in Turkey for talks on normalising relations between the two countries, following the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid… 22/04/2013
Serbia, Kosovo agree tentative deal on improving ties Serbia and Kosovo have agreed a tentative deal to normalise relations. A Serbian diplomat told euronews that the accord does not amount to Belgrade… 19/04/2013
Northern Cyprus wants to talk The crisis in Cyprus could influence timing of any new talks between the two sides. The small island nation of Cyprus has been divided for almost forty… 19/04/2013
Serbia, Kosovo leaders meet again in Brussels Leaders from Serbia and Kosovo are back in Brussels for the ninth round of talks aimed at normalising relations between the two nations. EU officials have… 17/04/2013
South Korean workers leave Kaesong Their cars piled with belongings, South Korean workers have begun to leave the Kaesong industrial zone jointly run with the North. They work at a number of… 17/04/2013
US helicopter crashes while landing near North Korea borderA US military helicopter crashed in a region near the border with North Korea on Tuesday with 14 people on board, all of them American soldiers, South Korea’s… 16/04/2013
North Korea celebrates the Day of the Sun It is the Day of the Sun in North Korea, a day which celebrates the 101st anniversary of the birth of the state’s founder Kim Il-Sung. As is traditional it… 15/04/2013
US and China pledge to work for nuclear-free Korea US Secretary of State John Kerry has met with China’s President Xi Jinping, and the two countries have issued a joint statement saying they are “committed to… 13/04/2013
Russians retaliate with “Magnitsky list” of their own Russian relations with America took another turn for the worse on Saturday when the Russian published a retaliatory list banning 18 Americans from visiting… 13/04/2013
Kerry in China for talks on North Korea U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Beijing as part of his four day East Asia tour. Along with strengthening relations between the United States and… 13/04/2013
Kerry seeks Chinese influence as North Korean sabre-rattling continues American diplomacy is moving this weekend from the South Korean capital Seoul to Beijing and Tokyo, as tension surrounding North Korea’s ongoing military… 13/04/2013
US names 18 on Magnitsky list accused of human rights abuse in Russia The United States has published a list of 18 people it has banned from the country, 16 of whom are linked to the case of Russian whistleblower Sergei… 13/04/2013
N Korea: birthday celebrations with a nuclear bang? Monday, April 15 is what would have been North Korean leader Kim Il-sung’s 105th birthday. It is also the day Seoul is bracing itself for a missile test in… 12/04/2013
G8 condemns North Korea’s nuclear actions North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons has been condemned in the “strongest possible terms” by G8 Foreign Ministers. At the meeting in London, British… 11/04/2013
South Korea remains on high alert over missile threat from North Japan has joined South Korea in raising its alert levels in prospect of North Korea launching an attack. Both countries say there are increasing signs that… 11/04/2013
Japan fears N Korea strike due to US military bases There are worries in Tokyo that a North Korean military attack could be directed at US military bases located in Japan rather than mainland America. There… 09/04/2013
Mass rallies shown in North Korean TV Large rallies have been held across North Korea in support of its army and to denounce the US and South Korea. Propaganda videos were broadcast by state… 04/04/2013
Latest North Korean threats spark international reaction Pyongyang says it has ratified a “merciless” attack against the United States potentially involving a “diversified nuclear strike.” It said it is responding… 04/04/2013
UK’s Cameron says Trident needed as nuclear deterrent British Prime Minister David Cameron has warned that scrapping Trident, the UK’s submarine-based nuclear weapons system, would be “foolish” in the face of… 04/04/2013
US anti-chemical drills in South Korea Following Pyongyang’s posturing the US army has been conducting anti-Chemical drills in South Korea. They demonstrated the equipment and techniques used to… 04/04/2013
North Korea threatens ‘merciless’ nuclear strike against US The North Korean army says it has received final approval to launch a “merciless” strike on the US, including the possible use of “cutting edge” nuclear… 04/04/2013
Belgrade faces tough choices to realise EU membership goal Serbia’s government is left facing difficult decisions after the collapse of talks with neighbouring Kosovo. The country does not recognise Kosovo’s… 03/04/2013
Breakdown in Kosovo talks puts time pressure on Belgrade The breakdown of talks in Brussels over northern Kosovo has highlighted a growing sense of urgency in Belgrade, with headlines warning time is running… 03/04/2013
Brussels Serbia-Kosovo talks fail Talks in Brussels to end the deadlock over the Serbian north in Kosovo have broken down between the Prime Ministers of both countries. Serbian Prime… 03/04/2013
U.S. talks down North Korean threats of war U.S. F-22 fighter jets have been taking part in drills on a South Korean airbase. Against the backdrop of escalating tensions between North and South Korea… 02/04/2013
US ‘deeply concerned’ over Russia’s NGO checks The United States has added to mounting international criticism of the Kremlin’s continuing programme of inspecting the offices of non-governmental… 29/03/2013
North Korea in nuclear hysterics The hotline to North Korea has gone cold. They have stopped answering on this last channel of communication. The North has said that with war possible at any… 27/03/2013
North Korea in ‘combat posture’ North Korea has delivered a threat which is being taken more seriously than the usual anti-US rhetoric. The North has said all field artillery, including… 26/03/2013
Italy’s Foreign Minister resigns over marines being sent to India for trial Controversy over the decision to send two Italian marines to stand trial in India has grown after Italy’s Foreign Minister resigned in protest. Giulio Terzi… 26/03/2013
US says it’s ready for any N. Korean military strike The US has condemned North Korea’s threat of military action against it, warning it’s ready for “any contingency”. Pentagon spokesperson George Little told… 26/03/2013
Feelings run high in Cairo over Obama trip In Egypt President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel has been denounced by some who claim it is a provocation to the feelings of Arabs and Muslims. They want… 21/03/2013
India-Italy row escalates after court ruling Italy’s envoy to India Daniele Mancini does not have legal immunity. That ruling has come from India’s Supreme Court on Monday in an escalating row between… 18/03/2013
Kim Jong-Un on ‘frontline’ as North Korea threatens nuclear strike North Korea has released video of its leader, Kim Jong-Un, inspecting troops near its border with the South. The reclusive country has also ended… 08/03/2013
South Koreans react to North Korea UN sanctions There have been mixed reactions in South Korea, after the UN’s decided to step up sanctions against Pyongyang and the North’s reaction to end all… 08/03/2013
Chavez: ‘An extraordinary man’ Hugo Chavez, adored by many as a hero, was born in 1954, the second son of humble village schoolteachers. After studying at the military academy in Caracas… 06/03/2013
Russian parliament demands orphan returns from US Russian lawmakers have urged the U.S. Congress to help return a Russian boy living with a Texas family, after the death of his three-year-old brother… 22/02/2013
Arab Spring becoming an Islamist Winter, says Israel’s Ayalon Danny Ayalon, the outgoing Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, has been talking to euronews about the situation in Syria and Iran’s nuclear ambitions. James… 06/02/2013
Ukraine and Russia’s gas wrangle reignites Ukraine’s state gas company Naftogaz says it cannot pay a $7 billion (5.2 billion euro) bill it has received from Russian gas giant Gazprom. The matter is now… 28/01/2013
Tensions rise between India and Pakistan over Kashmir killingsAn Indian Border Security Force soldier looks through a pair of binoculars outside a bunker near the fenced border with Pakistan in Suchetgarh, southwest of… 11/01/2013
Asia, a cold new era Launching a rocket this week that could double as a ballistic missile was a North Korean demonstration of Communist military capability. It said Pyongyang… 20/12/2012
Peru fish quest border case The fishermen of Puerto Grau in Peru want access to waters they have long been denied. The Pacific here is rich in resources within 200 nautical miles of… 03/12/2012
Japan’s carmakers hit by China’s people power Honda has issued a profits warning cutting its full-year figures by one-fifth following a popular backlash against Japanese goods in China. It followed… 29/10/2012
EU travel ban on Russian officials over Magnitsky case The European Parliament has endorsed sanctions against around 60 Russian officials over the death of the lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. He died in custody in 2009… 24/10/2012
Turkey: Allegations that air passengers mistreated untrueTurkey has denied the allegations that it mistreated passengers on board a Syrian aircraft suspected of carrying military equipments. Speaking to euronews… 11/10/2012
Turkey-Syria escalation warning ‘If Syria keeps firing at us, we will respond with more force.’ This was the message delivered to Damascus by Turkish army chief General Necdet Özel during… 10/10/2012
News+: Powerless over Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko saw his supporters sweep to victory in Belarus’ parliamentary elections over the weekend after opposition parties boycotted the… 24/09/2012
Tokyo: Japanese nationalists island rally – nocomment Right-wing activists held a rally in Tokyo to protest against China’s activities near several disputed islands in the East China Sea. 19/09/2012
Sporting tensions Escalating tensions between China and Japan over an uninhabited group of islands in the East China Sea has spilled over to the sporting world. China has… 18/09/2012
USA, China swap WTO complaints Fears of a trade war have ignited between the USA and China after Beijing filed a case at the WTO to overturn the levying of anti-dumping duties on a range of… 17/09/2012
EU concerned by Tymoshenko appeal failure The European Union has criticised Ukraine’s High Court for rejecting ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko’s appeal against her abuse of power conviction. Tymoshenko… 29/08/2012
Full Interview with Israeli PM spokesman Mark Regev Rumours regularly surface that Israel is close to launching a military strike on Iran over its nuclear programme which immediately leads to counter threats by… 21/08/2012
Israel says “all options on the table” over Iran These are turbulent times for Israel as developments in Iran, Egypt and Syria raise questions over security and Middle East stability. Mohammed… 21/08/2012
Tensions flare over Japan-China islands dispute – nocomment Thousands of Chinese took to the streets on Sunday after a group of Japanese nationalists raised their flags on a disputed East China Sea island. In the… 20/08/2012
Syria: Chemical weapons increase tensions Pressure mounted on Damascus as the West began taking notice of chemical weapons in Syria, something the country has made no efforts to hide. On the contrary… 24/07/2012
EU tightens sanctions on Assad’s Syria EU foreign ministers agreed on Monday to tighten sanctions on Syria, further upping the pressure on President Bashar Assad’s regime. The 27-member bloc’s… 23/07/2012
Turkey-Syria military risk higher ‘Stay clear’, Turkey is warning Syria along their 900km common border, as international diplomatic and military channels crackle with high tension. After… 27/06/2012
EU imposes new round of sanctions on Syria EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg have agreed fresh sanctions against individuals linked to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The latest… 25/06/2012
Timofti denies Russian radar plans for Moldovan border Three years of political stalemate in Moldova ended in March with the election of President Nicolae Timofti. His republic sits between Romania and Ukraine, a… 16/05/2012
Brussels warns Ukraine to improve rule of law The EU Commission has told Ukraine it must drastically improve its rule of law before harbouring any hopes of closer ties with the 27 member bloc. The… 15/05/2012
No dictatorship in Ukraine says prime minister Mykola Azarov became Ukraine’s prime minister in March 2010. Since then his premiership has come under sharp focus in Europe and beyond with concerns over the… 12/05/2012
Argentina’s YPF seizure slams Repsol shares The Argentinian nightmare caught up with Repsol on the market on Tuesday as its subsidiary YPF was nationalised by Buenos Aires. The Spanish oil company’s… 18/04/2012
North Korean rocket launch stokes tensions North Korea defied international pressure from the United States, the UN and others when it went ahead with its controversial rocket launch on Friday. In… 13/04/2012
Tensions rise between Japan and North KoreaPatriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) land-to-air missiles are seen under cherry blossoms in full bloom at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo. REUTERS/Toru Hanai 10/04/2012
Afghan officials attacked at massacre scene An Afghan government delegation has come under a gun attack as it visited the scene of the massacre of 16 civilians by a US soldiers near Kandahar. The group… 13/03/2012
North Korean troops military exercises – nocomment North Korean troops have been conducting live-fire drills near an island that was the site of a deadly artillery exchange less than two years ago. The drills… 07/03/2012
Europe increases pressure on Syria EU foreign ministers have given the green light for a raft of new sanctions against Syria. Meeting in Brussels, Europe’s top diplomats agreed to target… 27/02/2012
Greece and Iran push up oil prices Oil prices steadied on Friday with Brent crude near $120 a barrel. They had been pushed up by hopes for a long-awaited Greek bailout deal and tension… 17/02/2012
Gas grumbles heat up in bitter cold The European Commission has confirmed several European countries are experiencing reduced flows of Russian natural gas. Brussels says the countries involved… 04/02/2012
EU reaction to French ‘genocide’ bill French President Nicolas Sarkozy has never hidden his hostility to Turkey joining the European Union, adding another layer of tension between the countries… 25/01/2012
French firms to count cost of genocide law The Armenian genocide bill passed by the French parliament could hit French companies doing business, or hoping to do business, with Turkey. Previous… 24/01/2012
Iran scientist death adds to growing stack of nuclear stresses The tension between Iran and the West has cost the life of another nuclear scientist in Tehran. A limpet bomb on his car killed 32-year-old Mostafa Ahmadi… 12/01/2012
Turkish newspapers furious with FranceThe decision by the French Parliament to pass a law punishing those who deny that the bloody events of 1915 in the last days of the Ottoman era were a… 23/12/2011
Turkish protest over French ‘genocide’ bill – nocomment A crowd gathered outside the French Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, to protest the controversial vote in Paris on whether to penalise those who deny a “genocide”… 23/12/2011
French-Turkish-Armenian questionsAt least 20 countries officially recognise the acts of the Ottoman Empire from 1915-1923 against the Armenians as genocide. Others, such as Germany Britain… 22/12/2011
Could gas reserves further strain Cypriot relations? Tensions are rising again on the divided island of Cyprus. Could the prospect of undersea gas resources, and the revenues they could offer, put further strain… 25/11/2011
EU sanctions on Belarus not working, say opposition Belarus opposition parties have told euronews that sanctions imposed on Minsk by the EU are not working. Some 200 officials are currently subject to asset… 17/11/2011
EU extends sanctions on Syria EU foreign ministers gathered in Brussels to add their weight to the growing international pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Welcoming… 14/11/2011
Cyprus blasts Turkey over gas EU member Cyprus has a major natural gas find on its hands, which is complicating even further dealings with EU-candidate country Turkey. Unification talks on… 28/09/2011
Turkish deputy PM defiant in drilling row Turkey’s relations with Israel have been strained as the row over gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean has escalated. Turkey’s Deputy Prime… 27/09/2011
Israel Embassy attacked in Cairo – nocomment Dozens of Egyptian protesters attacked a security wall around the Israeli embassy in Cairo on Friday night and set fire to a police truck outside. 10/09/2011
What is Turkey’s role in Syria?Turkey says it cannot stay indifferent to what is happening in neighbouring Syria. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said “whatever happens in Syria is… 08/08/2011
Shots on Israel-Lebanon border – nocomment There was a brief exchange of gunfire between Israeli and Lebanese soldiers along the border between the two countries. No injuries were reported but the… 01/08/2011
Escalation between Turkey and Syria Regarded as a close ally of Bashar al-Assad, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been under pressure from Europe and the Americans since the start of… 23/06/2011
Argentine president in war of words with British PMArgentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has hit out at Britain over the Falklands islands in the South Atlantic. Fernandez said Britain… 17/06/2011
Arab revolutions, Israeli fears What the wave of revolutions in the Mediterranean might change for Israel has been under debate among political analysts and academics in Paris, at a two-day… 05/04/2011
China attacks US cyber war allegationsChina has hit back at the United States over claims it is behind a series of hacking attacks on high profile American websites. In a televised statement… 20/02/2013
Erdogan: Turkey-Syria bomb was meant to provoke AnkaraTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Monday’s deadly bomb attack at the Turkish-Syrian border was meant to provoke the Ankara… 13/02/2013
Russia-Japan dispute over islands erupts againRussia’s government has denied that two of its fighter jets breached Japanese airspace near Hokkaido. However, Japan’s claim that Russia entered its… 07/02/2013
Syria makes formal complaint at UN over ‘Israeli’ attackSyria has lodged a formal complaint with the UN over an airstrike inside the country blamed on Israel. There is confusion over what was actually hit, with… 31/01/2013
US Secretary of State Nominee John Kerry gets tough on IranUS Secretary of State Nominee John Kerry categorically stated on Thursday that he would be totally committed to sanctions against Iran. During his… 24/01/2013
South Korea calls on Pyongyang to end ‘provocations’Officials from South Korea have called on North Korea to refrain from “provocations”. This came shortly after Pyongyang said it will go ahead with a nuclear… 24/01/2013
War veterans back calls for talks over Falkland IslandsArgentine war veterans gathered in Buenos Aires on Thursday, to voice their support for an open letter which calls for talks over the Falkland Islands. The… 04/01/2013
