World news about “International relations” published by euronews.
Iran: world ‘can only hope for compromise’ The ways of Iran’s rulers have changed a lot over the years. The last monarch of Iran – the Shah – held absolute power, embracing and embraced by the West… 11/06/2013
Uruguay President caught insulting Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Uruguay’s President Jose Alberto Mujica has made no apologies for his offensive remarks picked up by an open microphone against his Argentinian counterpart… 06/04/2013
Julian Assange & Wikileaks: Timeline of EventsDecember 2006: Julian Assange, a former Australian computer hacker, founds Wikileaks.org. The website aims to provide a platform for whistleblowers to post… 16/08/2012
Russia and Britain: Olympic diplomacy One needs to go back all the way to the summer of 2003 for the last time Vladimir Putin went to London. Since that meeting with then Prime Minister Tony… 02/08/2012
Sanctions on Syria – can they help topple a regime? Lebanon is the Mediterranean country bordering Syria which is most concerned by the situation there. The former Lebanese president Amine Gemayel spoke to… 26/03/2012
Investors pay to lend money to Germany Germany is the latest country that investors are paying to lend it money. As it sold 3.9 billion euros worth of short term government bonds, Berlin paid a… 09/01/2012
How the IAEA report on Iran triggered a new wave of sanctionsEuropean Union foreign ministers are discussing imposing sanctions on Iranian oil exports bound for Europe as they meet in Brussels on December 1. However… 30/11/2011
China’s military ‘opening up’ China’s military has historically been very secretive and cautious in relations with the outside world, particularly the West. But in recent years there have… 15/04/2011
Qatar: seeking Arab leadership role? Another day and a fighter plane returns to its base in Souda, Crete. It’s one of six Qatari aircraft that have helped maintain the UN backed no-fly zone over… 13/04/2011
Rusya Türkiye’ye ne karşılık verecek?Moskova’dan Şam’a giderken Ankara’ya indirilen uçak yüzünden Ankara ile Moskova arasında soğuk rüzgarlar esiyor. Rusya’nın rahatsızlığı, Türkiye’nin yaptığı… 19/10/2012
Russia’s biggest puzzle solved in SiberiaOrganisers say it is the biggest puzzle Russia has ever seen. A giant jigsaw has been put together in the city of Novosibirsk, in Siberia, recreating a self… 26/08/2012
Condemnation following failed North Korea rocket launchSouth Korea remained on high alert on Friday despite the failure of the North’s latest rocket launch, to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of late… 13/04/2012
Azerbaijan arrests suspect plotters with Iranian linkAzerbaijan has arrested two men suspected of plotting to attack prominent foreigners in the former Soviet republic. It is alleged they were aided by a third… 26/01/2012
China and S Korea discuss trade and changing neighboursWhilst South Korea’s president Lee Myung-bak is in China on a state visit, nuclear envoys from both countries will also meet to discuss stability in the… 09/01/2012
Israel war crimes question festersConsuelo Maldonado, euronews: Gilles Devers, you are the spokesman for a group of lawyers who, in 2009, filed a complaint of war crimes against Israeli… 26/12/2011
Euro crisis and visas on EU-Russia agendaPresident Dimitry Medvedev will hold top level talks today with European Union presidents in Brussels against the backdrop of Russian electoral fraud… 15/12/2011
‘New chapter’ in India-Pakistan engagementsAlmost three years of frosty relations between India and Pakistan looks set to thaw after the leaders of both countries held a one-on-one meeting in the… 10/11/2011
Reports of more deaths in SyriaThe crackdown on dissent in Syria continues, with at least 14 more deaths reported, 11 of them killed by troops who stormed a town near the Lebanese… 11/08/2011
Arab states step up pressure on Syria’s AssadSyrian President Bashar al-Assad has so far showed no sign of calling an end to his six-month crackdown on anti-government protesters. He has lifted a ban… 10/08/2011
Syria increasingly isolated as ambassadors leaveWith the popular uprising in Syria being ever more brutally repressed Syria finds itself being deserted by several Arab countries and under increasing… 08/08/2011
Bush statue unveiled in AlbaniaA tiny Albanian village unveiled a statue in honour of George W. Bush, in a square also named after him on Wednesday. The 2.85m bronze sculpture, which was… 07/07/2011
Russia restores power to BelarusAn unpaid bill which led to Russia pulling the plug on Belarus’s electricity has now been paid. Supplier InterRAO said it disconnected the grid because it was… 29/06/2011
Russia cuts off Belarus’ power after ‘unpaid bill’Russia has pulled the plug on Belarus’ electricity because of an unpaid bill. Supplier InterRAO said it disconnected the grid because it was owed 30 million… 29/06/2011
Libyan contact group calls on the colonel to leave LibyaA newly-formed international ‘contact group’ on Wednesday issued a call to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to step down and leave Libya. Qatari Prime Minister Hamad… 13/04/2011
“Stand down and quit Libya,” world powers tell GaddafiA newly-formed international ‘contact group’ on Wednesday issued a call to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to step down and leave Libya. Qatari Prime Minister Hamad… 13/04/2011
Army urges Egypt back to workFor 18 days, Tahrir Square was the focus of Egypt’s discontent. It came to embody the spirit of the revolt which led to the ousting of President Hosni… 15/02/2011
Turkish leader’s Lebanon visit sparks clashesProtesters have clashed with police over Turkish Prime Minister Recip Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Lebanon. The demonstrators are from Lebanon’s Armenian… 25/11/2010
Koreas: on the brink of war again?It is not as if the latest incident on the maritime border between the two Koreas comes completely out of the blue. Only last March, the Cheonan, a South… 23/11/2010
Koreas urged to show maximum restraintThe international community is calling for restraint, warning of the consequences of the situation escalating. The US envoy for North Korea gave his… 23/11/2010
