Chinese President Xi Jinping met his “dear friend” Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, seeking both to deepen economic ties with an ally he sees as a useful counterweight to the West and to promote Beijing’s role as a potential peacemaker in Ukraine.Xi was the first leader to meet the Russian president since the International … Read more
MOSCOW: Russia said Monday that it had opened a criminal investigation into International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan after the court based in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin.“The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Ahmad Khan” and several ICC … Read more
LONDON: Former UK prime minister Tony Blair is by turns pensive and defiant as he reflects on the upcoming anniversaries of two events that arguably defined the best and worst of his decade in power.Monday marks 20 years since Blair joined US president George W. Bush in launching an invasion of Saddam Hussein‘s Iraq, without … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Crimea on Saturday on an unannounced visit to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia‘s annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine.Putin was greeted by the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, and taken to see a new children’s centre and art school on what the official said was a surprise … Read more
LONDON: Former UK prime minister Tony Blair is by turns pensive and defiant as he reflects on the upcoming anniversaries of two events that arguably defined the best and worst of his decade in power.Monday marks 20 years since Blair joined US president George W Bush in launching an invasion of Saddam Hussein‘s Iraq, without … Read more
China’s top leader Xi Jinping will travel to Russia to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin next week in a visit that could have broad implications for Moscow’s war in Ukraine and the troubled relationship between Beijing and Washington. Xi is expected to visit Russia from Monday to Wednesday, China’s foreign ministry and the Kremlin said … Read more