After
Azerbaijani media published constant articles portraying the meeting
as the US embassy's spy network and who was recruited as an American agent
while training in the United States, the US Embassy in Azerbaijan postponed the
ceremonial meeting with the graduates of American universities, which was
planned to be held on November 27 at the Marriott Absheron Hotel in Baku.
Yerevan.
Tigran
Mkrtchyan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of
Armenia to Greece, on Tuesday held a meeting with deputy of the ruling
"New Democracy" party of Greece, chairperson of the Greek
Parliament’s Standing Committee of National
Defense and Foreign Affairs Dora Bakoyannis.
Barcelona,
Spain.
Arab states and the EU agreed on Monday (27 November) that a two-state
solution should be the answer to the Israel-Palestine conflict, with EU’s chief
diplomat Josep Borrell saying the Palestinian Authority should rule Gaza after
the war.
A French
warship arrived Monday in the Egyptian town of El-Arish near the border with
the conflict-torn Gaza Strip to serve as a hospital for wounded civilians, a
port source said.
US
Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves on the day of his departure from Joint
Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S. November 27, 2023, as he travels to Brussels for
a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting.
Delegations from European Union member states, Middle Eastern countries and North African states met on Monday in Barcelona to demand an end to the war between Israel and Hamas.
Ukrenergo,
Ukraine’s energy operator, announced on Thursday that the Ukrainian electricity
grid is in a ‘difficult’ situation since Wednesday and has requested emergency
supplies from Romania, Slovakia, and Poland, according to AFP.
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Ukraine
needs more air defenses to protect its grain export routes as well regions
bordering Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday, as he
addressed an international summit on food security in Kyiv. The Swiss President
during the summit also pledged to provide additional support to Kyiv.
The
decision on Armenia’s possible withdrawal from the CSTO will be made taking
into account its state interests, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a
press conference today.
On
Thursday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that it will push the
European Union to adopt new policies to support the Palestinians' hopes to have
a state.
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by
Robert Ellis*
In the Middle Ages, holding a knight to ransom was standard practice on the battlefield; it is still routine in international relations today.
A million barrels of crude oil were exported to China from Tobruk’s Hariga
oil port, in eastern Libya. A source at the port added that the oil tanker, “Delta
Tolmi” docked at the port’s berth on Tuesday, and is now on its way to China.
Turkish police on Nov. 20 intervened the press statement organized by İzmir
Bar Association in front of the association building within the scope of Trans
Day of Remembrance because the group was “unfurling LGBTI+ flags.”
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South African lawmakers voted on Tuesday in favor of closing down the Israeli embassy in Pretoria and suspending all diplomatic relations until a ceasefire is agreed in the country’s war with Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas in Gaza.
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Periscope - Hellas
An investigation by Greek newspaper Kathimerini says that mistakes and
oversights in the planning and execution of a fatal mission undertaken by the
Special War Command (DEP) of the Greek Armed Forces in Libya on September 17,
in the aftermath of deadly floods.
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Yerevan, represented by its representation in the Collective Security
Treaty Organization (CSTO), for the first time publicly refused the assistance
offered by this organization.
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Lamezia
Terme.
An Italian court on Monday convicted and sentenced around 200 mobsters and their white-collar helpers, the culmination of a historic, nearly three-year trial against Calabria’s notorious ‘Ndrangheta mafia.
Turkey will
make efforts to rebuild damaged infrastructure, hospitals and schools in Gaza
if a ceasefire is achieved there, Turkish media on Saturday reported President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying.