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This file photo taken on 07 May, 2022 shows a general view of the entrance to the coal mine of the Russian state company Arktikugol Trust, is pictured in the miners' town of Barentsburg, on the Svalbard Archipelago, northern Norway

Russia and China eye NATO’s ‘Arctic Achilles heel’

No, this is not some time warp Soviet settlement lost in the Arctic wastes, but a corner of Norway where Moscow can—theoretically at least—mine, build, drill and fish what it likes

North Macedonia's President Stevo Pendarovski, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (C) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotaki talk after a family picture before a dinner hosted by the Spanish royal couple with those invited to the official NATO Summit program at the Royal Palace in Madrid, on 28 June, 2022

Johnson urges NATO allies to boost military spending

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will urge his NATO allies at a summit in Madrid to boost their defence spending in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, his office said Tuesday

Russian 1000-rouble banknotes, 50 and 10 kopeck coins are seen on a table at a private company's office in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia on 6 November, 2014

Russia slips into default zone as payment deadline expires

Russia looked set for its first sovereign default in decades as some bondholders said they had not received overdue interest on Monday following the expiry of a key payment deadline a day earlier

(From C, clockwise) Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, US President Joe Biden, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and France's President Emmanuel Macron have taken seat at a round table as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses G7 leaders via video link during their working session on 27 June 2022 at Elmau Castle, southern Germany, where the German Chancellor hosts a summit of the Group of Seven rich nations (G7)

US announces new G7 sanctions targeting Russia’s defence sector

The United States on Monday announced new G7 sanctions targeting Russia’s defence industry in a bid to hobble the Kremlin’s ability to maintain the military machine during its invasion of Ukraine

The RM 3 cargo ship is loaded with steel rolls at the Port of Mariupol, during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern city of Mariupol, Ukraine on 30 May 2022

Ship to take metal from Mariupol to Russia, Kyiv calls ‘looting’

Ukraine’s Human Rights Ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova said the shipment amounted to looting by Russia

M Tamim

Interview: M Tamim 'Petrobangla takes it for granted that there's no more gas in the country'

Energy expert M Tamim says, fuel prices have gone up in Europe, but food prices have not. In our country, both have increased. In the circumstances, everyone must take balanced measures in all areas

(From foreground C-R, clockwise) Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz, US president Joe Biden, Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson (waving), Japan's prime minister Fumio Kishida (hidden), European commission president Ursula von der Leyen, European Council president Charles Michel, Italy's prime minister Mario Draghi, Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau and France's president Emmanuel Macron have taken seat on a round table for their first working session on 26 June 2022 at Elmau Castle, southern Germany, where the German Chancellor hosts a summit of the Group of Seven rich nations (G7).

G7 opens summit with gold export ban on Russia

World powers on Sunday agreed to ban gold exports from Russia, in new concerted action to cut off Moscow's financial lifeline as G7 leaders met in southern Germany to lock down new support for ...

Bavaria's Schloss Elmau castle, where German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosts the G7 leaders summit, is seen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on 26 June 2022

G7 to ban Russian gold imports, choking key market for Putin

The attempt to clamp down on Russian gold is likely to be the most meaningful economic measure against Moscow announced at the G7’s three-day meeting

ndonesian president and G20 chairman Joko Widodo

Indonesian president to meet Zelensky and Putin to urge peace talks

Indonesian president and G20 chairman Joko Widodo set off on Sunday to Europe where he said he plans to visit Russia and Ukraine and meet with the countries' leaders to urge peace talks

A picture taken on 21 June, 2022 from the town of Lysychansk, shows a large plume of smoke rising on the horizon, behind the town of Severodonetsk

Russia-Ukraine war Russians 'fully occupy' Severodonetsk, shift focus to Lysychansk

Russia's army has "fully occupied" the key Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk after weeks of fighting, its mayor said, as Russian president Vladimir Putin pledged to send nuclear-capable missiles to ...

A man stands by a barricade made with destroyed police cars in Lysychansk on 21 June, 2022

Ukraine reports 'massive' attack from Belarus

Ukraine said it came under "massive bombardment" Saturday from neighbouring Belarus, a Russian ally not officially involved in the conflict, the day after announcing a retreat from the strategic city ...

This combination of pictures created on 24 June 2022 shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) arriving on 19 October 2016 at the chancellery in Berlin, and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) attending a national ceremony in Paris on 29 September 2021

Documentary containing Macron, Putin phone call to be aired Thursday

Macron has been praised by admirers by keeping open a channel to Putin, with whom he sought to cultivate a relationship to the point of inviting the Kremlin chief to his summer residence in 2019

Freight train wagons from Russian enclave Kaliningrad are seen at the border railway station in Kybartai, Lithuania on 21 June 2022

US says NATO commitment to Lithuania ‘ironclad’ after Russia threat

Lithuania, a former Soviet republic both in NATO and the European Union, has been among the most outspoken nations in opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Russian servicemen drive tanks during military exercises in the Leningrad Region, Russia, in this handout picture released 14 February, 2022

Russia warns Lithuania, pushes into Ukraine’s Donbas

Russia’s war of words with EU member Lithuania escalated on Tuesday, with Moscow vowing “serious” consequences over Vilnius’ restrictions on rail traffic to the exclave of Kaliningrad that borders ...

A combine harvests wheat in a field near the village of Kamennobrodskaya in Stavropol region, Russia on 4 July 2019

Turkey to host Ukraine grain talks next week

The initiative has been backed by the European Union but received a cautious response from Kyiv, which is looking for ways to export the grain by land, without talking to the Russians

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