The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging in illicit gold deals to help fund the mercenary fighters of Russia's Wagner Group. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement it has sanctioned four companies linked to Wagner and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, that it alleged were used to help pay the paramilitary's forces fighting in Ukraine and undertaking operations to support Russian interests in Africa. "The Wagner Group funds its brutal operations in part by exploiting natural resources in countries...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was exposed to the coronavirus Tuesday by a U.N. official who already had COVID-19 and is isolating for the next few days, diplomatic sources said. Guterres, 72, has canceled his upcoming in-person engagements, sources told AFP. The U.N. chief was to be the guest of honor of the U.N. Correspondents Association at its annual gala in New York City on Wednesday. On Thursday, he was to participate in a U.N. Security Council meeting on the challenges of terrorism and climate change, led by Niger President Mohamed Bazoum. Bazoum, whose country...
Sekitar 100 anggota parlemen Jepang, Selasa (7/12) mengunjungi kuil yang kontroversial di Tokyo untuk menghormati korban perangnya, sehingga menuai kritik dari China dan Korea Selatan. Kunjungan ke Kuil Yasukuni terjadi 80 tahun setelah serangan mendadak Jepang di pangkalan angkatan laut AS di Pearl Harbor di Honolulu, Hawaii. Sejumlah anggota parlemen dari beberapa partai politik, didampingi oleh sembilan wakil menteri beserta staf mereka dari partai konservatif Perdana Menteri Fumio Kishida yang berkuasa. Kuil itu dipandang China dan Korea Selatan sebagai representasi agresi militer...
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin held a two-hour video summit Tuesday (7/12). The US president said he would likely impose severe sanctions and increase military support for Eastern Europe. Russia invaded Ukraine. "Greetings, Mr President," Putin said in a short video clip released by the Kremlin. Biden said it was "nice to meet" his Russian counterpart, adding he hoped the next meeting could be held face-to-face. Despite the friendly opening of the talks, a high-level meeting lasting more than two hours is expected. Biden used infrequent virtual meetings with his Russian counterpart to draw...
Kota New York memberlakukan mandat vaksin virus corona pada semua pengusaha swastanya mulai 27 Desember, demikian pengumuman Walikota Bill de Blasio, Senin (6/12), dalam sebuah keputusan yang akan memengaruhi ribuan pekerja dan akan menjadi langkah yang paling menyeluruh yang berlaku di Amerika. Langkah itu dilakukan kurang dari sebulan sebelum masa jabatannya sebagai walikota berakhir. De Blasio kepada jaringan televisi MSNBC mengatakan perintahnya diperlukan sebagai langkah pencegahan terhadap virus, dimana wilayah Kota New York telah mengidentifikasi tujuh kasus varian omicron baru yang...
The U.N. General Assembly upheld a decision on Monday to further delay action on allowing the Taliban and Myanmar's junta to represent Afghanistan and Myanmar in the international body. The General Assembly's Credentials Committee announced last week that it would postpone action on evaluating the Taliban's and the military junta's requests to represent their countries in the 193-member body. As a result, the envoys appointed by Afghanistan's and Myanmar's former governments will, for now, remain in these nations' seats, a decision backed by the General Assembly on Monday. Following the...
North and South Korea have restored a communication hotline that was cut off by Pyongyang last June.
According to the South's presidential office, the leaders of both countries have agreed to...
Critical infrastructure facilities were hit by drone strikes early on Thursday, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the Volodymyr Zelenskiy's presidential office said on Thursday.
"Another attack...
Andrew McCabe, pejabat FBI No. 2 yang secara umum dikritik Presiden Donald Trump atas dugaan bias politik, mundur dari biro tersebut hari Senin waktu AS, beberapa minggu sebelum masa pensiunnya,...