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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius claimed on Monday that the country’s army isn’t prepared to protect the nation against military aggression. The minister made the remarks during a meeting with fellow members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). “We have no armed forces that are capable of defending [the country], …

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said it’s uncertain whether the military alliance will be able to overcome Turkey’s opposition to membership for Finland and Sweden. The two Nordic nations applied to join the US-led bloc in May, voicing concerns over their security amid Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. NATO …

US President Joe Biden has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be deposed. He made a direct appeal to the Russian people during a speech in Warsaw, where he had met for talks with high-ranking Ukrainian officials on Saturday. “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Biden …

The recent efforts by two US Senators to get more transparency over intelligence harvesting by the Central Intelligence Agency, which involves the “incidental” collection of US citizens’ personal information, opens the door to an Orwellian universe of doublespeak that threatens the very fabric of American democracy. The whole scenario reminds …

Baerbock, a Green politician who assumed her role in the Foreign Ministry this week, discussed the fate of the multinational project in an interview with the broadcaster ZDF on Sunday. She insisted it still hadn’t met all that was required for it to be certified. “As things stand at the …

Following a recent escalation of tensions between Beijing and Taipei, Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Saturday to pursue “reunification” with Taiwan by peaceful means and warned foreign nations about meddling in the issue.  For the past several years, the air force of the People’s Republic of China has been …

Several dozen women, purportedly female students of Shaheed Rabbani Education University in Kabul, marched down the city streets on Saturday, chanting Allahu Akbar (The God is Greatest) in support for the Taliban rule. The majority of the participants of a small and orderly procession were clad in head-to-toe black veils …

Speaking at a press conference during a visit to Dublin, Ireland on Tuesday, the French leader warned that the situation around the airport in Kabul is now “extremely dangerous,” hours after his prime minister announced the country will wrap up its evacuation efforts by Friday evening. “It is clear there …

Fu Cong, Director-General of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ arms control department, demanded on Wednesday that the US investigate its own laboratories as China and the world await the findings of the US intelligence report on the origins of the virus. Fu warned the US that blaming China would not …

During a news conference in Kuwait on Thursday, Blinken expressed dissatisfaction at the lack of resolution over negotiations on Iran’s nuclear deal. The secretary of state upheld that “the ball remains in Iran’s court”. “We’re committed to diplomacy, but this process cannot go on indefinitely… we look to see what …