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Finland, which is preparing a formal application to join NATO, doesn’t see any “direct military threats” from Russia at the moment, the Nordic nation’s ambassador to the US-led military alliance has said. Helsinki only expects potential “cyber harassment” or “disinformation campaigns” from Moscow, Klaus Korhonen told CNN on Thursday. However, …

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged the Solomon Islands’ leader Manasseh Sogavare to remain “calm” after he said his country was being “threatened with invasion” over a security pact it signed with China. “We need to be calm and composed when we deal with these issues,” Morrison said on …

Algeria, which boasts Africa’s second biggest gas reserves, said it would stop gas deliveries to Spain if Madrid transferred it to a “third destination.” The warning follows a recent decision by Spain to provide gas to the North African nation’s neighbor and regional rival, Morocco. “Natural gas delivered to Spain, …

Indonesia’s ban on exports of palm oil, the world’s most consumed edible oil, is set to severely exacerbate the already-squeezed supply of cooking oil across the globe. Developing nations are expected to take the biggest blow.The world’s biggest producer of palm oil will effectively ban exports of the good starting …

CIA Director William Burns has outlined major threats facing the United States, pointing to China’s rise on the world stage and Russia’s ongoing military offensive in Ukraine as top challenges, while declaring that US intelligence had entered a “new era.”  Speaking at the Georgia Institute of Technology on Thursday for …

Opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk should be swiftly tried, sentenced and physically assaulted before an attempt is made to swap him for Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russia, an advisor to Ukraine’s interior minister told Ukrainian television on Wednesday. President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested an exchange after announcing the politician’s arrest on Tuesday. “At …

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosted his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, on Monday, calling for closer military ties between the countries and warning of security threats posed by China and Russia. “We’re meeting at a critical moment in the US-India defense partnership,” Austin told Singh as Monday’s talks began. …

The greatest threat to the US isn’t Russia, China or any other foreign state, but the “radical left” politicians now running America, former US President Donald Trump said during a Republican rally in Washington Township, Michigan on Sunday. Because of Joe Biden’s policies, which included giving up on Russian energy, …

The command of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces has released a statement allegedly threatening that all Russian soldiers will be killed, including those who try to surrender, as Moscow’s military carries out an attack on the Eastern European nation. Critics have condemned it, describing it as tantamount to a threat to …

Russia will not tolerate violations of the ceasefire in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, Moscow’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said on Wednesday. He warned Ukraine against attempting any “adventures” in the Donbass, after Moscow recognized the two republics as independent states and ordered the Russian military to …