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Another EU member to boycott OSCE meeting over Russian presence

Sergey Lavrov’s attendance is “unacceptable” due to the Ukraine conflict, his Polish counterpart has insisted ...

Exit from Gaza mulled for Hamas fighters – WSJ 

An arrangement similar to the Reagan-negotiated deal to lift siege of Beirut is reportedly being discussed by the US and Israel  ...

UK banking giant axing staff before Christmas – union

Barclays is reportedly slashing 900 jobs to “restructure business” ...

Libya hopes for breakthrough in ties with Russia – official

The oil-rich country is seeking stabilization after the NATO-backed overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi more than a decade ago ...

Waning public attention to Ukraine ‘fatal’ – Germany

NATO foreign ministers grappled with Western fatigue with the conflict during a key meeting in Brussels ...

Israel and Hamas agree to prolong ceasefire

Qatari mediators said the two sides had agreed a one-day extension minutes before the previous truce was set to expire ...

Germany’s leadership a global ‘laughing stock’ – Putin

Berlin is abandoning its own national interests in order to satisfy the whims of its “allies,” the Russian President has said ...

The West must not be afraid to ‘sit down with the Russians’ – top Austrian diplomat

Alexander Schallenberg welcomed the decision to allow Moscow’s foreign minister to attend the OSCE meeting in Skopje this week ...

French Jews face anti-Semitism on a daily basis – Le Figaro

Some say they are trying to keep a low profile by hiding their kippahs under caps and removing Jewish names from mailboxes and mobile...

MOFA thanks Formosa Club members for supporting Taiwan’s participation in COP 28

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its sincere gratitude to members of the Formosa Club for jointly calling for Taiwan’s meaningful involvement in the...

Russian national debt rises 

State borrowing grew by 11.6% between January and September ...

EU reselling Russian gas – FT 

Ports in Belgium, Spain, and France have reportedly helped re-export over 20% of LNG deliveries from the sanctioned country ...

UK says Greece ‘grandstanding’ amid statues row

Athens has demanded the return of ancient marble carvings taken from Greece in the 1800s ...

President Tsai appoints new envoys to EU, US

President Tsai Ing-wen appointed Alexander Tah-ray Yui as the new Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office representative to the U.S.; while Yui’s former post...

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