WASHINGTON – Russian intelligence agencies have mounted a campaign to undermine confidence in Pfizer Inc.’s and other Western vaccines, using online publications that in recent months have questioned the development and safety …
Read More »Russian diplomats flee North Korea in hand-operated rail car
MOSCOW – Russian diplomats trapped in North Korea for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic this week embarked on a remarkable odyssey to get home, traveling by bus, train …
Read More »West Unites Against Detention of Foreigners in Sign of China
A group of mostly Western countries led by Canada has formed a coalition against the detention of foreign nationals under diplomatic influence, pointing to a practice that diplomats say has been used …
Read More »Cuba’s support for terror – WSJ
After a five-year hiatus, the State Department on Monday returned Cuba to its list of state sponsors of terrorism. What took so long? Since 1979, the state’s practice of listing “countries providing …
Read More »Cuba’s support for terror – WSJ
After a five-year hiatus, the State Department on Monday returned Cuba to its list of state sponsors of terrorism. What took so long? Since 1979, the state’s practice of listing “countries providing …
Read More »South Korea seized Iran pressure to abandon oil tanker
South Korea is stepping up a diplomatic effort to free an oil tanker seized by Iran amid a dispute over frozen bank funds, the latest flare-up of tension between Tehran and an …
Read More »US consumers include Alibaba, Tencent to China stock ban
In recent weeks, officials from the State Department and Department of Defense have negotiated an expansion of a blacklist of companies banning US investment due to claimed ties to China’s military and …
Read More »Iran’s opposition journalist threatened to push for diplomacy with Europe
Iran’s execution on Saturday of a disgruntled journalist has tensed Tehran’s relationship with Europe at a time when the president’s transition to the US raised hopes of a diplomatic inauguration between Iran …
Read More »The United States will reject certain Chinese maritime claims in the South China Sea
HONG KONG: The United States plans to formally oppose a swath of Chinese land claims in the South China Sea, according to people familiar with the matter, as Washington takes a tougher …
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