Tag: UK

Open newsletter – february 23, 2022

ASIA A divide is emerging between how the Asia Pacific region has responded to the Omicron wave of COVID-19, and how North American and Western...

Open newsletter – february 21, 2022

from: Al Jazeera, Asia Times, Corriere della Sera, East Asia Forum, Euractiv, Global Times, Reuters, RFE RL, RUSI, TASS, The Interpreter, The Strategist  AFGHANISTAN The United...

Daily news – February 4, 2022 p.m.

AFGHANISTAN What the US and its allies left behind in Afghanistan. Amin Saikal, The Strategist: The Afghanistan war is over for the United States and...

UK Has Begun Staff Withdrawal From Its Embassy in Ukraine (Sputnik)

The tensions around Ukraine have flared up over the past several days, with the US Department of State ordering the evacuation of American diplomats'...

AUKMIN’s global view is good for Australia (Peter Jennings, The Strategist)

The immediate significance of Friday’s AUKMIN gathering in Sydney was that it took place while a Russian military assault on Ukraine is imminent. Given...

UK-Australia infrastructure plan to counter China? More empty talks (Global Times)

The UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne to jointly promote infrastructure investment...

UK gives Ukraine anti-tank weapons as Canada sends special forces (Al Jazeera)

The United Kingdom has begun supplying Ukraine with anti-tank weapons and Canada has reportedly deployed a small contingent of special forces to Kyiv amid...

Some people have seen too many James Bond films, Chinese FM responds to UK allegation of ‘political interference’ (Global Times)

Chinese Foreign Ministry stressed that China has always adhered to the principle of non-interference in other countries' internal affairs, after UK Military Intelligence, Section...

UK to note inadmissibility of current situation near Ukraine’s border at Russia-NATO talks (TASS)

The United Kingdom is set to speak about inadmissibility of Russian troop deployment near the Russian-Ukrainian border during the upcoming Russia-NATO Council meeting due...

UK, Germany new envoys hold talks with Iran top negotiator (IRNA)

The new envoys of UK and Germany on Saturday met and held talks with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the Iranian team...

UK nationality and borders bill: ‘Banishment’ powers slammed by Lords (Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye)

Proposed legislation which would grant the UK government powers to secretly deprive dual nationals of their British citizenship would allow people to be "dumped like waste",...

UK needs China FTA as pivot for its own economic recovery (Global Times)

While it is commendable that the UK has made progress in expanding its "circle of friends" for economic and trade cooperation, the potential trade...

UK Brexit minister David Frost resigns in blow to PM Johnson (Al Jazeera)

British Brexit Minister David Frost has resigned over disillusionment with the direction of Boris Johnson’s government, dealing a severe blow to the embattled prime...

Russia Issues Travel Ban To Seven Britons In Response To U.K. Sanctions (RFE RL)

Russia has imposed a travel ban on seven unnamed British citizens in a tit-for-tat response to London's sanctions connected to the August 2020 poisoning...

Ajax acquisition debacle prompts legal probe at UK Defence Ministry (Andrew Chuter, Defense News)

What started as a misfiring armored-vehicle program has grown into a full-blown investigation of British Army safety and procurement culture, with the Ministry of...

UK: Johnson’s Conservatives suffer stunning defeat in by-election (Al Jazeera)

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has suffered a stunning defeat in a parliamentary by-election that is being viewed as a referendum on...