Spain Tries To Calm Spiralling Row With Venezuela
Tensions have been growing since Spain offered asylum to opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez.
Tensions have been growing since Spain offered asylum to opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez.
Saudi Arabia reconsiders relations with the U.S. and Israel as Iran and Hezbollah enter the fray.
India suspends visa services for Canadians after Ottawa accuses it of being complicit in murder of Sikh separatist leader
In what appears to be another example of hostage diplomacy, Tehran is demanding Sweden’s release of a jailed Iranian official behind the massacre of political dissidents in the 1980s.
The French said they had “taken note of the putschists’ request” but that the junta lacked the authority to make it.
The statement comes as Russia hosts 17 African heads of state at this week’s Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg.
Moldova’s decision, which reflects its markedly cooled relations with Moscow, comes on the heels of a recent investigation, which showed that the number of satellite dishes and communication devices on the Russian embassy’s rooftop had been steadily increasing, sparking espionage fears.
The diplomatic slap in the face is a blow to Europe’s hopes of carving a foreign policy path away from a more hawkish United States as relations increasingly sour with Beijing.
Following the stunt, Sweden’s embassy in Iraq was stormed by a mob of protesters; governments of Jordan, Morocco, Kuwait, and the UAE recalled their ambassadors from Stockholm; and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (ICO) called for Quran burning to be banned globally.
Moscow has made another diplomatic move against Berlin.
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