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It is the United States, not China, that is providing weapons to the Ukrainian battlefield, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Monday. “China has always upheld an objective and fair position on the Ukraine issue. All that China has done is to promote talks for peace,” spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a news briefing in response to a relevant query. China always stands on the side of peace and dialogue, and on the right side of history. China will continue to play a constructive role in the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, he said. “It is the United States, not…

The Committee recalled that on March 22, ICC prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan lodged a motion with the ICC Pre-Trial Division for issuing a warrant for the arrest of Russian citizens and the judges returned illegal verdicts on the arrest of the Russian president and children’s rights ombudswoman Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Monday it has opened a criminal case against the prosecutor and judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) who issued a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The Russian Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case against prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Ahmad Khan,…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said last Friday that Ankara was ready to ratify Finland’s application for NATO membership Ankara may approve Sweden’s application for NATO membership in time for the alliance’s summit in Vilnius in July, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday. “Last Friday, I spoke with the Swedish foreign minister. I told him about the decision on Finland, so that he learned about it from us first. <…> He expressed hope that the NATO accession process would be completed by the alliance’s summit, to which I replied, ‘It all depends on you,’” Cavusoglu said. Finland and…

Australian Special Air Service veteran Oliver Schulz allegedly accused of murdering an Afghan man will face a trial in a civil court, which could set a precedent for the UK, Canada, and New Zealand. Former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier Oliver Schulz became the first decorated Australian veteran to be charged with war crimes in Afghanistan. Arrested in regional New South Wales, the 41-year-old was charged on Monday with one count of War Crime as per the Murder under the Commonwealth Criminal Code. After conducting a joint investigation with the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI), the Australian Federal Police (AFP) confirmed the…

The Chinese leader’s plane landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport around 12:59 Moscow time Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Russia on Monday for a state visit The Chinese leader’s plane landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport around 12:59 Moscow time. The Chinese Hongqi (Red Banner) car waits for the country’s president outside the airport. Xi Jinping’s state visit to Russia will last from March 20 to 22. The Russian Federation is the first country the Chinese leader has visited since his March 10 reelection to a third term by the National People’s Congress (parliament). According to diplomatic protocol, state visit is…

The meeting comes after the International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague, issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights. More than 40 justice ministers from across the world will gather in London on Monday to discuss increasing international backing for the International Criminal Court (ICC) as it probes alleged war crimes in Ukraine, as per UK State Secretary for Justice Dominic Raab. This comes after the ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber II reported on Friday that it issued arrest warrants against Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s…

As part of the larger Indo-Pacific Economic Framework announced last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart are slated to announce measures on clean energy, digital trade, and infrastructure. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in India on Monday for talks aimed at strengthening trade and technological relations, as well as voicing concerns about China. The Quad alliance, which includes India, Japan, the United States, and Australia, presents itself as a bulwark against China’s growing influence in Asia under President Xi Jinping. Kishida’s visit comes less than a fortnight after his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese was hosted by Indian Prime Minister…

The Polish diplomat says “either Ukraine will successfully defend its independence, or we will be forced, in any case, to join this conflict.” The Polish Ambassador to France, Jan Emeryk Rosciszewski, pointed out on Saturday that Poland may end up “joining” the war in Ukraine, should Kiev fail to protect its “independence”. In an interview for the broadcaster LCI, Rosciszewski blamed Russia for the ongoing war, claiming that it was “not NATO, not Poland, not France and not Slovakia” that was fueling international tensions, but Russia. The Polish diplomat considered that the situation now is “either Ukraine will successfully defend its independence, or…

The Palestinian Authority and the Israeli occupation government agree on a set of provisions during a meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian Authority (PA) agreed during a security meeting in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh to establish a mechanism to “curb violence” and counter “inflammatory statements and actions.” Sharm El-Sheikh hosted a five-sided meeting between the PA, the Israeli occupation, Egypt, Jordan, and the United States aimed at “de-escalation” in the region. On Twitter, Ahmed Abu Zeid, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson posted a joint communique by the Israeli occupation…

Lieutenant General Sultan bin Mohammed Al Numani, Minister of the Royal Office in the Sultanate of Oman discussed on Monday with Dr. Idris Maya, the Syrian Ambassador to Muscat, means to enhance joint cooperation between the two countries. Talks during the meeting dealt with the development of the brotherly relations binding the Sultanate of Oman and Syria.  A number of joint cooperation areas and ways of developing them were reviewed in order to achieve the common interests of the two brotherly countries, in addition to touching on a number of issues of common interest. Source: SANA