Russia’s Lavrov to visit EU first time since the start of Ukraine war, Vedomosti reports MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov plans to visit Malta in December to take part in a meeting of the... Published 01 Nov, 2024 10:57am
World OSCE official gets jail term for ‘spying’ in Russian-held Ukraine MOSCOW: A court in Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Donetsk region on Friday jailed a member of the OSCE monitoring... Published 12 Jul, 2024 03:25pm
World Serbia opposition MP vows to keep up hunger strike BELGRADE: Looking frail but determined, Serbian opposition leader Marinika Tepic fixes her makeshift bed -- a ... Published 25 Dec, 2023 12:23am
World Russia voices indifference over OSCE’s future SKOPJE: Russia on Friday expressed indifference over the future of the world’s largest regional security... Published 01 Dec, 2023 06:59pm
World OSCE meeting starts, amid controversy over Russia SKOPJE: The world’s largest regional security body convened in North Macedonia on Thursday amid controversy, with... Published 30 Nov, 2023 02:05pm
World Russia says it has got lots of requests for meetings with Lavrov at OSCE meeting MOSCOW: Russia’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday it had received a lot of requests for one-on-one meetings with... Published 29 Nov, 2023 03:00pm
World Blinken heads to rally Ukraine support WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed Monday to Europe to rally support for Ukraine, on a trip... Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:57am
World Russia: some Western countries requested meetings at OSCE council - but not US MOSCOW: Russia said on Monday there would be no meeting between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of... Published 27 Nov, 2023 11:20pm
World OSCE slams ‘climate of fear, intimidation’ in Russia VIENNA: The world’s largest security body said on Thursday that laws enacted by Russia’s government have created a... Published 22 Sep, 2022 02:35pm
World OSCE says member of its Ukraine mission died in Kharkiv bombing VIENNA: A Ukrainian member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's monitoring mission was ... Published 03 Mar, 2022 10:35am
World Russia voices alarm over sharp increase of Donbass shelling MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov voiced alarm on Friday over a sharp increase in shelling in eastern... Published 18 Feb, 2022 06:49pm
World Ukraine shelling renews invasion fears as Russia expels US diplomat MOSCOW/KYIV: Shelling in Ukraine on Thursday renewed Western fears of an imminent Russian invasion as US President... Published 18 Feb, 2022 10:11am
World US says Russia may create pretext to attack Ukraine WASHINGTON/KYIV: Russia could invade Ukraine at any time and might create a surprise pretext for an attack, the... Published 14 Feb, 2022 12:09pm
World Germany leader heads to Kyiv to calm 'critical' Russia war threat KYIV: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lands in Kyiv on Monday before visiting Moscow to try to head off a "very... Published 14 Feb, 2022 10:47am
World Russia and Ukraine say Berlin talks fail to yield breakthrough MOSCOW/KYIV: Russia and Ukraine said they had failed to reach any breakthrough in a day of talks with French and... Published 11 Feb, 2022 11:39am
World Russia says Ukraine talks hit ‘dead end’, Poland warns of risk of war VIENNA/MOSCOW: Poland’s foreign minister said on Thursday that Europe was closer to war than any time in the last... Published 14 Jan, 2022 07:45am
World Europe at greatest risk of war in 30 years, Poland warns VIENNA: Europe is closer to war than it has been at any time in the last 30 years, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew... Published 13 Jan, 2022 10:39pm
World More tense Ukraine talks loom at OSCE meet in Vienna VIENNA: The permanent council of the world's largest security body will meet in Vienna on Thursday, hoping to push... Published 13 Jan, 2022 09:42am
World US, Russia to hold arms control, Ukraine talks early January WASHINGTON: The United States and Russia will hold much-anticipated talks in January, a White House official told ... Published 28 Dec, 2021 09:50am
World US urges de-escalation on Ukraine as Russia warns of ‘nightmare scenario’ STOCKHOLM: Top US diplomat Antony Blinken on Thursday warned Russia against invading Ukraine, as Moscow told Kiev... Published 03 Dec, 2021 04:31am
World State Dept says Blinken to meet Russia's Lavrov on Thursday in Stockholm RIGA: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to have a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on ... Published 01 Dec, 2021 02:29pm
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