Boris Johnson says Putin said he could hit him with missile
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that President Vladimir Putin didn’t seem serious about avoiding war in the days before Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Blinken starts Mideast tour with call for calm as Israeli-Palestinian violence flares
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off a Middle East trip in Cairo on Monday focussed on urging calm amid an escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
Pareto Bank builds vessel portfolio as container ship exposure cut again
Re-entry into recovering offshore sector is expected to lead to more deals in 2023
Titan beefs up with buy of Seapeak small-scale LNG carrier duo
Dutch bunkering company’s acquisitions will allow it to deliver fuel to a wider range of LNG-fuelled vessels, including all container ships
Venezuela NGOs fear new bill will put stranglehold on civil society
Legislation would force organisations to provide financial records to government with threat of bans for political or security reasonsNew legislation proposed by the Venezuelan government to regulate civil society groups would kill the last functioning…
Turkey favors approving Finland’s NATO bid before Sweden’s
Turkey’s foreign minister says his country could greenlight Finland’s membership in NATO before that of Sweden, if the military alliance and the Nordic countries agree to it.
Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens and Wounds Over 100 Worshippers at Mosque in Pakistan
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, said a senior police official, but the Pakistani Taliban have been blamed in similar suicide attacks in the past.