BEIJING, Dec 16 (Reuters) – China on Tuesday reiterated its demand that Japan retract Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Taiwan, more than a month after Takaichi said an attack on the democratically governed island could be deemed an existential threat to Japan. “On key issues, Japan is still ‘squeezing toothpaste’ and ‘burying nails,’ attempting…
BERLIN, Dec 15 (Reuters) – European leaders said they had agreed on Monday any decisions on potential Ukrainian territorial concessions to Russia could only be made once robust security guarantees were in place which should include a European-led multinational force. The statement issued by 10 European leaders as well as EU Commission chief Ursula von…
BAKU, Dec 15 (Reuters) – President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has proposed what could be the biggest prisoner amnesty in his country’s history to mark the “year of the constitution and sovereignty,” the state Azertac news agency reported on Monday. It said the amnesty could affect around 20,000 people. Some would be released from prison,…
DUBAI, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, will visit Russia and Belarus in the next two to three days, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said on Sunday. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Turkmenistan on Friday. (Reporting by Dubai NewsroomEditing by David Goodman) Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters. Photos…
By John O’Donnell and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Ireland’s planned curbs on trade with Israeli settlements will be limited strictly to goods, a minister told Reuters, offering the first clear signal on the scope of the contested legislation and rejecting accusations that the country is antisemitic. Ireland has been preparing a law…
BERLIN, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Ageing Germany’s population could shrink by almost 10 million people, to around 75 million, by 2070 as the baby boomer generation gives way to much smaller cohorts, the statistics office said. In its latest population forecast, published on Thursday, the office said it expected one in four people in Germany to…