Eurasia Press & News

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in another sign of strengthening bilateral ties. Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo Dec. 9. They discussed the Iranian threat, strengthening bilateral ties in various spheres and Egypt-mediated …

Aysel Tugluk, who defended PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in his trial decades ago, is now suffering from advanced dementia behind bars, despite widespread calls for her release. Aysel Tugluk, a slight brunette with high cheekbones, eagle eyes and long, dark hair, garnered much curiosity during the courtroom trial of Abdullah …

The defeat-IS coalition will continue its advisory mission into next year, despite a declared end to a combat role. Iraq’s national security adviser said today that the US-led military coalition had completed its combat mission in Iraq, but American troops aren’t leaving the country just yet. Qasim al-Araji announced the …

U.S. President Joe Biden has said the United States will not send troops to Ukraine to defend against any potential Russian invasion. Biden spoke to reporters on December 7, a day after he and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, held a two-hour videoconference. Biden said he had warned Putin that …

President Joe Biden said Wednesday he had warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of unprecedented US sanctions if Russia attacks Ukraine. A day after talking for two hours by video link, Biden said he had told Putin the United States would retaliate with sanctions “like none he’s ever seen” in …

President Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that the U.S. and its allies would meet a military invasion of Ukraine with strong economic penalties, moves to bolster Ukrainian defenses and fortify support for Eastern European nations. For two hours Tuesday, the two leaders held a secure video call to address …

President Biden and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia spoke for roughly two hours by videoconference on Tuesday in an effort to defuse a growing military crisis along Ukraine’s borders, where tens of thousands of Russian troops have massed in what U.S. officials say could be the prelude to an …

Russia continued to ramp up rhetoric against Kyiv as U.S. President Joe Biden held talks with Ukraine’s leader and was to offer security reassurances to nine Eastern European NATO allies amid a Russian military buildup near the Ukrainian border. Biden held a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on …

В формате видеоконференции состоялась продолжительная беседа Владимира Путина с Президентом Соединённых Штатов Америки Джозефом Байденом. Речь, в частности, шла о реализации итогов состоявшегося в июне 2021 года в Женеве российско-американского саммита. Отмечена важность последовательного выполнения достигнутых на высшем уровне договорённостей и сохранения «духа Женевы» при рассмотрении вопросов двусторонних отношений и …

3:03 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hello. All right. Good afternoon. We have our National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, joining us for the briefing, who will give a brief opening and then take some questions. And then we’ll proceed with a briefing after that. With that, I’ll turn it over to …