News of international relations

The world this weekend

20-09-2024 10:04 Any action plans will hinge on the big players at the UN agreeing to make any consensus from a weekend like this work. And who are those players? Why, the United States, China, and Russia…

by David Smith

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel's Shiri Bibas: unwitting face of hostages

06-03-2024 14:31 Poignant images of an anguished Shiri Bibas clutching her two red-headed boys as she was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 have turned her into the face of the Israeli hostages seized that day.

Human rights

UN rights chief warns Gaza 'powder keg' could spark wider war

04-03-2024 13:17 Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Volker Türk characterises the Gaza war as a "powder keg" and condemns "great replacement" theories

War in Middle East

Mediators seek Gaza truce as United States calls for 'immediate ceasefire'

04-03-2024 13:04 Mediators in Cairo push towards a Gaza truce after the US, Israel's top ally, stepped up pressure for a halt in fighting and more aid to enter the besieged Palestinian territory.

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

Brazil urges 'new globalisation' at G20 meet overshadowed by Ukraine

29-02-2024 11:20 Brazil called for a "new globalisation" to address poverty and climate change as finance ministers from the world's top economies met Wednesday, but the Ukraine and Gaza wars risked overshadowing the plea.

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

G20 finance ministers meet on world economy hit by crises, conflicts

28-02-2024 12:55 G20 finance ministers will meet Wednesday in Brazil, seeking ways to shore up a global economy whose nascent recovery is threatened by a raft of conflicts and crises, including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Environmental Policy

Trump's green-bashing and Europe's right put climate goals at risk

27-02-2024 11:58 Politicians are vowing to roll back green policies and downplaying climate change ahead of key elections on both sides of the Atlantic, casting doubt on whether countries can maintain momentum in the transition away from fossil fuels.

G20 Summit

Gaza, Ukraine loom large as G20 foreign ministers meet

21-02-2024 11:37 G20 foreign ministers begin meeting in Brazil on Wednesday, with bleak outlook as focus remains Gaza and Ukraine wars

Blinken in Brazil

Blinken heads to Brazil after Lula's Israel denunciation

20-02-2024 13:33 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro for the Group of 20 summit; trip seen as an opportunity to build ties with two key leaders

Global Affairs

French Foreign Minister to meet with Milei in Argentina

15-02-2024 16:06 French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné to meet with President Javier Milei in Argentina on February 19 and 20.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Paraguay’s Peña advises president to look for ‘political consensus’

14-02-2024 17:10 Paraguayan head of state visits Argentina’s leader at the Casa Rosada for talks; Peña advises Milei it will be “difficult” to govern without political support.

War in Gaza

Pressure mounts on Israel for Gaza ceasefire

13-02-2024 11:33 Israel faced growing international pressure on Tuesday to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, as it prepared for an incursion into the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.

War in Gaza

Netanyahu orders Israeli army to ready plan to 'evacuate' Rafah

09-02-2024 12:36 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered military officials to draw up plans for "evacuating" Rafah, where half of Gaza's 2.4 million people are currently sheltering

Tucker Carlson Interview

Putin tells West: Russia cannot be defeated in Ukraine

09-02-2024 10:53 In a highly anticipated interview with controversial right-wing US talk show host Tucker Carlson, President Vladimir Putin speaks about Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Ukraine war, and Russia as a victim of Western betrayals.

Milei in Israel

President Milei likens Hamas attack on Israel to the Holocaust

08-02-2024 12:20 Argentina's President Javier Milei on Thursday likened Hamas' attacks on southern Israel to the Holocaust after touring a kibbutz targeted in the October 7 raids.

Milei in Israel

Milei meets with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

07-02-2024 15:16 Two leaders discuss trade opportunities, Milei’s plan to denounce Hamas as a terrorist organisation and potential move of Argentina's Israeli Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

EU-Mercosur Deal

France: EU-Mercosur trade deal 'won't be signed as is'

31-01-2024 14:39 Protesting European farmers fear the deal would further depress produce prices amid increased competition from exporting nations that are not bound by strict and costly EU environmental laws.

Gaza

UN court tells Israel to protect Gazans, avoids ceasefire call

26-01-2024 11:54 United Nations’ top court tells Israel it must act to immediately prevent the killing and harm to innocent Palestinians in an interim ruling that stopped short of demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Davos forum

Argentina's 'anarcho-capitalist' president descends on Davos

17-01-2024 09:58 President Javier Milei will address the global elite in Davos on Wednesday

MIDDLE EAST

Israel rejects South Africa’s genocide allegations at UN court

12-01-2024 10:37 Israel is defending itself against the allegations at The Hague court in a case filed by South Africa over the three-month military operation in the Palestinian territory of Gaza.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Diana Mondino says Argentina will not join BRICS under Milei government

30-11-2023 16:14 Economist Diana Mondino, who is set to be appointed foreign minister in Javier Milei’s government, has confirmed that Argentina will not join the BRICS on her new boss' watch.

by Martin Soltys

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Lula to give Milei the cold shoulder, betting he’ll need Brazil

20-11-2023 15:24 President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has decided to put relations between Brazil and Argentina on hold until he has clarity about Javier Milei's plans.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Fernando Straface: ‘There's genuine US concern about Chinese presence in the region'

17-06-2023 06:39 Fernando Straface, secretary-general and secretary of foreign affairs for the Buenos Aires City government, on international relations, the legacy of the Mauricio Macri government and what a Horario Rodríguez Larreta Presidency would look like.

by Jorge Fontevecchia