UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution Thursday in a move that effectively abolishes the monitoring by United Nations experts of U.N. sanctions against North Korea aimed at reining in its nuclear program, though the sanctions themselves remain in place.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored United Nations resolution supporting “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, calling the measure ambiguous and saying it was not the direct demand to end the
The leaders of the 27 European Union countries agreed to provide Ukraine with a new $54 billion support package for its economy. European Council President Charles Michel announced the agreement at a summit in Brussels. Hungary, which had previously threatened to veto
All 27 countries of the European Union have agreed on a €50 billion ($54 billion) financial aid package to Ukraine despite staunch objections from Hungary in December and in the days leading up to Thursday’s summit in Brussels, according to a top E.U.
Germany has lifted its five-year block on the export of European fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, signalling a renewed commitment to strengthen European defence collaboration. The decision comes as a reversal of Germany’s stance since 2018 when it blocked the sale of
Arch-Europhile MEP Guy Verhofstadt has been accused of trying to turn the EU into a “totalitarian supra-national authority” with a package of proposals including one which would see member states stripped of their vetoes. Mr Verhofstadt’s ideas are set out in a
The North Carolina General Assembly completed an override to Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, which bans transgender girls and women in middle school, high school and college from joining women’s sports. HB 574, which is the
New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf said Wednesday he will follow through with his predecessor’s plan to challenge the British government over its decision to block a law that makes it easier for people in Scotland to change their gender on official
Finland has insisted that it still wants to join NATO with Sweden despite a furious row between Stockholm and Turkey which is currently blocking Swedish entry to the military alliance. The two nordic states have a long history of coordinating military and