Author: Prima News

Russia on Wednesday urged the US to refrain from a naval blockade of Cuba, expressing support for the island nation’s sovereignty and security. “Together with the majority of members of the world community, we call on the US to show common sense and a responsible approach and to refrain from a naval blockade of the Island of Freedom,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a joint press conference in Moscow following a meeting with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla. Lavrov also rejected accusations that Russian-Cuban cooperation posed a threat to the US or any other country. “We categorically…

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday that Canada’s path toward escalating tensions with Moscow could lead to “irreversible consequences.” Answering a question from Anadolu at a press briefing in Moscow, Zakharova said Moscow would respond if Canada takes steps affecting Russian diplomatic property in the North American country. “We are aware of calls from certain radical or radically minded political and public figures in Canada. They are proposing various measures to pressure us, including interfering with diplomatic property or Russian foreign institutions, even going so far as to completely close them,” she said. She added that there are…

The Turkish Armed Forces showcased their operational skills and their ability to conduct coordinated missions with allied countries in Germany as part of NATO’s largest and most comprehensive live exercise this year, Steadfast Dart 2026. The Steadfast Dart 2026 exercise, organized by NATO’s Joint Force Command Brunssum in the Netherlands and hosted by Germany, is ongoing on Wednesday. A press and distinguished observers day for the maritime phase of the exercise, which aims to enhance allies’ joint operational capabilities, test the rapid deployment and sustainment of high-readiness forces, validate command-and-control mechanisms, and improve interoperability among naval, air, and land elements,…

Russia claimed Wednesday that its forces have captured two more settlements in Ukraine. In a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said its forces have taken control of the village of Kharkivka in the Sumy region of northeastern Ukraine, which is located near the border with Russia. Russian forces also claimed to have captured Krynychne in the Zaporizhzhia region, approximately 10 kilometers northwest of the frontline town of Huliaipole. Ukrainian officials have not commented on the claims. Independent verification remains difficult due to ongoing fighting, as the war is set to mark its fourth year next week.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump on Tuesday discussed the war in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as the ongoing talks between the US and Iran. During a phone call, Starmer reiterated his condemnation of Russian attacks on civilians in Ukraine, the premier’s office said in a statement, adding that the leaders discussed the ongoing negotiations to secure a just and lasting peace. Turning to the situation in the Gaza Strip, the prime minister reflected on the current situation in the region and the importance of securing further access for humanitarian aid. On Oct.…

 Nordic government ministers will meet in Denmark on Wednesday to discuss elevating Greenland and two other autonomous territories to equal status in a regional forum, boosting cooperation after U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to control the Arctic island. Denmark and its European allies have rejected Trump’s insistence that the Nordic country must hand Greenland to the United States, launching talks last month between Copenhagen, Nuuk and Washington to resolve the diplomatic standoff. Wednesday’s meeting will focus on upgrading the Helsinki Treaty, adopted in 1962 by Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Norway, to give full rights to the Danish-ruled territories of Greenland and…

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde plans to leave her job early, ahead of next year’s French presidential election, to give outgoing French leader Emmanuel Macron an input into picking her successor, the Financial Times said on Wednesday. Lagarde’s term is due to end in October 2027, but some fear that the far right may win the French presidential race in the spring of 2027, complicating the selection for the new leader of Europe’s most important financial institution. Citing a person familiar with the matter, the FT said Lagarde has not yet decided on the exact timing of her departure…

British police are assessing whether Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women through a London airport on private flights, part of a now nationally coordinated effort to investigate the late sex offender’s ties to Britain. Essex Police said on Wednesday they were looking at information that had emerged about private flights into and out of Stansted Airport, to the northeast of London, following the publication by the U.S. government of millions of documents on Epstein at the end of January. Its assessment, which does not constitute a full investigation, comes after British police set up a national coordination group to support individual forces…

A Turkish parliamentary commission voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to approve a report envisaging legal reforms alongside the militant Kurdistan Workers Party’s (PKK) disarmament, advancing a peace process meant to end more than 40 years of conflict. The PKK – designated a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and European Union – halted decades of attacks last year and said it would , calling on Ankara to take steps to let its members participate in politics. The vote shifts the peace process to the legislative theatre, as President Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s leader of more than two decades, bids to end…

The headquarters of France’s hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party have been evacuated after a bomb threat, LFI’s national coordinator Manuel Bompard said on Wednesday. Police are currently attending the scene while party members and employees are safe, Bompard said in a post on X.