For the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a NATO member has formally invoked Article 4 of the alliance’s founding treaty after a major airspace breach. Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna tells Talk to Al Jazeera why repeated Russian provocations are more than isolated incidents – they’re a test of NATO’s credibility. As…
French President Emmanuel Macron said it was out of line for Charles Kushner, the U.S. ambassador to France and the father of President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to publicly accuse him of taking insufficient action to combat antisemitism, and for him to link France’s foreign policy positions to domestic incidents of violence against Jews in…
Police say diplomat Zetro Leonardo Purba was shot three times as he bicycled home to his apartment in Lima, Peru. Published On 2 Sep 20252 Sep 2025 The Peruvian government has offered its condolences for the “assassination” of an Indonesian diplomat in its capital, Lima, calling the situation “lamentable” and a “heinous act”. On Tuesday,…
Former Foreign Affairs Minister and Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on Darfur, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, has been appointed to the African Union’s (AU) High-Level Panel. Responding to the appointment, Gambari, who also served as Chief of Staff to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, expressed confidence that the AU was taking steps toward finding…
Ties between the two nuclear-armed Asian powers have made ‘steady progress’, India’s PM Modi says. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met China’s top diplomat Wang Yi and hailed the “steady progress” made in improving the bilateral relationship after a years-long standoff between the nuclear-armed Asian powers and as the two nations navigate a shifting…
Addis Ababa, — The top U.S. diplomat for Africa dismissed claims of unfair trade practices on Tuesday. Amid rising concerns about U.S. trade policies, the top U.S. diplomat for Africa, Ambassador Troy Fitrell, addressed allegations of unfair practices at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit. Ambassador Fitrell said funding delays would not jeopardize a key railway project…
