President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia would never bow to pressure from the United States or any other country, and cautioned that the response to any strikes into Russia would be very serious consequences. Vladmir Putin on US sanctions on Russia.(AFP) Russian sanctions are an “unfriendly” act and “will have certain consequences, but…
The European Union (EU) has approved its 19th sanctions package against Russia, including on its lucrative gas sector for the first time and its “shadow fleet”, to heap pressure on Moscow to end its war on Ukraine. The approval comes a day after the Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies,…
East China Sea — Over the deep blue waters of the East China Sea, a Canadian military aircraft surveys the vast expanse below. The CP-140 Aurora, a maritime patrol aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force, is designed primarily to hunt enemy submarines — but this crew is on a different mission: tracking North Korean…
On numerous occasions, he has threatened sanctions against Russia, but these threats have turned out to be hollow. Deadlines have come and gone without consequence, and Putin has been skillful at throwing Trump a bone just juicy enough to avoid punishment — though without any real meat. Now, Trump is conditioning new sanctions and tariffs…
“Scrambling fighter jets is NATO’s job,” said a senior EU official. The EU’s “job is to be ready to be in the position we need to be when we have to respond — to enhance our readiness and have the tools to be able to react to threats when needed, reinforcing common tools and capabilities…
Created: Sep 26, 2025 03:24 PM (Updated: Sep 26, 2025 05:14 PM) Andrew Murdoch, the Governor, right, David Burt, the Premier, Stephen Doughty, the British Minister of State for the Overseas Territories, Kim Wilkerson, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, and Owen Darrell, the Minister of Tourism, Transport, Culture and Sport (Photograph supplied) Stephen Doughty,…
Also, removing up to 5 million barrels of Russian oil and another 2 million barrels of petroleum products from the market — without creating an oil shock — is a complicated task with a questionable chance of success. That is why Western leaders have shied away from it, and in any case, there are still…
Once the reporter finished her question on the the GPS jamming, Trump continued: “Nobody knows where it came from, but they did take away her ability to use the phone.” He added: “You know, sometimes that’s a good thing. Sometimes if it happened to me, I’d be very happy.” Beneath the joke, he was unexpectedly au…
Donald Trump says the United States will move to impose sanctions on Russia on the condition that all NATO countries stop buying Russian oil and set tariffs of 50 to 100 per cent on China. In a Truth Social post on Saturday, the US president said he was ready to hit “go” on energy sanctions…
US President Donald Trump on Saturday pressed Nato countries to stop buying oil from Russia and impose sanctions on it, while proposing to impose 50-100 per cent tariffs on China till Ukraine war ends. Trump’s remarks assume significance as the US President imposed 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods, including a 25 per cent…