Politics

Turkey is unlikely to sign off on Sweden’s bid for Nato membership before the end of the year, and the chances of this happening even before elections due next year are slim, according to officials familiar with the issue. Sweden has not done enough to meet Turkish demands and the Turkish parliament’s agenda is full for the rest of the ...

Bulgarian lawmakers approved the first military aid shipments to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor in February, ending months of resistance from Russia-friendly political parties and the nation’s president. The Balkan country, which has close cultural and economic ties with Russia, was one of only two Nato and European Union members to provide no weaponry to Ukraine so far in ...

Former Pakistan premier Imran Khan underwent surgery to remove bullet fragments after he was shot in the leg at a rally in eastern Punjab province. He is in stable condition. Khan blames Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and others in his administration for the attack, according Asad Umar, a senior leader of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. Khan spoke to two senior ...

Joshua Green Elon Musk took control of Twitter on Friday, adding to the growing misery of Democrats heading into the midterm elections, not least because he’s made clear he’ll probably allow Donald Trump back onto the platform. A person familiar with the situation told Bloomberg News that Musk “intends to do away with permanent bans on users because he doesn’t ...

President Vladimir Putin’s swift and severe response to an attack on his Black Sea fleet reflects a war that is increasingly marked by a duel between long range Russian missiles and Ukraine’s innovative array of drones and truck bombs. Putin on Monday made clear why he was suspending Russia’s involvement in a deal that for three months had allowed much-needed ...

North Korea fired at least 23 missiles Wednesday including the first ballistic one to fly over a nautical border with South Korea, in its biggest daily barrage under leader Kim Jong Un. The launches came about a day after Pyongyang threatened to take “powerful measures” if the US doesn’t halt military drills with partners including South Korea, in what might ...

Poland started building a barbed-wire fence on its 210-kilometer (130-mile) border with Russia’s Kaliningrad region to prevent the Kremlin from sending asylum-seekers into the country, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said. With the airport in Kaliningrad open to flights from North Africa, Poland sees the risk of another migration crisis, similar to what happened with Belarus last year, he told reporters ...

North Korea threatened to unleash a powerful action if the US does not halt joint military drills with partners including South Korea, in what might be an effort by Kim Jong Un to lay the groundwork for his first nuclear test in five years. “If the US continuously persists in the grave military provocations, the DPRK will take into account ...

Turkey isn’t satisfied with promises made by Sweden to crack down on Kurdish separatists and is unlikely to lift its objections to the nation’s Nato membership bid unless it takes more definitive steps, Turkey’s ruling AK Party spokesman Omer Celik said. “These statements of Sweden are good, but not enough until they are implemented,” Celik said late Monday. “We are ...

Protests by backers of Jair Bolsonaro, led by truck drivers, have spread across the country as the Brazilian president remains silent over his loss in Sunday’s election, so far refusing to concede defeat to his foe Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Supporters of the firebrand president, unhappy with the election result, blocked more than 200 roads across more than a ...