Russian forces apply pressure on Ukraine’s Avdiivka, Kupiansk on 24/10/23
Russian forces on Monday (23 October) pressed their attacks on two frontline areas of eastern Ukraine, seeking to sever the sole supply route into the devastated city of Avdiivka and advance on the key town of Kupiansk farther north. To outperform China, EU’s Global Gateway should underscore its democratic ambitions on 24/10/23
This week’s Global Gateway Forum offers the EU a chance to show global leaders how a focus on democratic values and transparency distinguishes it from China’s Belt and Road. To succeed, this focus should be established from the start, write Sam van der Staak and Paul Maassen. China-US Economic Working Group holds first meeting on 24/10/23
Officials from the United States and China on Monday (23 October) held a two-hour long virtual meeting to discuss domestic and global macroeconomic developments, the US Treasury Department said, calling the meeting "productive and substantive". Hamas frees two Israeli women, US cautions on Gaza invasion on 24/10/23
Hamas on 23 October said it had freed two Israeli women who were among the more than 200 hostages the terrorist group holds while sources said the US had advised Israel to hold off on a ground assault in the Gaza Strip. Russia: Tehran meeting settles Karabakh conflict ‘on the whole’ on 24/10/23
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Iran, their first talks since Azerbaijan secured control over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, with Russia saying the main issue had been resolved pending further work on a peace treaty. Macron’s Middle East diplomacy faces litmus test with Israel visit on 24/10/23
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to visit Tel Aviv on Tuesday (24 October) for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Paris tries to define the role French diplomacy can play in the conflict. Turkish parliament to ratify Sweden NATO bid, Hungary veto remains on 24/10/23
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan submitted a bill to the national parliament on Monday (23 October), approving Sweden’s application to join NATO, leaving only Hungary standing in the way of Stockholm’s final accession. The Protocol on Sweden’s NATO Accession was... EU edges towards call for ‘humanitarian pause’ in Israel-Hamas war but reservations remain on 23/10/23
EU foreign ministers on Monday (23 October) edged towards endorsing a "humanitarian pause" in the Israel-Hamas war, though some member states have signalled reservations towards the idea. The Brief – EU diplomacy humiliated on 23/10/23
Isn’t it humiliating? Armenia and Azerbaijan, two countries for which the EU has invested a lot, accepted Iranian mediation for peace talks, without participation of Western countries, but instead with the presence of Russia and Turkey at the Tehran table. Estonia seeks China’s help over severed Baltic Sea telecom cables on 23/10/23
Estonia has contacted Chinese authorities as part of its investigation into how two Baltic Sea telecom cables were severed, the Estonian foreign ministry said on Monday (23 October).
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