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The culmination of Holyrood Week, a significant event in Scotland's calendar, will witness the celebration of King Charles III's accession on Wednesday. The annual Holyrood Week, also known as Royal Week, entails the monarch's visit to…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that his country might approve Sweden’s membership in NATO if European Union nations “open the way” to Turkey’s bid to join the EU. Erdogan publicly linked Sweden’s membership in the…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Turkey to immediately finalize Sweden’s accession to NATO, saying the Nordic country had already taken significant steps to address Ankara’s objections to its membership. Blinken…

Issued on: 07/04/2023 - 09:24 The US is pushing back against efforts by some European allies to offer Ukraine a “road map” to NATO membership at the Western alliance’s…

ST PETERSBURG: Citizens of St Petersburg, the Russian city closest to Finland, on Tuesday (Apr 4) accused their neighbour of turning its back on them by joining the Western military alliance NATO, following their government's line that the…

ANKARA: Türkiye's parliament approved a bill on Thursday (Mar 30) to allow Finland to join NATO, clearing the way for the country to become part of the Western defence alliance as war rages in Ukraine. The Turkish parliament was the last…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will ask a summit of European Union leaders on Thursday for more arms to fight Russia and powering ahead with Kyiv’s bid to join the EU, a senior Ukrainian official said on Wednesday.Zelenskiy visited…

Sweden said on Sunday that Turkey is asking for too much in exchange for allowing it to join NATO, as Ankara effectively demands the impossible – that Stockholm override a decision by its own Supreme Court. But analysts…

For the past two years, India’s newest union territory, Jammu and Kashmir, has been marking October 26 as a public holiday. This date marks the signing of the Instrument of Accession in 1947 by the last Dogra monarch of J&K – Maharaja…

Charles became king immediately upon the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday. He was officially proclaimed King Charles III on Saturday during a ceremony at St. James’s Palace in London, and many more formal steps will…