Shorouk Express Trump, in a different post, said he had had “a wonderful talk” with “the highly respected” Belarusian ruler, Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Putin. “Our conversation was a very good one. We discussed many topics, including President Putin’s visit to Alaska.” The high-stakes summit — the first in-person meeting between an American…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Donald Trump’s apparent willingness for the US to work with allies on a “security guarantee” for Ukraine represents a diplomatic coup for Europe and is a volte…
Shorouk Express ‘Security decisions for Ukraine matter for everyone’, says Zelensky in talks with Estonia Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky also spoke with the Prime Minister Estonia. They agreed “that security decisions for Ukraine matter for everyone in Europe,” he said in a post on X. It comes after a talk with Prime Minister Keir Starmer…
Shorouk Express Inside Russia’s suicide drone factories as Putin ramps up weapon production to pound Ukraine On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Russia has said it is unlikely to agree to a peace deal despite…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 11. On July 8, 2025, Latvia hosted a high-level panel discussion titled “What Proliferation of Artificial Intelligence Means for Information Integrity?” during the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) in Geneva, Trend reports. The event, organized by Latvia as part of its public diplomacy efforts, aimed to explore solutions…
Shorouk Express Zelensky warns Russia could attack Nato country within next five years On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Volodymyr Zelensky says he is planning to meet with US president Donald Trump on the sidelines…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Keir Starmer is to put trading relations with Canada back on track with a rebuke to Donald Trump and the tariffs which have sent…
Shorouk Express Details still need to be hammered out, including the deadline for reaching that threshold and the definition of what qualifies for both spending categories. Rutte has suggested a 2032 deadline for the new spending goal, but Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said ahead of the meeting that 2032 was too late and that…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A British mountain guide has scaled Mount Everest Sunday for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by…
Shorouk Express Kremlin claims a Putin-Zelensky meeting is possible – despite Russian president’s no-show this week The Kremlin has claimed that it considers a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky possible, despite the Russian president failing to show up for such a meeting in Istanbul only days ago. According to the Ukrainian delegation in…
