Russia warns: US strike on Iran would have serious consequences
- 19-Feb-2026
MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that any new US strike on Iran would have serious consequences and urged restraint to find a solution to enable Tehran to pursue a peaceful nuclear programme. “The consequences are not good,” Lavrov said in the interview with Saudi Arabia’s Al-Arabiya television, which was posted on his […]
Finland becomes 31st NATO member as Russia rages
- 04-Apr-2023
BRUSSELS: Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday in a historic shift that drew an angry warning of “countermeasures” from the Kremlin. Moscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine last year upended Europe’s security landscape and prompted Finland — and its neighbour Sweden — to drop decades of military non-alignment. “Not so many years ago […]