Romania has failed to enforce the rights of same-sex couples by refusing to recognize their relationships, the European Court of Human Rights said on May 23 in a ruling that will force policymakers to expand protections for the LGBT community.
Training Ukrainian pilots in flying U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets does not make NATO a party to the conflict, the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg said on May 23.
Relations between Hungary and Sweden must improve before the Nordic state's bid for NATO membership is approved, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at the Qatar Economic Forum.
India will allow the export of cough syrups only after samples are tested in a government laboratory, a government notice said on May 23, after Indian-made cough syrups were linked to the deaths of dozens of children in Uzbekistan and Gambia.
The strengthening of Russia-China ties will positively impact the economies of both countries and the bilateral trade turnover may reach $200 billion this year, Russian agencies cited Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin as saying.
The governor of Russia's Belgorod region said May 22 that a Ukrainian army "sabotage group" had entered Russian territory in the Graivoron district, which borders Ukraine.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola addressed a mass rally organized by Moldova's government in the capital, Chisinau, on May 21 to show support for the post-Soviet country's EU integration.
The European Union may restore access to the SWIFT payment system for a Russian state agricultural bank only after the conflict in Ukraine ends, the Russian newspaper Izvestia quoted EU foreign affairs spokesman Peter Stano as saying.
Pope Francis has asked Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, head of the Italian bishops conference, to carry out a peace mission to try to help bring an end to the war in Ukraine, the Vatican said on May 20.
Iran’s judicial authority announced it has executed the purported head of a gang that trafficked Iranian girls and women to neighboring countries.
Poland called on China to exert pressure on Russia to end its war in Ukraine during a meeting between two top officials in Warsaw, the Polish Foreign Ministry said on May 19.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on May 19 refused police permission to search his Lahore home for suspects involved in this month's attacks on state and army buildings and laid out his own terms for any such operation.
The U.S. administration added 71 companies to a trade blacklist for supporting Russia on May 19, as the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced new sanctions on Moscow over its war in Ukraine.
A former commander for Russia's Wagner mercenary group who fled to Norway has decided to return to Russia. Andrei Medvedev said on May 17 he had asked the Russian Embassy in Oslo for help as "it hasn't worked out" in Norway.
The Czech government on May 17 canceled Soviet-era decrees that granted the Russian Embassy free use of land in Prague and other cities, a further step in a more than two-year diplomatic spat with Moscow worsened by the war in Ukraine.
Pakistan's former prime minister, Imran Khan, has secured an extension to his protective bail until May 31, his lawyer said on May 17, as an official announced people involved in violent protests over his arrest would be tried in military courts.
China will for the first time host an in-person summit of Central Asian leaders this week, seeking to cement ties in a region seen as Russia's backyard as its relations with the West sour.
A bill banning Russian uranium imports to the United States gained momentum on May 16 by passing a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The United States has charged a Chinese national with violating U.S. sanctions by providing Iran with materials used to produce ballistic missiles, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on May 16.
Georgia's flag carrier, Georgian Airways, will resume direct flights to Russia from May 20, the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency said on May 16, after Russia lifted a flight ban last week.
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