Damage to gas pipeline, telecom cable connecting Finland and Estonia caused by 'external activity'
Finlandโs president says damage to an undersea gas pipeline and telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia appears to have been caused by โexternal activity.โ.
Sweden, Finland and Switzerland are considering security links with US National Guard, general says
Switzerland, Finland and Sweden are considering joining the U.S. National Guardโs security partnership program in a further expansion of U.S. military ties across Europe after Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine.
Turkey's president says he will back Finland's NATO bid
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his government will move forward with ratifying Finlandโs NATO application, paving the way for the country to join the military bloc ahead of Sweden.
Finnish president wants Finland, Sweden in NATO by summer
The Finnish president said in an interview published Saturday that he wants Finland and Sweden to be admitted into NATO as full members no later than by the military allianceโs summit in Lithuania in July.
Finland's top diplomat hints at joining NATO without Sweden
Finlandโs foreign minister has suggested that the country may consider joining NATO without neighboring Sweden if Turkey continues to block their joint bid to enter the military alliance.
Erdogan: Nordic NATO bid could still be nixed if vows unkept
Just two days after agreeing to lift deal-breaking objections to Sweden and Finlandโs NATO accession, Turkeyโs leader has threatened that Ankara could still block the process if the two countries fail to fully meet his expectations.
EXPLAINER: How was Turkeyโs veto of Nordic NATO bid avoided?
When the leaders of Finland, Sweden and Turkey met with NATOโs chief this week, some remained pessimistic the meeting would lessen Turkeyโs objections to the Nordic pairโs historic request to join NATO.
Turkey lifts its objections to Sweden, Finland joining NATO
Turkey has agreed to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, a breakthrough in an impasse clouding a leadersโ summit in Madrid amid Europeโs worst security crisis in decades triggered by the war in Ukraine.
NATO to boost rapid reaction force, Ukraine military support
NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance wants to increase the strength of its rapid reaction forces from the current 40,000 to over 300,000.
NATO chief sure spat over Sweden, Finland will be resolved
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he is โconfident that we will come to a quick decision to welcome both Sweden and Finland to join the NATO familyโ despite Turkeyโs opposition.
Live updates | UN Chief: War in Ukraine driving world hunger
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he's in โintense contactsโ with Russia and other countries to stop escalating global hunger exacerbated by the war in Ukraine by allowing the export of grain stored in Ukrainian ports and ensuring Russian food and fertilizers have unrestricted access to world markets.
Sweden, Finland push ahead with NATO bids as Turkey objects
Sweden and Finland have pushed ahead with their bids to join NATO even as Turkey insists it wonโt let the previously nonaligned Nordic countries into the alliance because of their alleged support for Kurdish militants.
Putin warns Finland NATO membership would harm relations
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned his Finnish counterpart that relations between the two neighbors could be โnegatively affectedโ if Finland follows through with plans to apply for NATO membership.
Russia takes losses in failed river crossing, officials say
Ukrainian and British officials say Russia suffered heavy losses when Ukrainian forces destroyed the pontoon bridge enemy troops were using to try to cross a river.
Britain pledges military help to Sweden, Finland if attacked
Britain has pledged to come to the aid of Sweden and Finland, including with military support, if the two Nordic nations came under attack under security deals Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed with his Swedish counterpart in Stockholm and the Finnish president in Helsinki.
Crucial NATO decisions expected in Finland, Sweden this week
The question of whether to join NATO is coming to a head this week in Finland and Sweden, where Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine has shattered the long-held belief that remaining outside the military alliance was the best way to avoid trouble with their giant neighbor.
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Watch live coverage as President Biden is expected to announce a ban on the import of Russian oil as part of further actions to hold Russia accountable for its actions in Ukraine.
Finnish leader meets Biden, weighs NATO as war deepens
President Joe Biden has met with Finlandโs President Sauli Niinisto with the Finns at a crossroads: Should they move closer to the rest of Europe and the West by trying to join NATO as Russia pummels Ukraine.
Finland, Sweden brush off Moscow's warning on joining NATO
Finland and Sweden have brushed off warnings from neighboring Russia that their possible joining NATO would trigger โserious military-political consequencesโ from Moscow.
The Latest: New Zealand condemns Russian actions in Ukraine
New Zealandโs government summoned Russian Ambassador Georgii Zuev to meet Wednesday with top diplomatic officials who are urging Russia to return to diplomatic negotiations over Ukraine.
World leaders criticize haphazard response to pandemic
Member state flags fly outside the United Nations headquarters during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. This year's annual gathering of world leaders at U.N. headquarters will be almost entirely "virtual." (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)TANZANIA โ World leaders gathering remotely Wednesday criticized a haphazard global response to a microscopic virus that has unleashed economic havoc and taken nearly 1 million lives in its march across the globe. In the words of Kazakhstanโs president, it was โa critical collapse of global cooperation.โโOur world has been turned upside down,โ said Ghana's president, Nana Akufo-Addo. Switzerland's President Simonetta Sommaruga, one of the few women leaders to speak, said the pandemic โhas caused untold suffering in the world," with the most vulnerable hit hardest.