Defence News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 6, 2025.
PM Modi begins historic Argentina visit, holds bilateral talks with President Javier Milei
Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday began his historic visit to Argentina by paying respects at the statue of General Jose de San Martin, the country’s revered freedom fighter and national hero, in Buenos Aires. PM Modi laid a wreath and paid tribute at the San […]
PM Modi begins historic Argentina visit by paying tribute to country’s liberator
Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday began his historic visit to Argentina by paying respects at the statue of General Jose de San Martin, the country’s revered freedom fighter and national hero, in Buenos Aires. PM Modi laid a wreath and paid tribute at the San […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: UK re-establishes diplomatic relations with Syria in first Ministerial visit for 14 years
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments Press release UK re-establishes diplomatic relations with Syria in first Ministerial visit for 14 years The Foreign Secretary has visited Syria to renew our diplomatic relationship, eight months on from the collapse of Assad’s regime. Foreign Secretary’s visit to Syria marks first by a UK Minister in […]
PM Modi receives grand welcome from Indian diaspora in Buenos Aires
Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a warm and traditional welcome from the Indian diaspora upon his arrival at the Alvear Palace Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Members of the Indian community greeted the Prime Minister with enthusiastic chants of “Modi-Modi”, “Jai Hind” and “Bharat Mata Ki […]
MIL-OSI China: National identity, pride grow as naval fleet led by China’s first homegrown aircraft carrier visits Hong Kong
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News An aerial drone photo taken on July 4, 2025 shows visitors on-board the aircraft carrier Shandong anchored in Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong, south China. [Photo/Xinhua] The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) celebrated the 28th anniversary of the city’s return to the motherland with a […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites ‘marks perilous turn’: Diplomacy must prevail, says Guterres
Source: United Nations 2 After ten days of airstrikes initiated by Israel aimed at crippling Iran’s nuclear programme which have led to deadly daily exchanges of missile fire between Tehran and Tel Aviv, the UN chief said that diplomacy must now prevail. “We now risk descending into a rathole of retaliation after retaliation,” he said, […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Myanmar on the ‘path to self-destruction’ if violence does not end
Source: United Nations 2-b Since then, “there has been no end to the violence, even though thousands have been killed and thousands more injured,” said UN Special Envoy to Myanmar, Julie Bishop, on Tuesday, briefing the General Assembly. “I have stressed consistently that without a ceasefire, a de-escalation of violence and a focus on the […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Syria: UN commission hails recent action to address past violations
Source: United Nations MIL OSI Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro highlighted the establishment of the National Transitional Authority and the National Authority for Missing Persons which are expected to help reveal the fate of the more than 100,000 Syrians estimated to have been forcibly disappeared or gone missing. They are also expected to expose the truth about […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: World News in Brief: ‘Indifference and impunity’ in Sudan, ICC judges speak out against sanctions, respiratory diseases overlooked in Europe
Source: United Nations MIL OSI Tom Fletcher noted that over 30 million people require humanitarian assistance. Moreover, with famine declared in multiple places and over 14.6 million people displaced, Sudan represents the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. “Again and again, the international community has said that we will protect the people of Sudan. The […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: US decision to sanction ICC judges ‘deeply corrosive’ to justice: UN rights chief
Source: United Nations MIL OSI Mr. Türk was responding to an announcement by Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, on Thursday, of measures targeting the judges, who are overseeing a 2020 case of alleged war crime committed in Afghanistan by US and Afghan military forces, and the 2024 ICC arrest warrants issued against Israeli […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Low turnout and an unfair voting system: UK elections ranked in the bottom half of countries in Europe
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Toby James, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of East Anglia The UK has historically been held up as leading democracy with free and fair elections. However, our new report shows election quality in the UK is now ranked in the bottom half of countries in Europe. […]