South African president tells both Russia and Ukraine to ‘de-escalate’

Cyril Ramaphosa said the two countries should focus on finding a diplomatic resolution to the conflict Russia and Ukraine need to defuse tensions and focus on achieving a lasting peace through negotiations, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday.

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Thousands rally against Catalan amnesty law

The amnesty deal was struck by the Socialist Party in order to secure a second four-year term in the Spanish government At least 170,000 people took to the streets of the Spanish capital on Saturday to protest against a controversial amnesty law that will see hundreds of Catalan separatists, involved in a failed 2017 independence…

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Neutral status for Ukraine ‘fundamental’ to Russia – Putin

Moscow can’t accept having a hostile military bloc in the former Soviet republic, the Russian president said The prospect of Ukraine becoming a member of NATO is an existential threat to Russian national security and will not be tolerated, Russian President Vladimir Putin told representatives of several African countries on Friday.

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