Protesters in Germany and France on February 25 demanded peace for Ukraine, a day after activists in both countries marked one year since the Russian invasion.
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka will visit China on February 28 for a state visit, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on February 24.
The EU agreed to impose new sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine on February 24, the one-year anniversary of Moscow's invasion, the bloc's Swedish presidency announced.
Russia is trying to derail negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo, an unnamed senior EU official warned on February 24, ahead of talks that Brussels hopes will lead to "de facto recognition" between the former foes.
U.S. President Joe Biden met NATO and European leaders in Warsaw on February 22, with the allies vowing in a statement afterward to further "reinforce our deterrence and defense posture across the entire Eastern flank from the Baltic to the Black Sea."
Ukraine's top diplomat, Dmytro Kuleba, said his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, shared "key elements of the Chinese peace plan" during their meeting in Germany earlier this week.
Hungarian lawmakers will vote on the NATO bids by Finland and Sweden in early March, according to the parliamentary agenda published on February 22.
Pakistan's parliament gave the go-ahead on February 20 for the government to raise taxes on a raft of luxury imports and services in a bid to unlock the next tranche of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan.
Government forces and Russian allies in the Central African Republic have abused civilians, and Russian operatives have hampered peacekeeping operations there, a UN rights expert said on February 20. "
French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview released on February 18 that he wanted Russia to be defeated in its war with Ukraine but not be "crushed."
The U.S., British, French, and German foreign ministers on February 18 expressed concern over the deepening cooperation between Russia and Iran, the manufacturer of drones the West says Moscow deploys in Ukraine.
Pakistan's Taliban warned on February 18 of more attacks against law enforcement officers, a day after four people were killed when a suicide squad stormed a police compound in Karachi.
A man who passed highly sensitive information to the Russian state while working as a security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin was jailed for 13 years and two months in a London court on February 17.
A German court on February 16 sentenced two Afghan brothers to life in prison for murdering their sister because they disapproved of her lifestyle.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg told Turkey on February 16 that it was time to finally ratify Sweden and Finland's bids to join the Western defense alliance.
The United Nations said on February 15 that $5.6 billion was needed to provide humanitarian aid in Ukraine and to the millions who have fled the war-ravaged country.
The U.S. Army has announced the award of contracts worth $522 million to two companies to manufacture artillery ammunition for Ukraine.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in China on February 14 for a three-day visit, flanked by a large delegation that includes his central bank chief and ministers for trade, the economy, and oil.
Long-serving NATO leader Jens Stoltenberg has no plans to extend his mandate for a fourth time and expects to be replaced in October, the military alliance said on February 12.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will head to China within days for a three-day visit aimed at strengthening economic cooperation, state media reported on February 12.
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