US Specialists Inspect Bulgaria's Graf Ignatievo Air Base Ahead of F-16 Deployment
Specialists from the United States have conducted an inspection of the repair work at Bulgaria's air base near Graf Ignatievo
Canada may leave UNSESCO after the UN agency decided to accept Palestine as its member.
"We are in the process of evaluating our future participation" in UNESCO,Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird has declared, as cited by The Jerusalem Post.
"We are not happy with UNESCO's decision. We are working to determine what our response will be," he has added.
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) accepted Palestine as the 195th member of its organization. During UNSECO's meeting in Paris on Monday, 107 countries voted in favor of the Palestinian bid, while 14 were against and 52 abstained.
The US, Canada and Germany voted against the Palestinian membership, while Brazil, Russia, China, India, South Africa and France voted in favor. Britain abstained.
On Monday, the US froze funding to UNESCO after it became the first UN organization to recognize Palestine as an independent state.
UNESCO Director General, Bulgarian Irina Bokova, has already expressed her concerns that the organization's decision to accept Palestine as a member might have "serious consequences". UNESCO's budget would have to be rebalanced and programs would have to be cut, Bokova admitted.
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The European Parliament has voted to impose a €10,000 limit on cash payments within the European Union
French President Emmanuel Macron issued a stark warning to Europe, urging the continent to confront the challenges of a rapidly changing world
In a recent statement, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov issued a stern warning to Poland, asserting that any permanent deployment of NATO nuclear weapons on Polish soil would render the country a military target for Russia.
Reports confirm that Ukraine has deployed long-range ballistic missiles provided by the United States in secret, targeting Russian forces in occupied territories
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has pledged to take all necessary measures to compensate for the six-month delay in receiving a new 61 billion dollars US aid package
Russia has declared its intention to repatriate 48 deported Ukrainian children to their families, according to Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights
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