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Head of Ukraine's military intelligence service

04 Oct 2023 2 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 4 hours ago

“Manufacturers of weapons and military equipment from all over the world can join its basic declaration and demonstrate that they are ready to build the arsenal of the free world together with Ukraine. The fund will be replenished from dividends from state defence assets and from profits from sale of confiscated Russian assets.”

President of Ukraine

30 Sep 2023 3 1

Dmitry Peskov

Inserted 23 hours ago

“We would not want the president to have to refuse visits to Armenia for some reason. Armenia is our ally, a friendly country, our partner … But at the same time, we will have additional questions for the current leadership of Armenia … We still believe it is a wrong decision [Armenia joining the International Criminal Court].”

Kremlin spokesman

03 Oct 2023 2 2

Dmitry Peskov

Inserted 2 days ago

“The omission of aid for Ukraine is a temporary phenomenon. America will continue its involvement in this conflict, in fact direct involvement. But we have repeatedly said before that according to our forecasts fatigue from this conflict, fatigue from the completely absurd sponsorship of the Kyiv regime, will grow in various countries, including the United States.”

Kremlin spokesman

02 Oct 2023 2 2

Annalena Baerbock

Inserted 2 days ago

“Last winter, we saw the brutal way in which the Russian president is waging this war. We must prevent this together with everything we have, as far as possible.”

Foreign Minister of Germany

02 Oct 2023 5 1

Dmytro Kuleba

Inserted 2 days ago

“We don't feel that the U.S support has been shattered... because the United States understands that what is at stake in Ukraine is much bigger than just Ukraine.”

Foreign Minister of Ukraine

02 Oct 2023 1 1

Robert Fico

Inserted 3 days ago

“We are not changing that we are prepared to help Ukraine in a humanitarian way. We are prepared to help with the reconstruction of the state but you know our opinion on arming Ukraine.”

Slovak politician - Leader of SMER-SSD party

01 Oct 2023 3 2

John Kirby

Inserted 4 days ago

“We are monitoring a large Serbian military deployment along the border with Kosovo. That includes an unprecedented staging of advanced Serbian artillery, tanks, mechanised infantry units. We believe that this is a very destabilising development. We are calling on Serbia to withdraw those forces from the border.”

White House national security spokesperson

29 Sep 2023 3 2

Viktor Orbán

Inserted 5 days ago

“We cannot avoid the question - when during the autumn we will have negotiations in Brussels about the future of Ukraine - whether we can actually seriously consider membership for a country, to start accession talks with a country that is at war. We don't know how big the territory of this country is, as the war is still ongoing, we don't know how big its population is as they are fleeing ... to admit a country to the EU without knowing its parameters, this would be unprecedented. So I think we need to answer very long and difficult questions until we get to actually deciding about the start of accession talks.”

Prime Minister of Hungary

29 Sep 2023 2 2

Yang Moo-jin

Inserted 6 days ago

“North Korea could have decided to release King relatively quickly after seeing little advantage in keeping him. The North Korean authorities may have opted to use the case as a chance to highlight themselves as a 'normal state,' showing that they are no longer using these detainees for political, diplomatic purposes.”

Professor at the University of North Korean Studies

28 Sep 2023 3 2

Seth Krummrich

Inserted 1 week ago

“You have a lot of wounded coming back to Russia who are disillusioned or resentful and you have a lot of people who are not coming back at all. The truth is definitely on the Russian street … this is like radiation or toxicity, slowly building up in the population, and over time it could become lethal to a government.”

Colonel who has led special forces detachments in Afghanistan and the Middle East - Vice president for Global Guardian

27 Sep 2023 2 2

John Feehery

Inserted 1 week ago

“None of the polling looks good for anybody else and time is running out for them. The issue now is Trump's seeming inevitability. That's why this debate is really important. One of these candidates has to make the case that they are best situated to upset Trump in one of the early states, including Iowa.”

Republican strategist unaffiliated with any of the candidates

27 Sep 2023 2 1

Sergei Shoigu

Inserted 1 week ago

“The Ukrainian armed forces are suffering serious losses along the entire front line. The Ukrainian counteroffensive had so far produced no results. The United States and its allies continue to arm the armed forces of Ukraine, and the Kyiv regime throws untrained soldiers to their slaughter in senseless assaults.”

Russian Defence Minister

26 Sep 2023 4 3

Georgios Samaras

Inserted 1 week ago

“Kasselakis's victory highlights a concerning trend of political immaturity within Syriza. This election has witnessed the elevation of a relatively unknown politician who lacks a clear political agenda or well-defined objectives. Kasselakis's position might be weakened, given that he is not a sitting member of parliament, unlike Achtsioglou. It's a risky move, and Kasselakis's emergence introduces a significant degree of uncertainty into the dynamics of the opposition, especially considering his lack of a parliamentary seat. The recent conflicts between Kasselakis and the other candidate, Effie Achtsioglou, have further exacerbated tensions.”

Assistant professor of public policy at Kings College London

25 Sep 2023 4 2

Nikol Pashinyan

Inserted 1 week ago

“Some of our partners are increasingly making efforts to expose our security vulnerabilities, putting at risk not only our external, but also internal, security and stability, while violating all norms of etiquette and correctness in diplomatic and interstate relations, including obligations assumed under treaties.”

Prime Minister of Armenia

24 Sep 2023 1 3

David Babayan

Inserted 1 week ago

“Our people do not want to live as part of Azerbaijan. Ninety-nine point nine percent prefer to leave our historic lands. The fate of our poor people will go down in history as a disgrace and a shame for the Armenian people and for the whole civilised world. Those responsible for our fate will one day have to answer before God for their sins.”

Adviser to Samvel Shahramanyan, president of the self-styled Republic of Artsakh

24 Sep 2023 2 3

Mateusz Morawiecki

Inserted 1 week ago

“I want to tell President Zelensky never to insult Poles again, as he did recently during his speech at the UN. The Polish people will never allow this to happen, and defending the good name of Poland is not only my duty and honor, but also the most important task of the Polish government.”

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Prime Minister of Poland

22 Sep 2023 3 2

Xi Jinping

Inserted 1 week ago

“In the face of an unstable and uncertain international environment, China is willing to continue to work with Syria in the interests of friendly cooperation and safeguarding international fairness and justice. China supports Syria's opposition to foreign interference, unilateral bullying … and will support Syria's reconstruction. China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Syria through the Belt and Road Initiative … to make positive contributions to regional and world peace and development.”

President of the People's Republic of China

22 Sep 2023 2 4

Ilham Aliyev

Inserted 1 week ago

“After the surrender of the criminal junta, this source of tension, this den of poison, has already been consigned to history. The region's [Karabakh] ethnic Armenians will enjoy full educational, cultural and religious rights. All ethnic groups and faiths would be united as one fist - for Azerbaijan, for dignity, for the Motherland.”

President of Azerbaijan

19 Sep 2023 3 1

Eli Cohen

Inserted 1 week ago

“The gaps can be bridged. I think there is certainly a likelihood that, in the first quarter of 2024, four or five months hence, we will be able to be at a point where the details [of a deal] are finalised.”

Israel’s foreign minister

21 Sep 2023 1 2

Ruben Vardanyan

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“They are basically saying to us that we need to leave, not stay here, or accept that this is a part of Azerbaijan - this is basically a typical ethnical cleansing operation.”

Former top official in Karabakh's ethnic Armenian administration

20 Sep 2023 2 4

Taiwan's Defense Ministry

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Between the morning of September 17th to 18th, the Ministry of National Defense had detected a total of 103 Chinese aircraft, which was a recent high and has posed severe challenges to the security across the Taiwan Strait and in the region.”

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Statement by the Taiwan's Defense Ministry

18 Sep 2023 3 3

Dmitry Peskov

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“We have no information on this. In any case, the presidential administration can hardly give out health certificates, so we have nothing to tell you here.”

Kremlin spokesman

18 Sep 2023 1 1

Ursula von der Leyen

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Irregular migration is a European challenge and it needs a European response, we are in this together. You can count on the EU.”

President of the European Commission

17 Sep 2023 3 3

Terry Reilly

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“As long as Ukraine is able to certify that the grain is going to get to the country of destination, through the trucks and trains, the domestic use ban is not really going to put a dent in Ukraine's ability to get exports out.”

Senior agricultural strategist for Marex

15 Sep 2023 4 2

Liam Peach

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Russia's central bank is a hawkish institution that takes its commitment to inflation fighting seriously. With fiscal policy set to remain loose, the economy likely to continue overheating and inflation pressures to build further, there will be more pressure on the central bank to tighten monetary policy.”

Senior emerging markets economist

15 Sep 2023 2 3

Andrei Lankov

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Discussions of any open violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions on North Korea would signal that major international agencies will be paralysed. The summit is an indicator that North Korea-related Security Council resolutions are dead, as are all attempts to stop North Korea or penalise it for having a nuclear program. It creates an important precedent that is likely to be used not only by Russia but pretty much every major international player that if you don't like a UNSC resolution you just ignore it. Russia may be unlikely to provide North Korea with advanced technology that it could eventually lose control of. But its excessive signalling at defence cooperation allows it to send a strong message to South Korea not to directly provide military aid to Ukraine.”

Professor at Seoul's Kookmin University

14 Sep 2023 6 3

Leif-Eric Easley

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“If they simply wanted a secret arms deal, the two leaders did not have to meet in person. Putin and Kim's diplomatic display is meant to claim success in challenging the U.S.-led international order, avoiding over-reliance on China, and increasing pressure on rivals in Ukraine and South Korea.”

Professor at Ewha University in Seoul

14 Sep 2023 5 2

Duyeon Kim

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Putin and Kim would both gain from a transactional bargain but they would also gain geopolitically by giving off the impression that their nuclear-armed countries are cooperating militarily and sending a warning about potential consequences to America's allies and like-minded partners that support Ukraine. Kim would also be signalling to Washington, Seoul and Tokyo that Russia has his back in Northeast Asia.”

Adjunct senior fellow with the Indo-Pacific Security Program at CNAS based in Seoul

14 Sep 2023 4 2

Daniel Salisbury

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“That Putin and Kim can satisfy one another's strategic interest is of concern beyond the war in Ukraine. North Korea desperately wants commodities such as food, oil, fertiliser and other goods. On the other hand, Russia has a vast military, nuclear and missile industrial complex, which…could provide Pyongyang much-needed technological fruits. If Moscow does move towards becoming a regular customer for embargoed North Korean arms, it will help Putin sustain his illegal war on Ukraine. But the potential technological payoff for Pyongyang could pose longer-term hazards for the world and must also be considered.”

Visiting research fellow at King’s College London

13 Sep 2023 (approx) 6 2

Fyodor Tertitskiy

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“The relationship between these two nations is based on lots of deception and rhetoric. While North Korea's Western-facing media output may take a strong stance in support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the media North Koreans consume has remained silent on the war. Many North Koreans may not even know that Russia has invaded its neighbour.”

Leading researcher at Kookmin University's Institute for Korean Studies

13 Sep 2023 2 2

Dmitry Peskov

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“There will be discussions related to bilateral relations, cooperation, trade and economic ties, and cultural exchanges. Naturally, there will be an exchange of views on the regional situation and international affairs in general, as this is of interest to both Putin and our guest from Pyongyang.”

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Kremlin spokesman

12 Sep 2023 2 2

Andrei Lankov

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Putin-Kim summit is part of gentle diplomatic blackmail by Russia of South Korea, because it did not want Seoul to supply weapons to Kyiv.”

Professor at Seoul's Kookmin University

11 Sep 2023 6 4

Ramon Pacheco Pardo

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“The deepening relationship between Kim and Putin signals a further global split over the war. North Korea's support will allow Putin to wage his war for longer, which is bad news for Europe. It is further proof that much of the world doesn't support Ukraine in the way the US and Europe do, and some countries such as North Korea will openly support Russia without fear of any real consequences.”

Korea Chair at the Brussels School of Governance

11 Sep 2023 5 2

Emmanuel Macron

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“If we ever redeploy... I would do so only at the request of President Bazoum.”

President of France

10 Sep 2023 3 2

Hari Seshasayee

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“The best summary I've heard is that hosting the G20 is like being the host of the diplomatic World Cup - it's a big draw and a lot of publicity and media attention which you would not have otherwise. There's no way this government would have gotten so much attention from international leaders otherwise.”

Visiting fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, a New Delhi think tank, and an Asia-Latin America expert

09 Sep 2023 (approx) 1 1

Leif-Eric Easley

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“If conflict were imminent on the Korean Peninsula, you wouldn't want to be a crew member on that submarine. Even if its nuclear attack capability is largely a bluff, that loud, slow boat could be sunk as soon as it left port. It's another example of North Korea misallocating resources against the welfare of its people. Kim wants to increase military power, but when Pyongyang is more threatening, it is actually less secure.”

Professor at Ewha University in Seoul

08 Sep 2023 2 1

Kim Jong-un

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“Achieving a rapid development of our naval forces … is a priority that cannot be delayed given … the enemies' recent aggressive moves and military acts.”

Leader of North Korea

08 Sep 2023 1 2

Robert Kelly

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“This is pretty new. The core issue is the propulsion system; the louder it is, the easier it is to find. It's not really clear if North Korea's long range missiles have good guidance to land at a specific target so the submarine would probably not be able to go that far away.”

International relations expert at Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea

08 Sep 2023 2 3

Jens Stoltenberg

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“The Ukrainians are gradually gaining ground...They have been able to breach the defensive lines of the Russian forces, and they are moving forward. No one ever said that this was going to be easy. Hardly any time in history we have seen more mines on the battlefield than we are seeing in Ukraine today. So it was obvious that this was going to be extremely difficult. They are making progress. Not perhaps as much as we hoped for but they are gaining ground gradually. Some hundred meters per day, meaning that when the Ukrainians are gaining ground, the Russians are losing ground.”

Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

07 Sep 2023 4 2

Antony Blinken

Inserted 4 weeks ago

“We want to make sure that Ukraine has what it needs, not only to succeed in the counteroffensive, but has what it needs for the long term, to make sure that it has a strong deterrent.”

U.S. Secretary of State

06 Sep 2023 2 3

Sung Ki-young

Inserted 4 weeks ago

“I don't think that any economic assistance from Russia could be more than symbolic. But North Korea needs technological help from Russia. North Korea's five major weapons projects are all based on original Russian technology.”

Analyst at the Institute for National Security Strategy, a think tank affiliated with South Korea’s National Intelligence Service

05 Sep 2023 3 2

Lee Byong-chul

Inserted 4 weeks ago

“It's shocking news for the U.S. and countries in Europe hoping for an early end to the war in Ukraine. North Korean munitions can add fuel to the fire.”

Professor at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies at Kyungnam University in South Korea

05 Sep 2023 2 2

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 1 month ago

“We will be ready to consider the possibility of reviving the grain deal and I told Mr President [Erdogan] about this again today - we will do this as soon as all the agreements on lifting restrictions on the export of Russian agricultural products are fully implemented.”

President of Russia

04 Sep 2023 4 2

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Inserted 1 month ago

“As Turkey, we believe that we will reach a solution that will meet the expectations in a short time.”

Turkish President

04 Sep 2023 3 2

Paul Brennan

Inserted 1 month ago

“The far-right coalition of Netanyahu's government demand that instigators and ringleaders should be deported. The coalition blames the high court for blocking attempts to deport people in the past. Opposition members of the Knesset say successive governments have failed to grasp this issue and deal with the situation. There's politics involved in this. Netanyahu clearly wants to be seen to be doing something.”

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from West Jerusalem

03 Sep 2023 3 1

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 1 month ago

“Ukrainian forces are moving forward. Despite everything, and no matter what anyone says, we are advancing, and that is the most important thing. We are on the move.”

President of Ukraine

02 Sep 2023 1 1

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 1 month ago

“The range of our new Ukrainian weapons is now 700 kilometers. The task is to make this number bigger.”

President of Ukraine

31 Aug 2023 1 2

Nicolas Haque

Inserted 1 month ago

“There had been quite a muted reaction from the regional body, CEMAC, which is the economic body for the Central African countries in part due to a fear in the region of a contagion of coups among countries with similar regimes to the Bongo dynasty. You have President [Teodoro] Obiang [Nguema Mbasogo] in Equatorial Guinea, who has been in power since 1979. And then in Cameroon, President [Paul] Biya, who has been in power since 1982, elected time and again during these presidential elections that were, according to critics, marred by fraud.”

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from from Dakar (Senegal)

31 Aug 2023 7 1

Brice Clothaire Oligui Nguema

Inserted 1 month ago

“Beyond this discontent, there is the illness of the Head of State [Ali Bongo suffered a stroke in October 2018 which left him weakened]. Everyone talks about it, but no one takes responsibility. He did not have the right to serve a third term, the Constitution was violated, the method of election itself was not good. So the army decided to turn the page, to take its responsibilities.”

Commander-in-chief of the Gabonese Republican Guard

30 Aug 2023 3 1

Adama Gaye

Inserted 1 month ago

“The Bongo era is over. Ali Bongo was no longer in the hearts of the population in Gabon … he was trying to create the condition for him to clamp down on the opposition and to fabricate another victory for himself in another rigged election. But this time around, the military realised that this was too far-fetched and they had to act, and that is what they did.”

Political analyst

30 Aug 2023 4 1

Omar Turbi

Inserted 1 month ago

“Dbeibah needs to go and he knows that he's been under pressure in the last couple of weeks. Dbeibah is squarely responsible for the meeting [between Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush and her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen]. The PM had met with the Israeli Mossad even before speaking to Burns, and continued to do so with frequency. The US should have better sense than trying to normalise a relationship between Libya and Israel.”

Former adviser to Libya’s transitional government after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi

28 Aug 2023 7 4

Emmanuel Macron

Inserted 1 month ago

“I think our policy is the right one. It's based on the courage of President Bazoum, and on the commitments of our ambassador on the ground who is remaining despite all the pressure, despite all the declarations made by the illegitimate authorities.”

President of France

28 Aug 2023 3 2

Hanna Maliar

Inserted 1 month ago

“Robotyne has been liberated.”

Ukraine Deputy Defence Minister

28 Aug 2023 1 1

Cameron Hudson

Inserted 1 month ago

“It does not very much change in places like Mali and CAR because there were already relationships and contracts. And the Russians said they would honour those contracts. The real question is what happens in the countries Wagner was trying to expand its presence, places like Burkina Faso and Niger. Will that expansion continue under the Russian government?”

Senior associate in the Centre for Strategic and International Studies’s Africa Program

26 Aug 2023 5 2

Alexander Lukashenko

Inserted 1 month ago

“Wager lived, Wagner is living and Wagner will live in Belarus. As long as we need this unit, they will live and work with us.”

President of Belarus

26 Aug 2023 (approx) 1 2

William Lai

Inserted 1 month ago

“Taiwan holds regular elections for our president, vice president, legislators, officials, mayors and local government leaders, and they serve the people, so I think this shows that it is a fact that Taiwan is a sovereign country. This is a fact, this is the truth.”

Taiwanese vice president and presidential hopeful

25 Aug 2023 1 2

Sergey Bizyukin

Inserted 1 month ago

“Prigozhin was relocated from the country. Within two months, they redistributed his assets, checked all contact chains, and replaced everything in the system that needed replacement. And now just got rid of [Prigozhin and his top lieutenants]. I don't know whether [Prigozhin] had a chance to sit it all out in Belarus, but that was his only teeny-weeny chance to survive.”

Russian activist and historian who fled Russia in 2019

24 Aug 2023 2 1

Oleg Panteleev

Inserted 1 month ago

“Russian airlines have solved the problem of operating under Western sanctions. At first there was a shock, no one knew what to do. After two to three months, new supply channels were found and, after six or nine months, quite a lot of alternatives appeared, which allowed for a reduction in prices and delivery times.”

Head of the AviaPort aviation think-tank in Moscow

23 Aug 2023 3 3

Xu Sitao

Inserted 1 month ago

“Cutting interest rates is necessary. It is about stabilizing the property sector and offering calibrated relief to companies and local governments that are experiencing financing woes.”

Chief economist in the Beijing office of Deloitte

22 Aug 2023 1 2

Zhu Ning

Inserted 1 month ago

“The traditional way of stimulating the economy, through a credit boom and leveraging, has reached an end.”

Deputy dean of the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance

22 Aug 2023 2 1

Ebrahim Raisi

Inserted 1 month ago

“Yesterday, they viewed us as a consumer and a country in need. Today, they see us as a producer who can have much to say in the defence and military industries. Iran continues to seek friendly relations with all nations but will not hesitate to cut off any hand that wishes to invade Iran.”

President of Iran

22 Aug 2023 2 4

Daniel Swain

Inserted 1 month ago

“Twenty years from now, a summer like this is going to feel like a mild summer. In terms of incredibly frenetic pace of global extremes we are seeing this summer, in terms of temperatures and precipitation, that's only going to get worse as the climate continues to warm.”

Climate scientist at the University of California Los Angeles

21 Aug 2023 0 2

George Magnus

Inserted 1 month ago

“What China should do is back off its obsession with state and party-led industrial policy, redistribute income and wealth to households and the private sector, implement tax and social security reforms, and allow the prices of capital, land and labour to be determined in the market. But I'm not holding my breath.”

Research associate at Oxford University’s China Centre

21 Aug 2023 0 2

Christopher Beddor

Inserted 1 month ago

“The way that [Japan and China] are similar is that there's an open question about whether they have been overinvesting, and piling up a lot of debt. That means that eventually, they need to pay down the debt, and that is going to mean lower growth.”

Deputy China research director at Gavekal Dragonomics

21 Aug 2023 4 2

Mark Rutte

Inserted 1 month ago

“Today we can announce that the Netherlands and Denmark commit to the transfer of F-16 aircraft to Ukraine and the Ukrainian Air Force, in cooperation with the U.S. and other allies.”

Dutch Prime Minister

20 Aug 2023 4 3

Joseph Wu

Inserted 1 month ago

“China has made it clear it wants to shape the island's national election. It's up to our citizens to decide, not the bully next door.”

Taiwan’s foreign minister

20 Aug 2023 (approx) 1 4

Robert Kelly

Inserted 1 month ago

“The South Korean electorate is deeply divided about rapprochement [with Japan], about deeper integration and collaboration with Japan. I'm not really convinced that the South Korean legislature, the National Assembly, supports this kind of engagement. And I'm not sure if the South Korean public does either. That underscores the need to establish long-lasting contingency plans for the myriad security and other threats in the region. And that's going to be difficult I think.”

International relations expert at Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea

18 Aug 2023 1 1

Abdel-Fatau Musah

Inserted 1 month ago

“Let no one be in doubt that if everything else fails the valiant forces of West Africa, both the military and the civilian components, are ready to answer to the call of duty. Meanwhile, we are still giving diplomacy a chance and the ball is in the court of the junta.”

ECOWAS commissioner for political affairs and security

17 Aug 2023 2 2

Stian Jenssen

Inserted 1 month ago

“I think that a solution could be for Ukraine to give up territory and get NATO membership in return.”

Stoltenberg's chief of staff at NATO

15 Aug 2023 1 4

Jens Stoltenberg

Inserted 1 month ago

“It is the Ukrainians, and only the Ukrainians, who can decide when there are conditions in place for negotiations and who can decide at the negotiating table what is an acceptable solution.”

Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

17 Aug 2023 2 3

Lim Eul-chul

Inserted 1 month ago

“North Korea will likely highlight racism in the United States and use it as a means to counter the United States' criticism of North Korea's human rights situation, rather than engaging in negotiations with the U.S.”

Professor of North Korean studies at South Korea's Kyungnam University

16 Aug 2023 2 2

Malik Traina

Inserted 1 month ago

“There are ongoing clashes. We can hear sporadic gunfire every 10-15 minutes. The Libyan Red Crescent said it has been able to evacuate dozens of families from the site of the clashes. People are suffering due to the lack of accountability towards powerful armed groups here in Tripoli. Both of these groups … are under the umbrella of the security apparatus. They are funded by the Libyan government.”

Al Jazeera's correspondent reporting from Tripoli

15 Aug 2023 2 1

William Lai

Inserted 1 month ago

“If Taiwan is safe, the world is safe, if the Taiwan Strait is peaceful, then the world is peaceful. No matter how great the threat of authoritarianism is to Taiwan, we absolutely will not be scared nor cower, we will uphold the values of democracy and freedom.”

Taiwan’s Vice President

13 Aug 2023 5 1

Steven Cheung

Inserted 1 month ago

“What did the other candidates do today? Do we know? We know where Trump was. There's no oxygen for the other candidates.”

Donald Trump’s spokesman

13 Aug 2023 (approx) 2 2

Jeff Liu

Inserted 1 month ago

“China has no reason to overreact or take the opportunity to escalate the situation. If China decides … to take provocative actions, it is China, not Taiwan or the United States, that undermines the status quo of peace and stability in the region.”

Taiwan Foreign ministry spokesman

12 Aug 2023 3 2

John Kirby

Inserted 1 month ago

“We've never shied away from calling it like we see it when it comes to [China's] behaviour, intimidation and coercion of not only their neighbours but countries around the world. This is a difficult, complex bilateral relationship, the most consequential one in the world. The president understands that. But that doesn't mean there isn't still a need to continue to improve our lines of communication.”

White House national security spokesperson

11 Aug 2023 3 2

Joe Biden

Inserted 1 month ago

“That's not good because when bad folks have problems, they do bad things. China is a ticking time bomb. China was growing at 8 percent a year to maintain growth. Now, close to 2 percent a year.”

President of the United States

10 Aug 2023 3 3

Bola Tinubu

Inserted 1 month ago

“No option is taken off the table, including the use of force as a last resort. We [ECOWAS] remain steadfast in our commitment to supporting Niger in the journey towards peaceful democratic stability. I hope that through our collective effort we can bring about a peaceful resolution as a roadmap to restoring stability and democracy in Niger. All is not lost yet.”

Nigeria's President

10 Aug 2023 1 3

Dmytro Kuleba

Inserted 1 month ago

“I think it will not be an exaggeration to say that President Erdogan is probably the only man in the world who can convince President Putin to return to the Black Sea Grain Initiative.”

Foreign Minister of Ukraine

10 Aug 2023 4 1

Antony Blinken

Inserted 1 month ago

“The United States reiterates our call for the immediate release of him [Mohamed Bazoum] and his family.”

U.S. Secretary of State

08 Aug 2023 2 2

Collin Koh

Inserted 1 month ago

“There's probably no question about whether China has the means to up the ante here, but more about its willingness over those political risks.”

Security fellow at Singapore's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

08 Aug 2023 1 3

Rommel Ong

Inserted 1 month ago

“We must reestablish sea control around the shoal [Second Thomas Shoal] because if we don't control it, our resupply is vulnerable to their coercive tactics.”

Maritime security expert and retired vice commander of the Philippine Navy

08 Aug 2023 2 6

Antonio Tajani

Inserted 1 month ago

“The only way is the diplomatic one. It is right that he [Bazoum] should be freed, but we cannot do it. The United States are very cautious about this. It is unthinkable that they would start a military intervention in Niger.”

Italian Foreign Minister

07 Aug 2023 3 2

Cameron Hudson

Inserted 1 month ago

“I think this has the potential to be disastrous. The only positive thing we can say about this coup so far is that there has been no violence. And I think we should preserve the peace in Niger for the sake of the people, and an intervention force led by Nigeria creates a very likelihood that perhaps uncontrollable violence will break out and that does not strike me as a positive outcome for anyone.”

Senior associate in the Centre for Strategic and International Studies’s Africa Program

06 Aug 2023 4 3

Tatiana Stanovaya

Inserted 1 month ago

“Prigozhin's rebellion - that was the strongest blow to the legitimacy of the leadership. And where does legitimacy come from? From the people. Therefore, the desire to throw oneself into the people and feel you are supported, it's the kind of need that arises against the backdrop of a rebellion.”

Senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center

05 Aug 2023 3 2

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Inserted 1 month ago

“This is very important because, on issues such as food security, the fate of millions of people in Africa, Asia and other parts of the world directly depends on how fast the world moves to implement the peace formula.”

President of Ukraine

04 Aug 2023 3 1

Annalena Baerbock

Inserted 2 months ago

“Russia's arbitrary justice system imprisoning Alexei Navalny for another 19 years is pure injustice. Putin fears nothing more than standing up against war and corruption and for democracy - even from a prison cell. He will not silence critical voices with this.”

Foreign Minister of Germany

04 Aug 2023 3 1

Joe Biden

Inserted 2 months ago

“In this critical moment, the United States stands with the people of Niger to honour our decades-long partnership rooted in shared democratic values and support for civilian-led governance. The Nigerien people have the right to choose their leaders. They have expressed their will through free and fair elections- and that must be respected.”

President of the United States

03 Aug 2023 2 2

Mateusz Morawiecki

Inserted 2 months ago

“We need to be aware that the number of provocations will rise. The Wagner group is extremely dangerous and they are being moved to the eastern flank to destabilise it.”

Prime Minister of Poland

03 Aug 2023 1 2

Izidine Pinto

Inserted 2 months ago

“European and North American temperatures would have been virtually impossible without the effects of climate change. In China it was around 50 times more likely to happen compared to the past.”

Climatologist of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

25 Jul 2023 0 2

Alexander Lukashenko

Inserted 2 months ago

“They [Wagner fighters] are asking to go West, ask me for permission … to go on a trip to Warsaw, to Rzeszow. But of course, I am keeping them in central Belarus, like we agreed. We are controlling what is happening [with Wagner].”

President of Belarus

23 Jul 2023 4 2

Vladimir Putin

Inserted 2 months ago

“But as far as Belarus is concerned, it is part of the Union State. Unleashing aggression against Belarus will mean aggression against the Russian Federation. We will respond to this with all the means at our disposal.”

President of Russia

21 Jul 2023 1 2

John Kirby

Inserted 2 months ago

“We have gotten some initial feedback from the Ukrainians, and they're using them [cluster bombs] quite effectively. They are using them appropriately, they are using them effectively.”

White House national security spokesperson

20 Jul 2023 3 2

Ivan Popov

Inserted 2 months ago

“I didn't sugarcoat it. I pinpointed the main tragedy of today's warfare: the lack of counterbattery fire, the lack of artillery reconnaissance stations, and the mass death and mutilation of all our brothers by enemy artillery.”

Russian Major General

20 Jul 2023 0 2

Serhiy Cherevaty

Inserted 2 months ago

“We conduct detailed and step-by-step planning on how to pass minefields and obstacles.”

Spokesman for Ukraine’s eastern forces

19 Jul 2023 0 2

Serhiy Bratchuk

Inserted 2 months ago

“The attack was very powerful, truly massive. It was a hellish night. (They) are trying to scare the whole world, especially those who want to work for the grain corridor ... Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations. But I think that all normal, rational people will look and say: Odesa was not afraid, is not afraid and will not be afraid - we will work.”

Speaker of the Odesa regional government

19 Jul 2023 3 1

Andriy Yermak

Inserted 2 months ago

“Russia's overnight attacks on Ukraine's ports are further proof that the country-terrorist wants to endanger the lives of 400 million people in various countries that depend on Ukrainian food exports.”

Ukraine's presidential chief of staff

18 Jul 2023 1 1

Fu Linghui

Inserted 2 months ago

“By quarter, the GDP grew by 4.5 percent year on year in the first quarter and 6.3 percent in the second quarter. Market demand gradually recovered, production supply continued to increase, employment and price were generally stable, and residents' income grew steadily.”