WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and Ukraine have inked a three-year agreement to boost cooperation in agriculture, particularly food production, as the UN warns of devastating consequences of Russia’s war on global food security. The agreement will see the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has hailed a life sentence slapped by a UN-backed court against two Hezbollah members in connection with the 2005 assassination of his father. Hariri, the head of the Future Movement, said that the conviction of the two Hezbollah members was the “clearest condemnation of t...
NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – Russia condemns recent attacks against Türkiye in Syria, the Russian special envoy for the war-torn country has said. Speaking to reporters in the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan after the 18th round of Syria talks in the Astana format, Alexander Lavrentiev said recent attacks by “Kurdish groups,” refe...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali forces backed by Galmudug regional forces on Friday repulsed an attack by al-Shabaab on a major military base in central Somalia. A total of 47 terrorists were killed in the operation, Somali military radio said quoting officials. Al-Qaeda-backed al-Shabaab launched the attack in Bahdo, a small town locat...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden ordered the heads of the State and Defense departments to tamp down their rhetoric on Ukraine after they said the US wanted Kyiv to win the war against Russia, according to a report published Thursday. The directive came after Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin made a surprise visit to […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday described the last round of talks between his country and regional arch-rival Saudi Arabia as “positive.” In a phone call with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussain, Amir-Abdollahian said Tehran welcomes the outcome of the Iranian-Saudi talks in Baghdad,...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Moroccan King Mohammed VI has contracted coronavirus, according to the king’s private physician on Thursday. The monarch “contracted an asymptomatic form of the COVID-19,” Professor Lahcen Belyamani said in a statement carried by the official Maghreb Agency. On Nov. 9, the Moroccan government decided to lift a night...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – Azerbaijan’s president warned Armenia on Thursday against making territorial claims from Karabakh, a region liberated from nearly three decades of Armenian occupation in 2020. “If Armenia continues to question the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan will have no other choice and will questi...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The World Bank has announced that it will give Somalia $100 million in the next 12 months to address the government’s priorities. The announcement comes after the bank’s country director Kristina Svensson met Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu. They discussed strengthening the cooperation ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US on Thursday sanctioned an alleged network of Iranian petrochemical producers and front companies established in China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The petrochemical producers that have been added to the US blacklist include Iran-based Marun Petrochemical Company, Kharg Petrochemical Company Limited and Fan...
