WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday warned of an “unprecedented global hunger crisis,” saying next year could be worse. “The war in Ukraine has compounded problems that have been brewing for years: climate disruption, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the deeply unequal recovery,” Guterres told in...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Milorad Dodik, the Serbian member of Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidential Council, and Croatian President Zoran Milanovic criticized the failure Friday of the EU to grant candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina at the EU Leaders’ Summit in Brussels, Belgium. “Some EU leaders see Bosnia and Herzegovin...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s army said Friday it had given civilians two weeks to evacuate areas in the northern and southeastern regions ahead of a military offensive against terrorists blamed for recent deadly attacks. “A delay of 14 days will be accorded to residents to relocate to safer zones,” army spokesperson Yves Di...
ANKARA (AA) – Western countries repeated accusations Friday that Russia is deliberately creating the current global food crisis. “It is Russia’s war against Ukraine, not Western sanctions on Russia, that will push another 40 or 50 million more people to hunger,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a press conference wi...
GENEVA (AA) – Media freedom and the safety of journalists have dangerously declined around the world with grave negative effects on human rights, democracy and global development, a UN report said Friday. In a report presented to the Council, the report examined opportunities, challenges and threats to media in the digital age. It focuse...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The death toll from floods in Bangladesh rose to 73 with five people killed in the last 24 hours, officials said Friday. The disaster in parts of the country is deteriorating due to the onrush from upstream in India. Forty-nine fatalities were reported from drowning while the rest died in flood-related […]
ANKARA (AA) – A new study by a Canadian opinion research group revealed Friday that at least 45% of Canadians believe they are “worse off now than they were at this time last year, the highest level in at least 12 years.” The findings noted that “individual factors are contributing to these financial challenges” and [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish forces claim to have “neutralized” three more PKK fighters in the northern Iraq, the National Defense Ministry said on Friday. Two militants were targeted in Metina area and one more in the Operation Claw-Lock zone, the ministry said on Twitter. Turkish authorities use the term “neutralize” to imply the targeted individua...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has reiterated its rejection of the mounting evidence that points to its involvement in the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. In a statement, the Israeli army accused the UN probe of being “biased”, citing Palestinians’ refusal to hand the bullet that killed Abu Akleh to Israel...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Newly elected Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud disclosed on Friday that he had tested positive for coronavirus. He added that so far he was asymptomatic. “My fellow citizens, I would like to inform you that today I tested positive for COVID-19,” Mohamud, who took office in May after winning the...
