ANKARA / PARIS (AA): A mosque affiliated with Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB) in France’s northeastern province of Metz was attacked on Thursday night. The mosque was damaged in a fire that broke out after unknown persons lobbed three Molotov cocktails on the walls of the mosque. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Ali Durak, presi...
BERLIN (AA): Germany will continue its military support to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday. Speaking at a joint news conference in Berlin with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, Scholz said the two countries will expand their defense cooperation, and supply Soviet-made heavy weapons to Ukraine. ...
WASHINGTON (AA): A third evacuation from the war-ravaged Ukrainian city of Mariupol is underway, UN-Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced on Thursday. Guterres told the Security Council that two prior safe passage agreements resulted in “a measure of success” with 480 civilians being able to escape the strategic port city th...
ISTANBUL (AA): As many as 324 Ukrainians have been rescued in nine prisoner exchanges with Russian forces since the start of the war in February, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said Thursday. “All this has been achieved as a result of systematic and complex work of the Joint Center for Search and Release of […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AA): Ukraine needs “a strategic international support plan” similar to the historic Marshall Plan for rebuilding the country when the war ends, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday. Speaking via video link at an international donors’ conference hosted by Poland and Sweden in Warsaw to raise funds for Ukraine, Zelenskyy no...
STOCKHOLM (AA): NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that if Sweden applies for membership in the alliance, it will provide protection until it becomes a member. Speaking to Swedish public broadcaster SVT, Stoltenberg discussed Sweden’s possible NATO membership. He said NATO will increase its presence around Sweden’s bor...
DUHOK, Iraq (AA): A Danish cyclist died from his injuries Thursday after his bike hit a landmine in Duhok province in northern Iraq. The landmine in Kani Masi village in Amedi district detonated when two Danish cyclists were passing through the region, local media reported. One of the cyclists succumbed to his injuries, according to […]
ANKARA – The rise of the far-right in Europe should not be underestimated, a prominent Spanish journalist and writer has warned. Miguel Gonzalez, the author of a recent book on Spain’s far-right Vox party, spoke to foreign press members in Madrid. The Spanish journalist said anti-Muslim immigration is the common view of the far right [&h...
WASHINGTON (AA): US President Joe Biden has announced that Karine Jean-Pierre will be the first African-American woman to serve as the White House’s chief spokesperson. Jean-Pierre will replace outgoing spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who is leaving the White House on May 13, the executive mansion announced in a statement. Jean-Pierre previously ...
Tunis, Tunisia (AA): Tunisian journalists have protested against what they say is growing repression and intimidation against the press since President Kais Saied’s power grab last year. The demonstration was organised by the national journalists’ union, the SNJT, which has condemned authorities’ attempts to “tame”...
