ROME (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday denied reports claiming that Moscow will end its war on Ukraine on May 9, the anniversary of Russia’s victory over the Nazis in World War II. “Russia does not intend to accelerate the completion of the special operation in Ukraine until the Victory Day over […]
ANKARA – The evacuation of civilians who are trapped at the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine’s city of Mariupol continues, according to UN sources. “A safe passage operation to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal steel plant is ongoing today, Sunday 1 May. The efforts are coordinated by the United Nations and the Internationa...
STOCKHOLM – A riot broke out when the leader of the far-right Danish party Stram Kurs (Hard Line) burned another copy of the Muslim holy book Quran. Rasmus Paluda, who went to the Uppsala Mosque under the protection of the police, continued his provocation of burning the copies of the Quran. Around 10 people rushed […]
ERBIL, Iraq – Six rockets have hit the Khabat district of Erbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). The KRG’s anti-terror unit confirmed the incident in a statement and said there were no casualties or damage. The rockets were fired from the Bartella town in the Al-Hamdaniya district of Mosul.
TEHRAN, Iran – Police cracked down on protests by teachers across Iran on Labour Day on Sunday. Teachers organized demonstrations in several cities on Labor Day to reiterate their demands for higher pay and better working conditions. Clashes broke out after police used force against protesters in the provinces of Fars, Kermanshah, Kurdistan, M...
MOSCOW – Russia has said that it destroyed weapons supplied to Ukraine by the US and European countries and a runway at a military airfield near Odessa. High-precision Onyx missiles were used to strike the airfield, according to a Russian Defense Ministry statement. Two Ukrainian Su-24M bomber jets were downed in the Kharkov region, while [&he...
ANKARA – Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority has said that its monthly revenues hit an all-time high in April. In a statement, the Suez Canal Authority said the international waterway made $629 million in revenues in April, an increase of 13.6% from $553.6 million last year. The strategic waterway raised the transit fees for ships since […]...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Many people were feared to be trapped under the rubble after a three-storey building collapsed in Nigeria’s Lagos state on Sunday night. The incident occurred on Ibadan Street in the Ebute Metta neighborhood of Lagos. Casualty figures are unknown as search and rescue operations are ongoing. Personnel of the Lagos Sta...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least three Palestinians were injured on Monday in an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, according to local health sources. Israeli soldiers raided a town in the west of Ramallah and detained one Palestinian, witnesses said, adding that the soldiers used live and rubber-coated bullets against the Palest...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Some 23,800 Russian soldiers have so far been killed in Ukraine, the country’s military said on Monday. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 194 Russian aircraft, 155 helicopters, 271 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,048 tanks, 2,519 armored vehicles and 459 artillery systems, according to the Ukrainian General Staff’s latest ...
