MOSCOW (AA) – Russia and Belarus will conduct a joint military exercise starting Tuesday. “Joint staff training will be held in the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of Belarus on April 26-29 with the participation of representatives of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,” the Belarusian Defense Ministry said in a statement. The [&helli...
JERUSALEM, WEST BANK (AA): An Israeli court sent the file of the Palestinian family that has been fighting the eviction order from its house in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem to the execution judge for the evaluation of the objections on Tuesday. An appeal hearing was held at the Jerusalem Magistrates Court […...
ANKARA (AA) – The British government announced on Tuesday the removal of all tariffs covered by the existing UK-Ukraine trade agreement and imposed fresh sanctions on the Russian economy. The decision came in response to a direct request from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to support the Ukrainian economy, said UK International ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – India’s decision to effectively ban its citizens from studying in Pakistan has put in jeopardy the future of hundreds of Kashmiri students. Scores of students from Indian-administered Kashmir are currently enrolled in Pakistani medical and engineering colleges and universities, while a similar number have completed their...
MOSCOW – Russia has declared 40 German diplomats persona non grata in a retaliatory move amid continued diplomatic fallout from the two-month-old war in Ukraine. “On April 25, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Russian Federation Geza Andreas von Geyr was summoned to the Russian F...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have accused the UN refugee agency UNRWA of procrastinating the reconstruction of their homes destroyed during last year’s Israeli war. This came in a protest organized by Palestinian factions outside the UNRWA office in Gaza City. “I have the right to safe housing,” and &#...
LONDON (AA) – Around 15,000 Russian troops have been killed since Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24, according to the British defense secretary. While addressing the British parliament, Ben Wallace also announced further British support for Ukraine. “The offensive that was supposed to take a maximum of a week has now taken weeks,” W...
ANKARA – Germany is home to more than 84 million people and hosts the second-largest Muslim population in Western Europe after France, but the country cannot seem to avoid racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia and discrimination. Figures published in May 2021 taint the country’s image as a multicultural society as the number of violent ...
ISTANBUL – The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to hold meetings on a joint border commission and working group over a possible peace treaty. “It was agreed to convene the meetings of the Joint Border Commission, as well as Working Group on the preparation of a peace treaty in the near future,” […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Three Palestinian fishermen were detained by Israeli naval forces off the coast of the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday. Zakaria Baker of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAEC) in Gaza said the three fishermen were taken into custody while fishing off the coast of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip. […]
