NEW YORK (AA) – Liechtenstein is set to bring up a draft resolution at the 193-member UN General Assembly that would require any of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council that exercises their veto power to justify its use. The veto right of the permanent members has long been discussed, but with […]
TRENTON, Canada – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has often emphasized that diversity is Canada’s strength. However, Islamophobia continues to be on the rise in the country. The 9/11 attack on the US had profound effects in Canada, fanning the flames of Islamophobia. In 2017 the Quebec mosque attack exposed the extent of Islamophobia...
ISTANBUL (AA) – According to the Ukrainian military, nearly 21,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since Russia launched its war on Ukraine. In a statement, the Ukrainian General Staff has said that the Ukrainian army has destroyed 172 Russian aircraft, 151 helicopters, 829 tanks, 2,118 armored vehicles, 393 artillery systems, and eigh...
ISTANBUL – The Chinese president has proposed a “global security initiative” to promote “security for all” in the world. “We need to work together to maintain peace and stability in the world,” Xi Jinping told Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022. “Stability brings a country prosperity while instability leads a country to poverty,”...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – At least 30,000 Ukrainian citizens have been forcibly taken to Russia from the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol since February 24, a senior Ukrainian official said. “The stories about what happened in Mariupol, about the people who defended their homeland, will be written in educational books for 100 yea...
MOSCOW- Russia has closed consulates of Baltic states and expelled diplomats in a retaliatory move, the country’s Foreign Ministry has announced. In a statement, the ministry announced the decision to close the Latvian consulates in Saint Petersburg and Pskov, Estonia’s consulate in Saint Petersburg and its office in Pskov, and the Lithuanian ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Capitol Police said Wednesday there was no threat to the Capitol grounds shortly after they ordered an evacuation. “The Capitol was evacuated out of an abundance of caution this evening. There is no threat at the Capitol,” they said on Twitter. Earlier, the Capitol Police said they were “tracking an...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called for more regional cooperation in the Western Hemisphere as record numbers of people are being displaced around the world. Blinken was speaking on the second day of a two-day conference on migration in Panama City, where he joined regional counterparts from 20 other [...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Russian army has taken control of Ukraine’s besieged port city of Mariupol, Russia’s defense minister said Thursday. “Mariupol has been liberated by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the forces of the People’s Militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” Sergey Shoygu said ...
GAZA STRIP (AA): Israeli warplanes bombarded two sites in the Gaza Strip early Thursday belonging to the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian organization Hamas. Warplanes targeted two sites in central and southern Gaza, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. No casualties or injuries were reported by the Pa...
