MOSCOW – Four large fuel bases were destroyed in Ukraine with high-precision weapons, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “High-precision air- and sea-based missiles hit four fuel bases in area of the settlements of Mykolaiv, Zaporozhizhia, Kharkiv and Chuhuiv, from which fuel was supplied to the Ukrainian troops near Kharkiv, Mykol...
ISTANBUL – Afghanistan has finally received $32 million in humanitarian cash assistance. The 21st cash consignment of international humanitarian aid arrived in Kabul today and was transferred to the Afghanistan International Bank. Welcoming the assistance from the international community, the bank reiterated that the “provision of humanitarian...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday met with the newly-formed Yemen’s Presidential Council headed by Rashad al-Alimi. According to the Saudi official news agency SPA, bin Salman voiced hope that the new council will move Yemen from the state of war to the state of pea...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A new Museum of Islamic Civilizations is set to be inaugurated on Friday in Turkiye’s largest mosque by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the nation’s president. The museum, located in Istanbul’s Grand Camlica Mosque Complex and constructed in a closed area of 10,000 square meters (107,639 square feet), was prepared with works selected fro...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye killed three PKK members in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Thursday. Turkish forces targeted two PKK members when they allegedly attempted to attack the Operation Peace Spring zone, and another one who opened harassing fire on the Operation Olive Branch area, the ministry said on Twitter. “We ...
RIYADH (AA) – Arab countries have welcomed the formation of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, headed by Rashad al-Alimi, as well as the urgent financial support provided by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Yemeni economy. Early on Thursday, Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi delegated his powers to the n...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Calling NATO a “product of the Cold War,” China on Thursday urged non-NATO countries to practice caution in their attempts to develop relations with the military alliance. “NATO is a product of the Cold War and should have become history long ago,” said Zhao Lijian, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Zhao […]...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Rwandans paused Thursday to mark the 28th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group at nationwide remembrance ceremonies to honor 1 million people killed in 100 days. Thousands gathered at memorial sites in the national capital of Kigali and across the country to lay wreaths on graves where [&h...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for the coronavirus, her spokesman said Thursday. “After testing negative this week, Speaker Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic. The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the r...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council (HRC) after evidence emerged of apparent mass atrocities carried out by Moscow’s forces. The 93-24 vote saw 58 members states abstain. A member can be removed from the HRC following a two-thirds vote from the assembly if a [&hel...
