Algiers, Algeria – AFP Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having a “deadly” impact on the Arab world, particularly through spiralling wheat prices, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Algiers Wednesday. He was speaking on the final leg of a trip that began with an unprecedented summit in an Israeli kibbutz, attend...
Tunis, Tunisia – AFP More than 100 members of Tunisia’s suspended parliament defied President Kais Saied on Wednesday, holding an online session in which they voted to roll back his July power grab. Saied — elected in 2019 on public anger against the political class — on July 25 last year sacked the government, froze [&...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday that the US intends to provide Ukraine with $500 million in direct budgetary aid, according to the White House. Biden and Zelenskyy spoke during a telephone call about the ongoing work by the US and its allies to deliver military, economic and hum...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday faced another blow when a key allied party quit the ruling alliance ahead of a no-confidence motion submitted by the opposition against him. The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and allies had 179 seats in the 342-member National Assembly. But the Muttahida Qaumi M...
ANKARA – The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has condemned the seizure of a historic hotel in the occupied city by a settlers group. Israeli police forces and members of Ateret Cohanim group forced their way into the historic Petra Hotel and seized a part of it. The hotel, which the church says it owns, […]
KYIV/LVIV – At least 145 children were killed and 222 others injured as a result of Russian attacks on Ukraine, a local source said. According to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, 790 educational institutions were damaged in the bombings by the Russian army, 75 of which were completely destroyed. Separately, Ukrainian activists demanded...
KYIV, Ukraine – Some 17,300 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine so far, the Ukrainian military has claimed. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 131 Russian planes, 131 helicopters, 605 tanks, 1,723 armored vehicles, 81 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 75 fuel tankers, and seven boats, according to the latest Ukrainian General Staff ...
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has ordered an investigation into a recent incident during a football match between Iran and Lebanon where women were barred from entering the stadium and pepper-sprayed. Speaking at a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Raisi ordered his interior minister to “thoroughly investigate” the matter and take “n...
ISTANBUL – The number of people fleeing Ukraine due to the war with Russia has reached 4 million, head of the UN refugee agency said. “Refugees from Ukraine are now 4 million, five weeks after the start of the Russian attack,” tweeted Filippo Grandi. “I have just arrived in Ukraine. In Lviv, I will discuss […]
ANKARA – South Korea has said that it has successfully test-fired a solid-fuel space rocket a week after North Korea’s inter-continental ballistic missile launch (ICBM). The test was conducted at Taean, 150 kilometers (around 93 miles) southwest of Seoul. “(The test) came at a very grave juncture in which North Korea has rece...
