RIYADH (AA) – Intra-Yemeni talks started on Wednesday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, under the auspices of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). “Today’s talks are closely followed up by all Yemenis, amid hopes to reach a solution between rivals,” GCC Secretary-General Nayef al-Hajraf told the opening session of the talks. “A peaceful solut...
ANKARA – The Netherlands has announced that it decided to expel 17 Russian diplomats. The government made the decision because of the national security threat posed by the diplomats who were secretly operating as intelligence officers, the Foreign Ministry said. The ministry said it is prepared for the various scenarios which might come ...
GENEVA – As the Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh is approaching its fifth year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has called for international support for the refugees escaping genocide in Myanmar and for their Bangladeshi hosts. The 2022 Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis was launched on March 29, and humanitari...
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has postponed his planned visit to India after his infection with Covid-19. Bennett was scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on April 2, but his office said the visit will be rescheduled for another date. The visit was planned to mark 30 years of diplomatic relations between Israel […...
WASHINGTON- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that it authorized a second booster of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna coronavirus vaccines for older people. The agency said the second booster dose may be administered to individuals 50 years and older at least four months after getting the first booster dose of any approved [&hel...
WASHINGTON – A group of US senators – both Republicans and Democrats – is demanding Russia’s removal from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) following Moscow’s “unprovoked, inhumane, and illegal invasion” of Ukraine. Led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez and Jim Risch, the la...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz met Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on Tuesday to discuss Palestinian developments, according to the Royal Court. The Jordanian monarch underlined the importance of removing restrictions to freedom of worship during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, due to start early April, the R...
LONDON (AA) – Britain has seized the first Russian superyacht in British waters as part of sanctions against Moscow, the transport secretary said on Tuesday. The superyacht is called Phi, and is worth an estimated £38 million ($49.9 million), Grant Shapps said. The 58-meter (190-feet) superyacht was banned from leaving Canary Wharf, east...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudanese protesters on Tuesday blocked main roads in the capital Khartoum, demanding full civilian rule. “Khartoum witnessed an almost complete closure of roads with cement barriers, tree trunks, and burning tires,” an eyewitness told Anadolu Agency. Sudanese authorities deployed extra forces in the capital i...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian and Ukrainian delegations held face-to-face talks in Istanbul on Tuesday. The fresh round of negotiations lasted for three hours. Russian and Ukrainian negotiators later held separate press briefings to inform the world about the outcome. Ukraine has called for eight countries, including Turkiye, to be guarantors in a p...
