JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog will visit Jordan on Wednesday for talks with King Abdullah II, according to Israeli media. Herzog will visit Amman upon an invitation from the Jordanian monarch to discuss “deepening Israeli-Jordanian relations, maintaining regional stability with an emphasis on the upcoming holiday ...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – A US federal judge has ordered the release of more than 100 emails from Donald Trump Adviser John Eastman, asserting the former president likely committed crimes in his attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election. “Based on the evidence, the Court finds it more likely than not that […]...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Canada has opened final negotiations to buy 88 F-35 Stealth fighter jets from Lockheed Martin in a deal worth about $15 billion. The jets will replace Canada’s aging fleet of CF-18 aircraft. There is still an outside chance that if negotiations with American giant Lockheed Martin bog down, Canada could turn [...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The four NATO member countries in the Western Balkans expressed support for Ukraine and condemned Russia on Monday after a meeting in Bulgaria’s capital. The premiers of Bulgaria, Romania, Montenegro, and North Macedonia attended NATO’s Multilateral Business Union meeting organized by Prime Minister Ki...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden has refused to walk back his comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.” The US president made the remarks while on a four-day tour of Europe as Ukraine continues to defend against Russia’s assault. Biden’s comments drew criticism from some who said...
VATICAN (AA) – Pope Francis met the leaders of Canadian indigenous peoples on Monday amid the scandal over residential schools in Canada. In a statement, Vatican’s press office said the pope separately met with two indigenous groups, 10 delegates representing the Metis people, and eight others for the Inuit. Pope Francis is set to welcom...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China said Monday that the West has applied “double standards” by catering to the human rights of people fleeing the Russia-Ukraine war but by ignoring those of refugees from countries in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. “I want to stress that the international community should not adopt a double standard [&hell...
PARIS (AA) – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has begun an official tour of Qatar, Oman and Kuwait to discuss Europe’s diversification of energy supplies amid an energy crisis triggered by Russia’s war on Ukraine. On the first leg of the tour, he met with Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and discussed […]
KYIV – Ukraine’s northern Irpin city has been liberated from Russian troops, Mayor Alexander Markushin has said in a video message. “We have good news today, the city of Irpin has been liberated,” he noted, saying there is a “cleaning operation” going on in the city. The people are still not allowed to retur...
BRUSSELS – EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson has said that the bloc must be prepared for millions of more Ukrainian refugees. Speaking at a news conference following an extraordinary meeting of EU interior ministers, Johansson warned that the EU must “develop contingency plans.” “We don’t know what will happen tomorro...
