BRUSSELS – The EU foreign policy chief has called on the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to immediately reopen secondary schools for girls. In a declaration issued on behalf of the bloc, Josep Borrell slammed the Taliban’s decision to exclude over 1 million girls from secondary education in the country. “No religious or social reason...
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden has sent a nearly $6 trillion budget proposal to the Congress that includes sweeping spending increases across the federal government, and tax hikes on the richest Americans. Biden’s $5.8 trillion plan to fund the government for the fiscal year that begins in October would cut the federal deficit...
JERUSALEM – Israel will appoint a military attache to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, according to an Israeli diplomat. “Israel will appoint a military attache to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain,” Eitan Naeh, Tel Aviv’s Ambassador in Manama, told Israeli Army Radio, adding that the move “will happen soo...
NEW YORK – The Muslim call to prayer or the ‘Adhan’ can now be heard several times a day in Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota. The city council has approved a bill presented by council member Jamal Osman, allowing the prayer to be played publicly by loudspeaker between the hours of 7 a.m. and […]
WARSAW – Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has strongly criticized Hungary’s policy on the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine. Duda said that Hungary’s high dependence on Russian energy supplies has made Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban cautious. However, he added, it is hard to understand Hungary’s policies given the deaths of hundreds a...
JERUSALEM – The Negev summit between the foreign ministers of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Morocco, Israel and the United States kicked off on Monday in southern Israel. Meanwhile, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh criticized the six-party summit, saying that such gatherings were a “free reward” ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN’s World Food Program has called for $765 million in the next six months to maintain the current levels of assistance in Yemen. The global food agency said on Twitter that the level of hunger is at a record high, with 13 million people counting on the assistance. Last month, the […]
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar and France on Monday launched the first round of their strategic dialogue, according to the state news agency QNA. This came during French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s visit to Doha, which began earlier in the day. Le Drian met with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. Talks [&hellip...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel and Bahrain on Monday signed a framework agreement for cooperation on the sidelines of a six-party summit held in the southern city of Negev. The summit, which concluded earlier Monday, brought together the foreign ministers of Israel, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Morocco, and the United States....
ISTANBUL (AA) – Senior officials from Afghanistan, Indonesia, and Qatar met in Doha at the weekend for talks on the situation in Afghanistan, an Afghan official said on Monday. The three-way meeting of acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, and Lolwah Al-Khater, deputy foreign ministe...
