STOCKHOLM (AA) – Muslim immigrant families in western Sweden continue to protest against state social services for “unjustly” taking their children away. Protesters, demonstrating in different cities of Sweden since Feb. 7, gathered in Gothenburg’s Gustaf Adolf Torg Square for their eighth demonstration. Families were h...
MOSCOW – A high-ranking Russian military official has been killed in the war against Ukraine, according to a Russian official’s social media post. Russian Senator from Sevastopol Yekaterina Altabayeva on her Telegram said Andrey Paliy, 51-year-old deputy commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, died in the clashes at Ukraine’...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – The Slovak Defence Minister has said that NATO member Slovakia has begun to receive the first units of Patriot air defense system belonging to Germany and Netherlands. Jaroslav Nad expressed thanks to Germany and Netherlands over the deployment of arms supply amid the Russia-Ukraine war, and said the “first e...
DUMAS (AA) One person was killed and at least 24 others injured when one or more gunmen shot at attendees of a car show in Arkansas. Authorities were investigating the incident in the town of Dumas and the “gunfire that swept across a crowd attending a local car show, leaving one person dead, and at […]
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – Iraq’s Kurdish region has never been a threat to anyone, the head of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has said. In a statement marking the Newroz holiday, Masrour Barzani said the KRG will continue defending and upholding its constitutional rights. KRG “will not surrender its rights under any pressure,” he added. ...
TEHRAN (AA) Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed hopes for the improvement of his country’s economy during a speech to mark Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Iran’s economy has suffered under stringent sanctions that were reimposed by the US in 2018 after it unilaterally pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal betwe...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – United Nations special envoy Hans Grundberg has said he is seeking a truce in Yemen during the fasting month of Ramadan, due to start early next month. Grundberg met Saturday with Houthi chief negotiator Mohammed Abdulsalam and Omani officials “to discuss ongoing UN consultations and efforts to address the dire humani...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh on Sunday announced the formation of a committee to hold dialogue on drafting an election law. Dbeibeh told a ministerial meeting that the committee will include independent figures representing the country’s different regions, the state news agency reported. He added that t...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Approximately 14,700 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine so far, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 96 Russian aircraft, 118 helicopters, 476 tanks, 1,487 armored carriers, 947 vehicles, 21 UAVs, 60 fuel tankers and three boats, according to the latest update from the Ukrainian ...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – More than 116,000 Yemeni civilians were displaced in the central Marib province in 2021 amid fighting between government forces and Houthi rebels, according to the Yemeni authorities on Sunday. In a statement, the government-affiliated Executive Unit for IDP’s Camps Management said most of those displaced had fled to ...
