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 ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is scheduled to visit India on April 2 for talks on strengthening the ties between the two countries. A statement by Bennett’s office said the visit will mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Tel Aviv and New Delhi. “The purpose of the visit is to […]
WASHINGTON – The US has denied a report that said three American troops were killed in eastern Ukraine. “There is wide reporting that there were three U.S. soldiers who were killed in Donbas, which is patently false and a deliberate fabrication. There are no US soldiers in Ukraine,” State Department principal deputy spokeswom...
ANKARA – The president of Ukraine has demanded that Russia conduct “meaningful” negotiations to ensure peace and security in his country. “Meaningful talks on peace and security for Ukraine are the only chance for Russia to reduce the damage from its own mistakes,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video message. “It is time to restore […]...
KHARTOUM, Sudan –At least 35 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the violence between March 5 and 12 in Sudan’s Darfur region. Ibrahim Adam Osman, a member of the local Doctors Committee, said hundreds were admitted into Elgenena hospital since the violence started. “What we saw is a massacre with brutal attacks against [&hel...
LONDON (AA) – The British Defense Ministry launched an inquiry Thursday into a telephone call between Secretary of Defence Ben Wallace and an imposter who pretended to be Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. “Today an attempt was made by an imposter claiming to be Ukrainian PM to speak with me,” Wallace wrote in a tweet. [&helli...
ANKARA – A US defense official has claimed that Russia has fired more than 1,080 missiles since the start of its military operation in Ukraine. “We assess the airspace over Ukraine remains contested. The Ukrainian Air Force is continuing to fly aircraft and employ air and missile defense,” the official said in a background st...
