ANKARA (AA) – The EU will work to “suspend Russia’s membership rights in the IMF and World Bank, the European Commission head has said. “We will deny Russia the status of most-favored-nation in our markets. This will revoke important benefits that Russia enjoys as a WTO (World Trade Organization) member,” said Ursula von der ...
PARIS (AA) – French security services saw a surge in the number of racist, xenophobic, and anti-religious offenses, the Interior Ministry has admitted. The analysis of the racist offenses was prepared by the ministry’s statistical service for internal security and released ahead of March 21, International Day for the Elimination of Racia...
NEW DELHI / ISLAMABAD (AA) – India has admitted that this week it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan due to a “technical malfunction” during routine maintenance. This Wednesday, “routine maintenance … led to the accidental firing of a missile. The government of India has taken a serious view and ordered a...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against Greece’s highly controversial pushback practices, a refugee advocacy group has said. The court ruled that asylum-seekers in Greek territory cannot be subjected to removal, the Aegean Boat Report (ABR) said in a statement. ABR said it is the first time the ECHR issued [...
ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine’s president demanded the release Saturday of the mayor of Melitopol, calling his kidnapping a “crime against democracy.” Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised Ivan Federov as “a mayor who bravely defends Ukraine and the members of his community” in a Telegram video. “This is obviously a sign of w...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Commission has disbursed €300 million in emergency assistance to Ukraine to support the country amid its war with Russia. “This is the initial part of a first €600 million ($660 million) installment under Ukraine’s new €1.2 billion emergency Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) program,” the EU Co...
ANTALYA, TURKIYE – AA: As the Ukraine-Russia war marks its 16th day, NATO stated that it “understands frustration” in Ukraine while noting that “an escalation beyond Ukraine’s borders would actually just cause even more suffering more death.” Speaking to Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview, NATO Secreta...
RPIN, UKRAINE – AA: The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since Russia launched a war on its neighbor has crossed 2.5 million, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. “The UN estimates that there are now at least 2 million internally displaced people,” in Ukraine, UNHCR spokesman Matthew Saltmarsh said at a press conference [&hell...
ISTANBUL – Officials from Afghanistan, Qatar and the US held a meeting on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) that started on Friday. Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani and Tom West, US special representative for...
LVIV, UKRAINE – Ukrainian civilians are racing to prepare for urban warfare as the war against Russia comes closer to their doorstep. The city of Lviv has been relatively safe thus far, but possible urban warfare looms threateningly. People with the know-how are teaching the residents of Lviv how to throw a Molotov cocktail to […]
