GENEVA – China has agreed to allow a UN visit to the Xinjiang region where it is accused of oppressing its Muslim minority. “I am pleased to announce that we have recently reached an agreement with the Government of China for a visit,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said at the 48th […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least four security personnel were killed and over two dozen injured on Tuesday in a suspected suicide bombing in southwestern Pakistan. The second such bombing in less than a week occurred in the remote Sibi district of Balochistan province, just 30 minutes after President Arif Alvi left the town following [&...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU is preparing to consider the membership applications of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia, EU term president France said Tuesday. In recent years both Georgia and Ukraine have had Russian-backed separatists on their territory, with Russian troops crossing into Georgia in 2008 and into Ukraine in 2014 and now, during th...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Libya has appointed an ambassador to Qatar for the first time in six years, according to a Libyan source on Tuesday. Mohamed Al-Lafi, one of the notables in al-Zawiyah city in the country’s west, was named ambassador to the Gulf nation, the source told Anadolu Agency. Al-Lafi has been a delegate […]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Ennahda’s Rached Ghannouchi on Tuesday hailed the release of a senior party official by Tunisian authorities as “a new start” for the country. Noureddine el-Beheiry, Ennahda’s deputy leader, was released on Monday evening after being under house arrest since Dec. 31, 2021, over “terror” accusations...
WASHINGTON- US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of 500 more troops to Europe to bolster NATO’s capabilities against Russia. The measure has been taken in order to “augment” forces that have already been deployed to Europe. “These additional forces are going to be positioned to respond to the ...
ISTANBUL – Poland has not sent any fighter aircraft to Ukraine to support its defense against Russia, said Maciej Wasik, a deputy interior minister. “A decision on this type of aid should be taken at the NATO level, and it should be uniform for all NATO countries. It should not be the case that one […]
KIGALI, Rwanda – Two UN peacekeepers died and four others injured in Mali when their logistics convoy hit an improvised explosive device, according to UN sources. The incident occurred north of the Mopti region, according to Olivier Salgado, who is a spokesperson for the MINUSMA peacekeeping mission. “This morning, a logistics convoy of ...
ANKARA – The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that his country’s resistance against Russia will “decide the future of Europe.” Zelenskyy mentioned that he was having meaningful communication with Western leaders. He has also called on Western nations to impose new sanctions and to boycott Russian oil and...
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran has asked Moscow to clarify its demands for a “written guarantee” from the US regarding Russian cooperation with Tehran. Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said he has heard Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s comments about guarantees from Washington that Russian cooperation with Tehran will not be hin...
