GENEVA (A) – One million people have fled Ukraine since Russia launched attacked the country, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said early Thursday. “In just seven days, we have witnessed the exodus of one million refugees from Ukraine to neighboring countries,” said Filippo Grandi on Twitter. “For many millions more inside Ukraine, ...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has said that 498 of its soldiers have been killed and 1,597 others wounded since its forces entered Ukraine. In a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that more than 2,870 Ukrainian soldiers and “nationalists” have also been killed. Russia’s war on Ukraine, which began on February 24, ha...
PARIS (AA) – Soldiers from the French army’s foreign legion have been detained in Paris for attempting to join the Ukraine war to fight Russian forces. Fourteen legionnaires of Ukrainian origin were arrested March 1 on board a bus leaving for Poland. According to military sources, some of the passengers were suspected to have mater...
DOHA (AA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani Wednesday discussed regional developments with General Kenneth McKenzie of the United States. A statement by the emir’s office, the Amiri Diwan, said talks with the commander of the US Central Command in Doha took up strategic relations between the two countries and developme...
GENEVA (AA) – The prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25% in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO said on Wednesday. A WHO report highlights those most affected by the pandemic and found that people with more severe mental disorders, such as psychoses, and young people with mental disorders, were […...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye and Jordan said Wednesday that they will together devise a plan for the return of Syrian refugees to their country. Turkiye’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi in the capital Ankara after a meeting in which they discussed regional and bil...
BRUSSELS (AA) – All people fleeing the war in Ukraine should be allowed into the EU, regardless of their skin color, EU Commission said on Wednesday. Responding to a question on alleged racism against Africans at Ukraine’s western borders with EU countries, spokesperson Anitta Hipper said EU nations were “strongly committed t...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s junta leader Lieut. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was inaugurated Wednesday as the transitional president. Dressed in a camouflage uniform, red beret and a sash in the colors of the nation’s flag, Damiba’s inauguration came weeks after he was sworn in Feb. 16 as interim president following his recog...
ANKARA (AA) – Cooperation with regard to arms control and disarmament has become more crucial as Europe faces its worst crisis since the Cold War. Turkiye’s deputy foreign minister Sedat Onal said this while speaking on the second day of the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament (CD) meeting. Sedat Onal reiterated Turkiye’s ...
ANKARA (AA) – Several Africans attempting to flee Ukraine have claimed they experienced racist treatment at the border because of their race. Eswatini student Vkile Dlamini, who crossed to Romania from Ukraine, said that she undertook the most difficult journey of her life. “We were exposed to a lot of racism. Police pointed guns a...
