DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – The Russia-Ukraine war has deepened the food, energy and economic crises in Africa and worldwide, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday. Speaking at a joint press conference with Senegal’s President Macky Sall at the Senegalese Presidential Palace, Guterres said that all unnecessary export restrictions s...
ANKARA (AA) – Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, is being celebrated worldwide on Monday. Traditionally, Eid is a three-day celebration marked by large family festivities and prayers. The holiday has brought joy, particularly to children, who receive candies and presents as part of the tradition...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said that he will “most probably” have a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this week. Turkey’s capital Ankara or Istanbul “would be the solution point for steps to be taken” to ease tensions in eastern Ukraine, Erdogan told repo...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden congratulated Muslims worldwide on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The first day of Eid falls on Monday for most Muslim-majority nations. “As Muslims in the United States and around the world conclude the […]
ROME (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Sunday denied reports claiming that Moscow will end its war on Ukraine on May 9, the anniversary of Russia’s victory over the Nazis in World War II. “Russia does not intend to accelerate the completion of the special operation in Ukraine until the Victory Day over […]
ANKARA – The evacuation of civilians who are trapped at the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine’s city of Mariupol continues, according to UN sources. “A safe passage operation to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal steel plant is ongoing today, Sunday 1 May. The efforts are coordinated by the United Nations and the Internationa...
STOCKHOLM – A riot broke out when the leader of the far-right Danish party Stram Kurs (Hard Line) burned another copy of the Muslim holy book Quran. Rasmus Paluda, who went to the Uppsala Mosque under the protection of the police, continued his provocation of burning the copies of the Quran. Around 10 people rushed […]
ERBIL, Iraq – Six rockets have hit the Khabat district of Erbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). The KRG’s anti-terror unit confirmed the incident in a statement and said there were no casualties or damage. The rockets were fired from the Bartella town in the Al-Hamdaniya district of Mosul.
TEHRAN, Iran – Police cracked down on protests by teachers across Iran on Labour Day on Sunday. Teachers organized demonstrations in several cities on Labor Day to reiterate their demands for higher pay and better working conditions. Clashes broke out after police used force against protesters in the provinces of Fars, Kermanshah, Kurdistan, M...
MOSCOW – Russia has said that it destroyed weapons supplied to Ukraine by the US and European countries and a runway at a military airfield near Odessa. High-precision Onyx missiles were used to strike the airfield, according to a Russian Defense Ministry statement. Two Ukrainian Su-24M bomber jets were downed in the Kharkov region, while [&he...
