NAIROBI, Kenya – Millions of refugees and displaced people in East Africa are facing a “desperate future” due to “conflict, climate shocks and COVID-19, combined with spiraling costs of food and fuel,” UN agencies have warned. Along with the number of refugees in need of support, the gap between resourcing and needs has also grown, [&hel...
ROME – Pope Francis, the leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, has blasted the “armed aggression” on Ukraine as blasphemy and a betrayal of God. “The weapons of the Gospel are prayer, tenderness, forgiveness and freely-given love for one’s neighbor, to any neighbor. This is how God’s peace is brought into the world,” Francis [&hel...
LONDON– The UK will sanction 178 individuals, targeting those supporting Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, the Foreign Office has announced. The sanctions are being coordinated with the European Union. The Russia-Ukraine war has drawn international outrage, with the European Union, US and UK, among others, implementing tough finan...
YEREVAN, Armenia – Normalization talks between neighboring Turkiye and Armenia should not be neglected but should continue, Armenia’s premier has said. The sides should do their best to see that the talks go on, Nikol Pashinyan said in an address to Armenia’s parliament in the capital Yerevan. Saying that the Armenian side is aware of [&...
ANKARA – At least 191 children have been killed and 349 injured since the beginning of Russia’s war against Ukraine, the Ukrainian Office of the Prosecutor General has said. Children in the Donetsk, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and Zhytomyr regions, as well as the capital Kyiv, have been...
TORONTO – Former Afghan interpreters for the Canadian army are urging Ottawa to treat their family members fleeing the Taliban the same way as Ukrainians escaping from Russian troops. Speaking at a parliamentary committee, the interpreters called on the Canadian government to let their families into the country as easily as Ukrainians, reporte...
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Antony Blinken apologized to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last month for the US response to attacks on the emirates from Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to a report. The UAE had been frustrated about the US response to Houthi attacks just as Washington has been vexed by Abu Dhabi’s response ...
TRENTON, Canada – Canada’s largest Muslim charitable organization has launched a court challenge, saying the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) probe into its affairs is rife with Islamophobia. The Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) wants the CRA audit stopped because it is unfairly “tainted by systemic bias and Islamophobia...
LONDON (AA) – A man who killed veteran British lawmaker David Amess in a knife attack last year was jailed for life on Wednesday. Ali Harbi Ali, 26, stabbed Amess multiple times at a public meeting in Essex last October, declaring the attack revenge for the Conservative lawmaker’s support for the bombing of Syria. Found […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – Saudi Arabia and Kuwait said Wednesday they have the right to develop the Durra offshore gas field which is also claimed by Iran. In a statement issued by the Saudi Foreign Ministry, Riyadh said it has reached an agreement with Kuwait “to expedite the development and exploitation of the Durra […]
