ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine said Sunday that the Russian army has suffered substantial material losses since launching the war on Feb. 24. “The total combat losses of the enemy from Feb. 24 to March 13 are approximately as follows: more than 12,000 soldiers, 374 tanks and 1,226 armored combat vehicles,” the General Staff of the […...
GENEVA (AA) – A “worst-case scenario” awaits hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol facing starvation or death unless a concrete humanitarian agreement is reached urgently, the Red Cross said on Sunday. “Hundreds of thousands of the city’s residents are now facing extreme or total ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Yemen on Sunday condemned “in strongest terms” the attack against the Turkish Martyrs’ Memorial carried out by Houthi elements in the capital Sanaa. In a statement, the Yemeni Foreign Ministry said the action cannot harm the “fraternal relations between the brotherly countries of Yemen and Turkey.” On Saturday morning, Ho...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran strongly condemned Saudi Arabia’s mass execution of convicted criminals over the weekend, saying the move violates “basic principles of human rights and international law.” Saudi Arabia announced the execution of 81 people — the largest mass execution in the country’s history — accusing th...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss discussed the imposition of sanctions on Russia on Monday. “Call with @trussliz on next steps to apply more sanctions on Russia,” Kuleba said on Twitter. “Pressure must increase until Russia ceases its meaningless aggre...
ANTALYA, Turkiye (AA) – Europe should have the capacity to cope with the difficulties it faces on its own, the European Union’s foreign policy chief has said. “NATO is and will remain the way of ensuring territorial defense in Europe for all European member states. But at the same time, our union and treaties say […]
Doha, Qatar – AFP Chad’s military government and dozens of opposition groups started peace talks on Sunday in Qatar as a first step towards ending a rebellion and holding elections. The landlocked African nation was thrown into turmoil by the killing of longtime leader Idriss Deby Itno in battle with rebels in the country’s n...
LONDON (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “barbaric actions” are “testing not just Ukraine but all of humanity,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday. His remarks came during a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to a government statement. Johnson and Zelenskyy “condemned the murders o...
PARIS (AA) – France has warned Iran that its “irresponsible and dangerous” attack in Iraq can hurt the prospects of returning to the nuclear deal. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said the attack, claimed by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), “threatens the stability of Iraq and the region.” Earlier, Iran’s Islamic...
Casablanca, Morocco – AFP Royal Air Maroc took off from Casablanca for Tel Aviv on Sunday in its first direct flight since Israel and Morocco normalized ties in 2020. Aviation sources and local media sources said a Moroccan business delegation was on the inaugural flight, delayed by three months because of the Covid-19 pandemic. “...