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ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine’s president demanded the release Saturday of the mayor of Melitopol, calling his kidnapping a “crime against democracy.” Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised Ivan Federov as “a mayor who bravely defends Ukraine and the members of his community” in a Telegram video. “This is obviously a sign of w...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Commission has disbursed €300 million in emergency assistance to Ukraine to support the country amid its war with Russia. “This is the initial part of a first €600 million ($660 million) installment under Ukraine’s new €1.2 billion emergency Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) program,” the EU Co...
ANTALYA, TURKIYE – AA: As the Ukraine-Russia war marks its 16th day, NATO stated that it “understands frustration” in Ukraine while noting that “an escalation beyond Ukraine’s borders would actually just cause even more suffering more death.” Speaking to Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview, NATO Secreta...
RPIN, UKRAINE – AA: The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since Russia launched a war on its neighbor has crossed 2.5 million, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. “The UN estimates that there are now at least 2 million internally displaced people,” in Ukraine, UNHCR spokesman Matthew Saltmarsh said at a press conference [&hell...
ISTANBUL – Officials from Afghanistan, Qatar and the US held a meeting on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) that started on Friday. Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani and Tom West, US special representative for...
LVIV, UKRAINE – Ukrainian civilians are racing to prepare for urban warfare as the war against Russia comes closer to their doorstep. The city of Lviv has been relatively safe thus far, but possible urban warfare looms threateningly. People with the know-how are teaching the residents of Lviv how to throw a Molotov cocktail to […]
GENEVA (AA) – A new round of talks involving the Constitutional Committee seeking an end to the war in Syria will resume in Geneva from March 21. The office of the special UN envoy on Syria said on Friday that the seventh round of the Constitutional Committee Small Body will be held behind closed doors […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday that the Iran nuclear deal talks need to be suspended due to “external factors”. “A pause in Vienna talks is needed, due to external factors,” Borrell wrote on Twitter. He, however, said the “final text is essentially ready and on the table.” As […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr held talks with top Iraqi officials on ways to form a government and end a crippling political crisis in the country. He held phone calls with Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi, Nouri al-Maliki, leader of the State of Law Coalition,...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Saudi Arabia said Friday its forces rescued two American women detained in the Yemeni capital Sanaa and took them to Riyadh. In a statement by Saudi Defense Ministry spokesman Turki Al-Maliki said a “special security operation” to rescue the women was successfully conducted at the request of the US. According to [&hel...
