ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan on Friday inducted Chinese-built J-10C fighter jets to its fleet to counter India’s induction of French Rafale jets. The induction ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Chinese envoy in Islamabad, and the services chiefs of Pakistan’s armed forces. “I am fully confident that now no ...
NEW YORK (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for a political solution to the civil war in Syria that began 11 years ago. The civil war began when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protesters. Hundreds of thousands of people have since been killed and millions more displaced, according to [...
Leaders of India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party and its supporters bombarded voters with disinformation ahead of and during recent polls. The five votes held over several weeks starting February 10 set the stage for the next general election in 2024, and the ruling BJP retained control of the four it already held, including the country...
ANKARA (AA) – The ISIS on Thursday confirmed that its leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed in Syria and named his successor. In an audio message, posted on Telegram channels linked to the terror group, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi has been named the new leader of the terrorist group. On Feb. 3, US President [&hell...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has claimed victory in Uttar Pradesh, the country’s most populous province. The victory is significant for the ultranationalist Hindu party because UP has 20 percent Muslim population, more than the other provinces of the country. The party also retained power in the stat...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ukraine’s defense minister said Thursday that more than 200,000 Ukrainian citizens have returned from Europe to protect their country. “More than 100,000 Ukrainian citizens joined the army. More than 200,000 of our citizens returned from Europe to protect our country,” said Oleksii Reznikov. “There ...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye has evacuated 13,719 citizens from Ukraine since Russia launched a war on its neighbor, the Turkish foreign minister said Thursday. Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Twitter that 125 citizens had set out from Ukraine today. Cavusoglu said citizens were coming to Turkey from Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipro, and Kremenchuk. He wished all the [&h...
LONDON – The British government has announced a full asset freeze and travel ban on seven Russian oligarchs, including Roman Abramowich, as Moscow’s war on Ukraine continues. “Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has announced a full asset freeze and travel ban on seven of Russia’s wealthiest and most influential oligarchs, whose business empires...
BERLIN – Germany has reported a record number of coronavirus cases in 24 hours, with 262,752 contracting the disease. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the country’s disease control agency, confirmed 262,752 new COVID-19 cases and 259 related fatalities in the past 24 hours. The relaxation of anti-coronavirus measures last month and the s...
BUDAPEST – AA: The number of Ukrainian refugees in Hungary exceeded 200,000 on Thursday, taking the total number of those who have fled to 2.3 million. Stating that his country condemns the attack on Ukraine, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjarto said they will continue to support Ukraine’s territoria...