ISTANBUL (AA) – China has asked Washington to release “relevant details as soon as possible” regarding alleged US biological laboratories in Ukraine. “According to the data released by the US itself, the US has 26 biological laboratories and other related facilities in Ukraine which has indeed attracted great attention,” Foreign Ministry...
ANKARA (AA) – A Dutch lawmaker has called for space to be made for “real refugees from Ukraine” and for those “who have no right to stay” to be returned. In an opinion piece published on Monday by the Dutch weekly EW Magazine, Ruben Brekelmans said his party, the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy [&he...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the early renewal of the NATO mission Operation Reassurance in Latvia. At a press conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krisjanis Karins, Spain and Canada recommitted to sendi...
PARIS (AA) – France will launch a sponsorship program to enable French families to provide accommodation to fleeing Ukrainian refugees. Since Feb. 25, border police have allowed 5,000 people to enter France and many more are likely to follow, Premier Jean Castex said, while announcing the launch of the “I am committed to Ukraine” program...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The New York Times is pulling all of its staff from Russia because of a new law that critics say criminalizes independent journalism. “Russia’s new legislation seeks to criminalize independent, accurate news reporting about the war against Ukraine. For the safety and security of our editorial staff working in the ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Pentagon has turned down a proposal from Poland to transfer all of its MiG-29 fighter jets to a US airbase in Germany for backing Ukraine. “The prospect of fighter jets ‘at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America’ departing from a U.S./NATO base in Germany to fly […]
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – The first person to stand trial in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots was found guilty Tuesday on all federal charges filed against him. The jury in Washington, DC took less than four hours to find 49-year-old Guy Reffitt of Wylie, Texas – a suburb 30 miles northeast of Dallas – guilty […]
GENEVA- The WHO head in Europe has said that 16 attacks on Ukrainian health facilities have been confirmed since Russia attacked it. “To date, we have 16 confirmed reports of attacks on health facilities in Ukraine, and more are being verified,” Hans Kluge told a news conference. “WHO strongly condemns these attacks on health...
TEL AVIV, Israel– Turkish and Israeli businesspeople are hoping the visit to Turkiye by Israel’s president will give a boost to already thriving trade ties. Isaac Herzog’s visit starting March 9 materialized at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ahead of the visit, Turkish and Israeli trade missions gathered in Tel Aviv ...
Organizations working with refugees have slammed French authorities for treating non-European refugees differently. At a time when Ukraine has re-focused attention on refugees, it’s important to remember…that people from many different countries are also here fleeing the most terrible conflicts and the fear of persecution. We should be welcomi...
