WASHINGTON (AA) – The US said Tuesday that it is unclear whether Iran will ever agree to a nuclear deal, but if it is willing to make “difficult decisions,” one could be reached “very soon.” “We are still working through a number of difficult issues. As I said before, the onus is on Tehran to […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s Transitional Legislative Assembly was inaugurated Tuesday, with academic Aboubacar Toguyeni elected as its head. Toguyeni received 59 votes out of 70 in a secret ballot in the nation’s capital, Ouagadougou, beating two challengers. The 58-year old teacher-researcher succeeds Bala Alassane Sakande, whose man...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, repeatedly refused to rule out on Tuesday use of nuclear weapons, maintaining they could be considered as a response to an alleged “existential threat.” When asked about what conditions would warrant such a response, Peskov said “if it ...
MOSCOW (AA) – Five ammunition depots in Ukraine were hit Tuesday with high-precision weapons, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said long-range high-precision cruise missiles hit large fuel and lubricant warehouses in Lysychansk and Kramatorsk, a rocket and artillery weapons warehouse in Druzhkivka and ammunit...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Diosdado Cabello, vice-president of Venezuela´s Socialist Party and the number two man in Nicolas Maduro’s government, suggested Tuesday that a military operation similar to Russia’s in Ukraine should be carried out in Colombia. “From what happens in Ukraine, a new world order is going to emerge. Well, I am ...
ANKARA (AA) – European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said Tuesday that cryptocurrencies are being used to evade sanctions on Russia. “Crypto assets are certainly being used to try and evade sanctions,” Lagarde said during a speech at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Summit. While the Russian ruble...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hosted talks Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the UAE’s de facto ruler, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, his office said. The meeting, which took place in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, included discussions on “energy, market s...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US sanctioned Sudan’s Central Reserve Police (CRP) on Monday due to alleged “serious human rights abuses” it carried out against anti-coup protesters. In announcing the penalties, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US was acting to “hold to account those perpetrating abuses and to det...
GENEVA (AA) – At least 925 people have been killed and nearly 1,500 wounded since Russia launched a war on Ukraine on Feb. 24, while the number of people fleeing Ukraine has reached almost 3.5 million, the UN said on Monday. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said it has […]
MOSCOW (AA) – A Moscow court on Monday banned Meta-owned social networks Facebook and Instagram in Russia over “extremist activity.” The Tverskoy district court said in a ruling that it agreed to “the claims of the Prosecutor General’s Office to ban the activities of Meta corporation” and the decision “...
