KHARTOUM, Sudan – Hundreds of doctors and health workers in Khartoum protested against violence by Sudanese security forces at healthcare facilities. The protest was organized by the Sudanese Doctors Syndicate near the government-run Khartoum ENT Hospital. The participants held banners urging authorities to respect the sanctity of hospit...
BRUSSELS – EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson has said that the EU must prepare to host millions of Ukrainian refugees as the war in Ukraine continues. “It is a dangerous situation with the developments in Ukraine, we have to prepare for millions of refugees to come to the European Union,” Johansson said. She […]
ANKARA (AA) – Greece’s discriminatory policy towards its Muslim Turkish minority violates its obligations under European Union law, a European political party said Wednesday. In a letter to the European Commission, the president of the European Free Alliance (EFA), Lorena Lopez de Lacalle, asked about the steps they would take to ensure ...
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan claimed on Thursday that its security forces had foiled an Indian submarine’s attempt to enter its waters on March 1. A spokesperson for the Pakistan Army accused India of deploying a submarine with ‘ulterior motives’ against Pakistan. According to Major General Babar Iftikhar, given the prevailing security env...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – The White House requested $10 billion in US aid Thursday to help Ukraine with humanitarian efforts in the wake of the attack by Russia. “This funding request is based on the Administration’s best information on resource requirements at this time,” White House Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda ...
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Salman said Thursday that his country looks at Israel as a “potential ally,” not as an enemy, if the Palestinian cause is to be resolved. Bin Salman spoke to the Atlantic magazine and was cited by the Saudi state-run SPA news agency, where he said before reaching that […]
MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign minister has said that his country will pursue the goals of its military operation even after a peace agreement with Ukraine. Speaking on television in Moscow, Sergey Lavrov said that the military infrastructure of Ukraine that is a constant threat to Russia must be destroyed. “Demilitarization ̵...
Georgia is going to officially apply for EU membership, the country’s top officials have announced. The announcement was made on Twitter by Shalva Papuashvili, head of the Georgian Parliament, and Nikoloz Samkharadze, chair of the Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee. Georgia’s aim to join the European bloc comes in parallel with Ukr...
MOSCOW (AA) – The goal of Moscow’s special military operation is to demilitarize Ukraine, Russia’s foreign minister said Wednesday. Once Ukraine has been demilitarized, the Ukrainians “must decide themselves how they will live,” Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV channel. All people living in Ukraine must have a say ...
ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine’s president said early Thursday that nearly 9,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the war on the country began a week ago. “About 9,000 Russians were killed in a week. In the direction of Mykolaiv, they had to take 200, 300 (Russian soldiers) 19-20 years old with dozens of helicopters,” Volodymyr […]...
