ISTANBUL (AA) – A group of scholars from Turkey and Pakistan deliberated on regional security issues Tuesday in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul. In what is described as the first Turkey-Pakistan security dialogue, Professor Rabia Akhtar from the University of Lahore said the participants discussed how the regional security architecture shap...
BRUSSELS (AA) – Israel refused to grant permission to Belgian Minister of Development Cooperation Meryame Kitir to enter the Gaza Strip, a Belgian news outlet has reported. The Israeli government “made it clear that they do not authorize any political visits to Gaza at this time,” Kitir’s cabinet said, according to public broadcaster RTB...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Kosovo’s former President Hashim Thaci, who is facing war crime charges at a special court in The Hague, has denied new charges. In 2020, Kosovo police launched a search operation at Thaci’s residence in the capital Pristina a day after he announced his resignation to face charges brought against him. ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US House of Representatives has approved $40 billion in new funding for Ukraine as the country battles Russian forces. The 368-57 vote sends the sweeping package to the Senate, which is expected to vote on and pass it as soon as this week. All of the opposition in the House came […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia claimed Tuesday that Ukraine lost dozens of soldiers and weapons during a three-day conflict on Snake Island located in the Black Sea. In a statement, the country’s military spokesman, Igor Konashenkov, said Kyiv lost a total of four aircraft, 10 helicopters, 30 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), three armored warships and o...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Police in Ecuador announced Tuesday that 200 inmates who escaped following a deadly prison riot were recaptured. “A total of 220 citizens escaped yesterday, and at this moment, we have recaptured 200,” said police chief of operations Geovanny Ponce. The prisoners escaped during a prison riot between ri...
JERUSALEM (AA) – At least 22 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces on Tuesday during a home demolition in occupied East Jerusalem, according to medics. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medics treated 16 Palestinians in Silwan neighborhood in the city this evening following clashes with Israeli soldiers. Six other Palestinian...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Elite soldiers from the Somali National Army conducted a military operation Tuesday against the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab terrorist group in the southern province of Lower Juba, killing at least 11 terrorists. The special operation was conducted near El-Ade village on the outskirts of the port city of Kisma...
BERLIN – Neo-Nazis and right-wing extremists committed 21,964 crimes in Germany last year, the government has admitted. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser presented the government’s report on politically motivated crimes at a news conference in Berlin. “Far-right is the biggest threat to our democracy and the biggest extremist threat ...
ALGIERS, Algeria – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks with Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad Ramtane Lamamra on Tuesday as the two countries marked the 60th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic relations. Lavrov “took part in the wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to the heroe...
