MOSCOW – Russia has commenced the second phase of its “special military operation” in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Lavrov reaffirmed that “the sole purpose of this operation is the demilitarization and de-Nazification of Ukraine, since these are two intimately linked problems.” “The operation in the...
ANKARA – Turkiye has slammed a Swedish far-right politician for burning the Muslim holy book. The Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu while commenting on the hateful incident has said, “neo-Nazi movements have led to increased Islamophobia.” Urging collaboration against any form of racism and Islamophobic rhetoric, Mevlut Cav...
GENEVA – UN officials have warned of a worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine, with access to food and health facilities among the top concerns in a country listed among the world’s leading grain producers. At a UN press conference in Geneva, UN Information Services head Alessandra Vellucci noted the concern expressed overnigh...
KYIV, Ukraine – Some 20,800 Russian soldiers have so far been killed in Ukraine, the Ukrainian military has claimed. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 169 Russian aircraft, 150 helicopters, 134 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 802 tanks, 2,063 armored vehicles, and 386 artillery systems, according to the Ukrainian General Staff’s latest update. ...
Following anger over disclosures that Amazon reached out to Global Strategy Group, a renowned Democratic polling firm, to aid its union-busting effort in New York City, the Democratic Party’s governing board is reportedly exploring a strategy to bar its consultants from anti-union action. According to a report in Politico, “a union...
On Tuesday, immigration justice campaigners demanded that federal lawmakers reject a legislative measure dubbed the “Stephen Miller bill” that would formalize a regulation that has resulted in the expulsion of more than 1.7 million asylum seekers since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak. The proposal, officially known as the Public...
A federal court on Monday declared that a lawsuit seeking to bar Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress for her involvement in the January 6 Capitol Insurrection can go forward, allowing Georgia voters to challenge the Republican’s reelection attempt under the 14th Amendment. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the United St...
ANKARA (AA) – Recent events caused by Israeli radical groups and security forces in Palestine were on the agenda in a phone call on Tuesday between the presidents of Turkiye and Israel. “We are deeply saddened by the fact that more than 400 Palestinians were injured and 18 people, including children, lost their lives in […]
Researchers have discovered the first known interstellar meteor to hit Earth, according to a recently released United States Space Command document. An interstellar meteor is a space rock originating from outside the solar system. The meteor, known as CNEOS 2014-01-08, crash-landed along the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea on Jan. 8, 2014...
Islamophobia in U.S. public schools is an ongoing concern, according to a recent report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations or CAIR. The group’s survey of 700 Muslim students in California schools found high levels of bullying, harassment and discrimination by peers and adults, including teachers. Nearly half of the students, reported...
