WASHINGTON- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that it authorized a second booster of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna coronavirus vaccines for older people. The agency said the second booster dose may be administered to individuals 50 years and older at least four months after getting the first booster dose of any approved [&hel...
WASHINGTON – A group of US senators – both Republicans and Democrats – is demanding Russia’s removal from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) following Moscow’s “unprovoked, inhumane, and illegal invasion” of Ukraine. Led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez and Jim Risch, the la...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz met Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on Tuesday to discuss Palestinian developments, according to the Royal Court. The Jordanian monarch underlined the importance of removing restrictions to freedom of worship during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, due to start early April, the R...
LONDON (AA) – Britain has seized the first Russian superyacht in British waters as part of sanctions against Moscow, the transport secretary said on Tuesday. The superyacht is called Phi, and is worth an estimated £38 million ($49.9 million), Grant Shapps said. The 58-meter (190-feet) superyacht was banned from leaving Canary Wharf, east...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudanese protesters on Tuesday blocked main roads in the capital Khartoum, demanding full civilian rule. “Khartoum witnessed an almost complete closure of roads with cement barriers, tree trunks, and burning tires,” an eyewitness told Anadolu Agency. Sudanese authorities deployed extra forces in the capital i...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian and Ukrainian delegations held face-to-face talks in Istanbul on Tuesday. The fresh round of negotiations lasted for three hours. Russian and Ukrainian negotiators later held separate press briefings to inform the world about the outcome. Ukraine has called for eight countries, including Turkiye, to be guarantors in a p...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog will visit Jordan on Wednesday for talks with King Abdullah II, according to Israeli media. Herzog will visit Amman upon an invitation from the Jordanian monarch to discuss “deepening Israeli-Jordanian relations, maintaining regional stability with an emphasis on the upcoming holiday ...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – A US federal judge has ordered the release of more than 100 emails from Donald Trump Adviser John Eastman, asserting the former president likely committed crimes in his attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election. “Based on the evidence, the Court finds it more likely than not that […]...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Canada has opened final negotiations to buy 88 F-35 Stealth fighter jets from Lockheed Martin in a deal worth about $15 billion. The jets will replace Canada’s aging fleet of CF-18 aircraft. There is still an outside chance that if negotiations with American giant Lockheed Martin bog down, Canada could turn [...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The four NATO member countries in the Western Balkans expressed support for Ukraine and condemned Russia on Monday after a meeting in Bulgaria’s capital. The premiers of Bulgaria, Romania, Montenegro, and North Macedonia attended NATO’s Multilateral Business Union meeting organized by Prime Minister Ki...
