ISTANBUL (AA) – China’s foreign minister on Thursday arrived in Afghanistan on his maiden trip to the country after the exit of US-led foreign forces last year. As most countries worldwide have taken a wait-and-see approach to the country’s Taliban interim government, officials said the visit by Wang Yi sent a “positive message.” The vis...
ANKARA (AA) – A human rights organization on Thursday decried Israel’s policy of placing Palestinian children under house arrest. In a statement, the Beirut-based Palestinian Association for Human Rights – known as Shahed – said Israeli authorities continue to oppress Palestinians, especially residents of Jerusalem, including placi...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US announced sanctions on more than 400 Russian elites, members of the Duma (lower house of parliament) and defense companies in coordination with the European Union and G7 countries due to Moscow’s war on Ukraine. So far, 600 Russian targets have been sanctioned by the US, according to a White House […...
WASHINGTON – The US will accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and others fleeing the Russian war, the Biden administration has announced. “While we expect many Ukrainians will choose to remain in Europe close to family and their homes in Ukraine, today, the United States is announcing plans to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians and othe...
MOSCOW – The Russian Foreign Ministry has slammed Poland’s decision to expel 45 of its diplomats as “a conscious step towards the complete destruction of bilateral relations.” In a statement on its website, the ministry accused Poland of taking unfriendly actions against Russia for a long time “on a systematic bas...
SANAA, Yemen – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has called for launching an intra-Yemeni dialogue “away from foreign interference” to settle the crisis in the country. “The destructive war and the cruel blockade of the (Saudi-led Arab) coalition against the people of Yemen is entering its eighth year as it has led to this r...
ISTANBUL – Sanctions-hit Russia and Iran are focusing their efforts on bypassing SWIFT with an alternative interbank messaging system, an Iranian diplomat announced. “We are making efforts in this direction,” said Kazem Jalali, Iran’s ambassador to Russia, according to Russian news channel RT. Under Western sanctions ov...
DOUALA, Cameroon – The court of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) has ordered the lifting of sanctions imposed on Mali by the eight-nation body. The UEMOA slapped sanctions on Mali in January after the military junta, which first seized power in August 2020 and then again in May 2021, delayed elections that […]
WASHINGTON – The UN General Assembly has once again voted to denounce its war on Ukraine and called for an immediate end. A total of 140 nations voted to censure Russia after one day of debate, with one less nation voting to do so compared to an earlier vote on March 2. As with the […]
WASHINGTON – North Korea’s launch of an apparent long-range ballistic missile risks “significant escalation of tensions in the region,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. The UN chief strongly condemned the launch. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement “another breach of the DPRK’s announ...
