ANKARA (AA) – The US State Department has ordered families of its embassy staff in Ukraine to start leaving the country as soon as Monday, according to media reports. Fox News, citing US officials, said the State Department is also expected to encourage US citizens to begin evacuating Ukraine next week by commercial flights while […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The UN mission in Sudan on Sunday decried the arrest of a female activist, saying the detention was a reduction of women political participation in the country. “Outraged by arrest of women’s rights advocate Amira Osman overnight,” the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) said ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Sunday released 20 Indian fishermen who were imprisoned for unlawfully entering its territorial waters, the Interior Ministry said. The fishermen were released from a jail in the port city of Karachi and transported to the northeastern Lahore city, where they will be handed over to Indian authorities at the...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Amid ongoing political tensions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said that no one in the region is interested in war. In an interview with Pink TV on Saturday night, Vucic said neither Bosniaks, Croats, nor Serbs want war. “We must work together to protect the peace. No one wants [&hel...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – After darkness suddenly enveloped the life of Ashraf Wani, 30, in 2016, when pellets fired by Indian police to disperse protesters hit his eyes, he found a way to bring light to his life by helping other victims. Living with over 600 small lead pellets in his body which […]
LONDON (AA) – The UK will stand “shoulder to shoulder” with Ukraine, but it is “extremely unlikely” that they will send troops, the British deputy prime minister said on Sunday. Speaking to Sky News, Dominic Raab said: “We will support them (Ukraine) in defending themselves. But also, to the international community, to NATO allies in […...
