KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – A Russian missile strike on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv killed at least 35 people, local sources said on Sunday. Governor Maksym Kozytskyi said in a statement that Russian forces fired more than 30 cruise missiles at the Yavoriv military range area, located about 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of […...
ANKARA (AA) – An American journalist has been killed and another wounded by Russian troops in Irpin city of Ukraine, local media reported on Sunday. Brent Renauld, a 51-year-old video journalist, was shot dead, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency quoted Andriy Nebitov, chief of the police in the Kyiv region, as saying. It was reported in [&...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran on Sunday claimed an overnight attack on what it said were Israeli facilities in Erbil in northern Iraq with precision-guided missiles. In a statement on Sunday, the public relations wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for Saturday’s strike in the Kurdish Regional Governmen...
BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN: The National Bank of Kyrgyzstan has introduced temporary restrictions for transactions with cash in foreign currencies. The restriction came into effect from March 11, at 5:30 pm for commercial banks, exchange offices, microfinance and micro-credit companies. The ban will remain in effect until further notice. The National...
ANTALYA, Turkiye – Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister has said that he expects an agreement with Turkiye and Qatar on operating the Kabul airport. Amir Khan Muttaqi said that agreement had been secured on “a number of issues regarding the Kabul Airport.” However, a few outstanding issues still had to be resolved. Spe...
RABAT, Morocco – Israel has appointed Dorit Avidani to the position of Consul and Head of Administration at the Israeli Liaison Office in Morocco. The news came after the deputy head of the Israeli mission in Rabat, Eyal David, congratulated Avidani for the post. David hailed Avidani’s 30 years of experience in the Israeli Ministry […]...
KHARTOUM, Sudan – The death toll from tribal clashes in Sudan’s West Darfur region has risen to 35, the Committee of Doctors in West Darfur said. In a statement, it said it had counted 19 new fatalities from the violence in the Jebel Moon Mountains of West Darfur, taking the tally to 35 since last […]
BEIRUT – Lebanese authorities have said that they have received an offer from Russia to build an oil refinery in Lebanon. “We received a general offer from a private Russian company, and it may crystallize with time because similar projects take a long period of time, whether with regard to gas for electricity or fuels,” […]...
RIYADH (AA) – Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted and sentenced on different charges, including terrorism and espionage. In a statement, the Saudi Interior Ministry said the convicts, most of them Saudi nationals, included those who held “deviant beliefs,” those who targeted places of worship and government buildings, a...
KYIV (AA) – Russia has suffered “unprecedented” losses in its war with Ukraine, the Ukrainian president said on Saturday. In a news conference, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said these losses are “the biggest blow to the Russian army in decades.” Zelenskyy went on to say that Russia’s 31 battalion tactical groups have been neutralized....