ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine “will not forgive” Russia’s attacks against innocent people, the country’s president said late Sunday. “Today is Forgiveness Sunday…But we will not forgive the executions of unarmed people. The destruction of our infrastructure…Hundreds and hundreds of victims. Thousands and thousands of suffering. And God will not forgiv...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – People from 52 countries have arrived in Ukraine to join its fight against Russia, the country’s foreign minister said on Sunday. The world stands with Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba said during an online news conference. He recalled President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plea for volunteers to support Ukraine in its war agai...
Amman, Jordan – Jordanian startup incubator TechWorks is helping inventors and innovators bring their ideas to life and establish successful businesses. Backed by a foundation set up by Crown Prince Hussein, TechWorks opened its doors in 2018 to offer facilities that “plug into entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems” and t...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday flayed European Union envoys for asking Islamabad to condemn Russia’s war on Ukraine. In a letter to the Foreign Ministry this week, nearly two dozen EU ambassadors in Islamabad, including two veto powers, France and the UK, urged Pakistan to vote against...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli soldiers killed a 16-year-old Palestinian boy in Abu Dis in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Sunday. Soldiers shot dead Yamen Jafal, who they claimed threw Molotov cocktails at an army checkpoint, the ministry said in a statement The Israeli army claimed in a statement that two people threw...
ANKARA (AA) – The foreign ministers of Turkiye and Jordan said Wednesday that they will be working together to devise a plan for the voluntary return of Syrian refugees to their country. Turkiye’s Mevlut Cavusoglu held a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi in the capital Ankara after a meeting in which...
GENEVA (AA) – The global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25% in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with young people the worst hit, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. A WHO report highlights those most affected by the pandemic and found that people with more severe mental […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s junta leader Lieut. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was inaugurated Wednesday as the transitional president under the West African country’s recently adopted charter. Dressed in a camouflage uniform, red beret and a sash in the colors of the nation’s flag, Damiba’s inauguration came weeks after he was...
BRUSSELS (AA) – All people fleeing the war in Ukraine should be allowed into the EU, regardless of their nationality, ethnicity, or skin color, an EU Commission spokesperson said on Wednesday. Responding to a question on alleged racism against Africans at Ukraine’s western borders with EU countries, spokesperson Anitta Hipper said ...
TUNIS, TUNISIA: Tunisian nationals’ evacuation from Ukraine continued on Wednesday. A Tunisian plane carrying 327 Tunisians from Ukraine arrived at Carthage International Airport. As part of the evacuation effort, the first flight that carried 106 Tunisians entered the country yesterday. It is estimated that more than 1,500 Tunisians liv...
