ISTANBUL (AA) – A US delegation arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday for talks amid war between Russia and Ukraine. The “high-level bipartisan delegation of former US security officials” was received by Joseph Wu, the foreign minister of the self-ruled island, in the capital Taipei. “We thank the (Joe) Biden administration for ...
GENEVA (AA) – The number of people fleeing Ukraine since Russia launched war on its neighbor nearly a week ago is “extremely worrying,” as some 677,000 refugees have fled the country so far, the head of the UN Refugee Agency said Tuesday in Geneva. Filippo Grandi, the UN high commissioner for refugees, and Martin Griffiths, [&helli...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday urged Ukraine to take seriously the peace talks with Russia, “show independence and contractual capacity.” Speaking at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva via video conference, Lavrov said if agreements are achieved between Russia and Ukrai...
PARIS (AA) – A war of words erupted Tuesday after Moscow’s top security official threatened Paris with “real war” in response to a minister’s remarks about waging an “economic war” to punish Russia for launching an attack on Ukraine. “Today, some French minister has said that they declared an economic war on Russia. Watch your [&he...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Radwa Helmi has made history as the first woman judge to sit on the bench of Egypt’s State Council, a top court in the Arab country. Helmi, making her appearance in a Cairo courthouse on Saturday, was among 98 women appointed last year to join the council, one of Egypt’s main […]
SANAA, Yemen – Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is visiting Aden in order to draw attention to the catastrophic consequences of the 8-year conflict in Yemen. “She will be visiting Yemeni families, including displaced families and refugees, to hear directly from them how the conflict has ripped their lives apart,” the UN High Commissioner...
Palestine has begun negotiations with the Red Cross in order to evacuate its nationals from Ukraine, said an official. “We contacted the International Committee of the Red Cross to provide safe passages for the evacuation of our students and families from Ukrainian cities,” Ahmed al-Deek, an adviser to the Palestinian foreign minister, s...
RAMALLAH, Palestine – Foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki has said that Palestine is facing pressure to take a clear position about the Russian war in Ukraine. “We are under pressure to take a stand regarding what is happening in Ukraine,” Riyad al-Maliki told the official Palestine TV. “Certainly, pressure continues on us in al...
SANAA, Yemen – A German and a Mexican working for the aid group ‘Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF) were kidnapped in eastern Yemen. Ali Abdullah al-Katheri, a spokesman for the Southern Transitional Council (STC), said the two were abducted in the Hadhramaut province. “We condemn this heinous terrorist operation,” al-Katheri add...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah has accused the United States of seeking to normalize ties between Israel and Lebanon. The accusation comes amid indirect talks between Beirut and Tel Aviv to demarcate the maritime border between the two countries. “The demarcation of maritime border is the responsibility of the state, but what we ...
