JERUSALEM – FEBRUARY 26: Russian-born Israeli man Leonid Teterin, owner of the famous entertainment venue “Putin” in West Jerusalem, removed his pub’s nameplate to protest Russian attacks on Ukraine. Located on Jaffa Street, the most popular spot in West Jerusalem, right across from the City Mansion, Putin is one of the city’s best...
JAKARTAINDONESIA – FEBRUARY 26: Thousands of people rallied near the Indian Consulate GeneralIndonesia’s Jakarta on Saturday (Feb. 26) to protest against the headscarf ban in the Indian state of Karnataka. The demonstration came after Muslim girls were barred from classes in some Indian colleges for wearing hijab. During the demonstratio...
BAGHDAD (AA) – The Iraqi army launched a military operation on Saturday against the ISIS in the northern province of Salahuddin, according to a local military source. The operation aims to hunt down ISIS fighters holed up in Dujail district, south of Salahuddin, the source said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Saturday condemned remarks by French Prime Minister Jean Castex in which he declared Jerusalem “the eternal capital of the Jewish people.” “This is a brazen bias to the Zionist occupation and its racist agenda and colonial policy against the Palestinian people,” Hamas said in a ...
ANKARA (AA) – An Azerbaijani woman and her two children were killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian ambassador to Azerbaijan. A Russian airstrike on the city of Kherson killed the “wife and children of Goshgar Farzaliyev, a native of Azerbaijan’s Jabrayil district,” Vladyslav Kanevskyi said on Facebook. The Ukrainian ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Two Israelis died on Saturday when a light plane crashed in Jerusalem, according to local media. The aircraft lost contact with ground control after takeoff while flying over the Jerusalem Hills area, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported. A fire broke out in an open field in the area as a result of […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ukraine on Saturday denied Russian claims that it refused to negotiate with Moscow to deescalate tensions, Ukraine’s UNIAN news agency reported. “This is not true, we are open to realistic proposals to deescalate the conflict,” an official at the Ukrainian presidency was quoted as saying. Kremlin spokesma...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The deputy leader of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, held talks Saturday with Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin in Moscow. They discussed bilateral relations and means of boosting cooperation in the political and military fields, the Sovereign Council said in a statement....
EIRUT (AA) – Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said Saturday there are no safe paths out of Ukraine for Lebanese nationals stranded in the country. “The Lebanese who are currently present there are advised to stay in safe places until things clear up,” he said following his meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati. He […]...
Lebanon plans to purchase 50,000 tons of wheat amid concerns on wheat supply over the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Lebanon imports around 60% of its wheat needs from Ukraine and Russia. “We asked the government to buy quantities of imported wheat for the production of bread as part of efforts to protect the country’s [&helli...
