US envoy to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Russia exercised its veto power in an effort to protect Moscow’s “premeditated, unprovoked, unjustified, and unconscionable war” in Ukraine. “Russia, you can veto this resolution but you cannot veto our voices. You cannot veto the truth. You cannot veto our principles. You...
Ukraine shot down two Russian fighter jets, an IL-76 aircraft and a helicopter, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. The head of the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration, Serhiy Borzov, said on social media that Ukraine shot down a Russian SU-25 fighter jet near Kalynivka in the Vinnytsia region. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Force...
The US placed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other senior officials on Friday for Moscow’s military operations in Ukraine. The White House said earlier that Washington would join the EU to sanction the Russian leader and its top diplomat as well as members of the Russian national securit...
Russian attacks in Ukraine “could constitute war crimes,” Amnesty International said Friday. The London-based right watchdog said in a statement that it documented “three incidents that it believes to have killed at least six civilians and injured at least 12 more.” The group’s Crisis Evidence Lab analyzed digital evidence, including photos, v...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden will nominate federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be associate justice of the Supreme Court, the White House said on Friday, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on the nation’s highest court. “Currently a judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Judge […]...
HEBRON, PALESTINE – FEBRUARY 25: On Feb. 25, 1994, during the dawn prayer, hundreds of Palestinians were attacked in mass shootings and bombings at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. The gruesome attack left 29 worshippers dead and dozens of others wounded. It’s been 28 years since then, but Palestinians in the West Bank city of [&hell...
ANKARA (AA) – The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Friday announced that it has decided to formally terminate the accession process with Russia, which was postponed in 2014. In a statement, the organization added that it will close its Moscow office and stop all invitations to Russia at ministerial levels....
ANKARA (AA) – International sanctions imposed on Russia are expected to affect global economy, which is still trying to recover from the shock of the pandemic, the head of International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday. Kristalina Georgieva said the effects of the sanctions would be seen in energy and grain prices, which would increase...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia on Friday announced partial restrictions on access to Facebook. In a written statement, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) accused the social media platform of imposing restrictions on various Russian news sites. The statement noted an applicati...
BERLIN (AA) – The EU is not ruling out removing Russia from the SWIFT international banking system, Luxembourg’s foreign minister said on Friday. “I believe that the SWIFT option remains on the table,” Jean Asselborn told German public broadca ster ZDF, ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers. “If the bombardment of Kyiv continues, [&...
