Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said his country will not accept compromising the security of the Gulf states. Tebboune met with members of the Algerian community in Kuwait during the first day of his visit to the Gulf country. “With regard to the Gulf, despite the geographical distance, we in the Maghreb [region] are trying to [...
One Ethiopian soldier was killed and two others wounded in a bomb blast targeting peacekeeping forces of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). A landmine was planted near a well in Wajid, a town in southwestern Somalia, used frequently by Ethiopian soldiers deployed in the area. “The explosion killed one soldier on the spot. […...
Britain on Tuesday sanctioned five Russian banks and three individuals in response to Russia’s recognition of Ukraine’s separatist regions. The Russian banks sanctioned are Rossiayaz Bank, IS Bank, General Bank, Promsvyazbank, and the Black Sea Bank, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced. Gennady Timchenko, Igor Rotenberg, and Boris Rotenberg...
A 14-year-old Palestinian boy died Tuesday of wounds he sustained from Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank, according to the Health Ministry. Mohammad Shehda was injured when he was shot by Israeli soldiers in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem city. According to local activists, the injured boy was arrested by Israeli forces, which [&...
India dispatched wheat to Afghanistan on Tuesday to help alleviate food shortages after Pakistan gave permission to allow the shipments across their shared border. Senior Indian government officials flagged off the first convoy of 50 trucks carrying 2,500 metric tons of wheat donated by India to Afghanistan at Attari in the northern state of P...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that a meeting planned for Thursday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva has been canceled following Moscow’s recognition of two breakaway regions in Ukraine. “Now that we see the invasion is beginning and Russia has made clear its wholesale rejection of diplomacy, it doe...
Problems between Russia and Georgia, including those concerning the territorial integrity of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, cannot be forcibly resolved but instead the solution should be through diplomacy, Georgia’s president said Tuesday. Salome Zurabishvili also noted that Georgia does not have the opportunity to force Russia into a real dialog...
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday declared his country’s readiness to supply natural gas to the world, including Europe. Raisi said his country has been able to boost its natural gas production and carry out significant projects in the oil and gas sectors by banking on domestic expertise and resources. He said sanctions imp...
Three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in the US state of Georgia were found guilty of federal hate crimes. “Justice for Ahmaud Arbery!” exclaimed Arbery family attorney, Ben Crump, at a news conference after the verdict was handed down. Gregory McMichael, 66, Travis McMichael, 36, and William Bryan, 52, followed and killed Arber...
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin can still avoid a war of choice after Moscow ordered troops to move into eastern Ukraine. Austin said the US will continue to work closely with Kyiv before heading to a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the Pentagon. “Russia’s...
