WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday he agrees with US President Joe Biden that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine. Blinken said Russia has “stepped up” its attacks against Ukraine “with the goal of breaking the will of the people,” and he personally determined war crimes are b...
ANKARA (AA) – A magnitude 6 earthquake rocked southern Iran early Thursday, according to a seismology center based in the capital Tehran. The quake occurred at 02.45 a.m. local time (1115GMT) in Kukherd district of Hormozgan province 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) below the surface, according to data from the Tehran University Seismology Cen...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye killed three PKK fighters near the country’s border in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Thursday. Turkish forces targeted three PKK “terrorists” who attempted to attack the zone of Operation Euphrates Shield, an anti-terrorist military operation, the ministry said. Since 2016, ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – An Emirati-flagged cargo ship carrying cars has reportedly sunk off the coast of Iran’s Assaluyeh port in the southern Bushehr province. According to the local port authority, the heavily loaded cargo sank early on Thursday 30 miles from the Assaluyeh port. A team was immediately dispatched to rescue the 30-member cre...
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has raised multiple questions about a missile launched from India that landed in its territory, urging New Delhi to launch a joint investigation into the matter rather than acting unilaterally. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told a news conference in Islamabad that the explanation from the Indian side is not enough....
GENEVA (AA) – The international community must take immediate measures to stem the spiral of violence in Myanmar, where the military has engaged in widespread human rights violations and abuses, the UN human rights chief has said. “The military has engaged in systematic and widespread human rights violations and abuses – some of which ma...
Pakistan on Saturday demanded a joint probe into the “accidental” firing of an Indian missile that landed in Pakistani territory last week. New Delhi on Friday acknowledged the missile accidentally fired during a routine maintenance due to “a technical malfunctioning.” The missile landed in Pakistan about about 150 miles from the Indian bord...
BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN: The National Bank of Kyrgyzstan has introduced temporary restrictions for transactions with cash in foreign currencies. The restriction came into effect from March 11, at 5:30 pm for commercial banks, exchange offices, microfinance and micro-credit companies. The ban will remain in effect until further notice. The National...
ANTALYA, Turkiye – Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister has said that he expects an agreement with Turkiye and Qatar on operating the Kabul airport. Amir Khan Muttaqi said that agreement had been secured on “a number of issues regarding the Kabul Airport.” However, a few outstanding issues still had to be resolved. Spe...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Saturday demanded a joint probe into the firing of an Indian missile that landed in Pakistani territory earlier this week. New Delhi on Friday acknowledged that “in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunctioning led to the accidental firing of a missile” that landed in Mia...
