David Miliband, former U.K. foreign secretary and chief executive of the International Rescue Committee, said the West has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan. The West has also has its own reputation by imposing a policy of starvation on the Central Asian nation, he said. Miliband has been among those lobbying the Us President Joe Bi...
WARSAW (AA) – The head of Poland’s National Security Bureau said Thursday that Russia’s intention to attack Ukraine is clearer than ever, despite Moscow saying it withdrew some of its troops from the border. “The probability of Russia attacking Ukraine is higher today than yesterday,” said Pawel Soloch. “Rec...
JERUSALEM: A high-level Turkish delegation arrived in Israel on Thursday to meet with Israeli officials ahead of a visit expected next month by Israel’s president to Turkiye, according to official statements. A Turkish delegation led by Ibrahim Kalin, presidential spokesperson and senior adviser to the president, held meetings with Foreign Min...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Masoud Barzani, on Thursday agreed to move forward with forming a government that includes Shias, Sunnis and Kurds. A joint statement issued following a phone call between the two leaders read they discussed “the necessary steps for forming a [...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has expelled US deputy chief of diplomatic mission in Moscow, the embassy’s spokesman Jason Rebholz said on Thursday amid heightened tensions over Ukraine. Bart Gorman, the second-highest official of the US embassy in Moscow, left Russia late January, Rebholz said in an interview with the state-run RIA news age...
Israeli forces on Thursday dispersed dozens of Palestinians taking part in a peaceful rally in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, east of occupied Jerusalem. Witnesses told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli forces put out fire lit by the residents and activists to warm themselves while closing the neighborhood with iron barriers. The sit-in by loca...
JERUSALEM: Dozens of Palestinians performed Friday prayers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem to express their rejection of Israel’s plan to evict Palestinian families from their homes in favor of settlers. Palestinians say more than 200 Palestinians participated in Friday prayers, which were held on a street ne...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu discussed the Ukraine conflict with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Friday. The two military chiefs discussed “the pressing issues of international security,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. Austin called for de-escalation of tension around Ukraine...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Friday it had failed to intercept a drone fired from Lebanon and breached the country’s airspace. “It is clear from the preliminary investigation that earlier today, a small wireless drone was spotted inside Lebanon, flying towards Israeli territory,” army spokesman Avichay Adraee tweeted. ...
A special court in Gujarat, India, sentenced 38 Muslims to death today for a series of bombings that shook the city of Ahmedabad in 2008. It was the first time that so many accused have received death sentences in a single case in India. The Indian Mujahideen, an unknown organization, had claimed that the bombings […]
