Netanyahu rejects 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire
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KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ukraine cannot fulfill Moscow’s ultimatum, as this would only be possible if the Ukrainian people were all but destroyed, the country’s president said Monday. “Ukraine cannot concede to Russia’s ultimatum. The only way to make it happen is to decimate us all,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia is “exploring options” to carry out a cyber-attack on critical US infrastructure in retaliation for western and allied sanctions, President Joe Biden warned on Monday. Biden said there is “evolving intelligence” that suggests the Kremlin is actively plotting potential attacks, and urged US...
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Seven people have died and at least 20 more are missing after a cargo vessel rammed into a packed passenger ferry in central Bangladesh. The ferry carrying some 60 passengers sank in the Shitalakhsya River in the industrial district of Narayanganj, about 20 kilometers from the capital Dhaka. “We have recovered seven [...
MOSCOW – A high-ranking Russian military official has been killed in the war against Ukraine, according to a Russian official’s social media post. Russian Senator from Sevastopol Yekaterina Altabayeva on her Telegram said Andrey Paliy, 51-year-old deputy commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, died in the clashes at Ukraine’...
TEHRAN (AA) Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed hopes for the improvement of his country’s economy during a speech to mark Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Iran’s economy has suffered under stringent sanctions that were reimposed by the US in 2018 after it unilaterally pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal betwe...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – United Nations special envoy Hans Grundberg has said he is seeking a truce in Yemen during the fasting month of Ramadan, due to start early next month. Grundberg met Saturday with Houthi chief negotiator Mohammed Abdulsalam and Omani officials “to discuss ongoing UN consultations and efforts to address the dire humani...
WASHINGTON – The US has denied a report that said three American troops were killed in eastern Ukraine. “There is wide reporting that there were three U.S. soldiers who were killed in Donbas, which is patently false and a deliberate fabrication. There are no US soldiers in Ukraine,” State Department principal deputy spokeswom...
KHARTOUM, Sudan –At least 35 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the violence between March 5 and 12 in Sudan’s Darfur region. Ibrahim Adam Osman, a member of the local Doctors Committee, said hundreds were admitted into Elgenena hospital since the violence started. “What we saw is a massacre with brutal attacks against [&hel...
WASHINGTON – According to a statement issued by the White House, US President Joe Biden laid out to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, the consequences Beijing will face if it “materially supports” Russia’s war in Ukraine. According to the statement, Biden outlined “our efforts to prevent and then respond to the...
Demonstrators gather outside the BBC Broadcasting House ahead of a march to oppose racism, Islamophobia, antisemitism and fascism, and to express support for refugees as part of United Nations Anti-Racism Day in London, United Kingdom on March 19, 2022. The campaigners call for action to eradicate institutional racism in response to police str...
