GENEVA (AA) – Condemning Moscow’s “premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack on Ukraine” for violating international law, the US secretary of state on Tuesday questioned whether Russia is fit to be a member of the UN Human Rights Council. “More than at any other point in recent history, the principles at the heart of this council’s [&he...
The Tunisian Coast Guard rescued nine migrants and recovered the bodies of nine others after their boat capsized off the coast, the Tunisian Defense Ministry said on Monday. Marine security units rescued the African migrants, whose boat capsized 18 kilometers (11.1 miles) off the coast of the central-eastern city of Mahdia, said a ministry sta...
Eleven people have died in a fire in the Syrian capital, Damascus. According to an Interior Ministry statement, the blaze broke out at a commercial facility in central Damascus. Mohamed Abul Reish of the Damascus Hospital said an additional seven burned bodies were admitted to the hospital. Investigations have been launched to determine the ca...
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that Ukraine deserves to be an EU member. He has called on the EU for Ukraine’s “immediate accession” to the bloc. “We call on the European Union for the immediate accession of Ukraine under a new special procedure,” Zelenskyy said during his address to the nati...
The United Nations Security Council voted Sunday to hold a rare emergency special session of the General Assembly to discuss Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The meeting will be convened on Monday, and is set to give all 193 members of the global body the opportunity to express their views on the invasion. Russia voted against […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the Arab League to discuss the Ukrainian crisis following a Russian military attack in the European country. A statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said the meeting will discuss current developments in Ukraine. The Cairo-based pan-Arab body has yet to confirm the meeting....
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel authorities have forced a Palestinian family to demolish their home in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a local NGO on Sunday. In a statement, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center said the Jerusalem Municipality forced the Abu Sneineh family to raze their home on Saturday in Jabal al-Mukaber neighborhood in Jerusalem...
Two Palestinian prisoners, who had been on hunger strike for over four months, were released on Thursday, Feb. 24, from Israeli jails. Two Palestinian prisoners, who had been on hunger strike for over four months, were released on Thursday, Feb. 24, from Israeli jails. Hisham Abu Hawash, and Miqdad al-Qawasmi were two of the dozens […]
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...
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States will join Germany in imposing sanctions on the Russian Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project in retaliation for Moscow’s military pressure against Ukraine. “I have directed my administration to impose sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG and its corporate officers,”...
