UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN Security Council raised concern Thursday over a visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards in occupied East Jerusalem by Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. ”We note that Prime Minister (Benjamin) Netanyahu’s platform calls for the preservation of the status quo with relation to the holy plac...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of using a cease-fire order to mark Orthodox Christmas as a cover to halt Ukraine’s military advances. “They now want to use Christmas as a cover, albeit briefly, to halt the advances of our boys in Donbas and bring equipment, ammunition and mobilize...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia on Friday started a 36-hour unilateral cease-fire in Ukraine on the occasion of the Orthodox Christmas. On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu to introduce a cease-fire regime along the entire line of contact with Ukraine from 12 noon local time (0900GMT) on Friday till...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control, a de facto border dividing the disputed Himalayan region between Pakistan and India, and all around the world observed the Right to Self-Determination Day on Thursday, taking out rallies and holding seminars to highlight their plight. Pakistan reiterated its political, dipl...
LONDON (AA) – Myanmar’s independence is like “a body without a soul,” says a prominent member of the diaspora who spoke on the anniversary of the Southeast Asian country’s independence from British rule 75 years ago. “And when you look at the history after independence … especially the minorities have been fighting for their own [&hellip...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Nine countries have withdrawn their recognition of Kosovo’s independence, Serbia’s president has claimed. “We are small, but as things stand in the world, as many as 106 countries do not recognize the independence of Kosovo. Nine of them have withdrawn their recognition: Somalia, Burkina Faso, Ga...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The United Nations has warned that millions in Syria will suffer if the Security Council fails to extend a resolution that allows humanitarian aid to be delivered to the rebel-held northwestern part of the country. The long-running aid operation that allows the use of the Bab al-Hawa crossing on the border […...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The Afghan Taliban on Thursday claimed that they have wiped out a network of ISIS involved in last month’s attacks on Pakistan’s Embassy and a Chinese hotel in Kabul. In a statement, the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the Taliban forces carried out an operation on Wednesday against the ISIS in Kabul […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Chinese military will hold a six-day shooting drill in the South China Sea from Thursday. The military exercises will be conducted in designated waters to the west of the Leizhou Peninsula. Entry into the area has been prohibited, according to Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration. Meanwhile, it is expected that China...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan has blasted a statement from Armenia on the ongoing protests on the Lachin road, which connects Armenia to the Karabakh region, as baseless and provocative. “The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia on January 3, 2023 regarding the protests on the road to Lachin is completely groundless and [...
