BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Top officials of Serbia and Kosovo have welcomed an agreement to resolve the long-running dispute over vehicle license plates. European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced late Wednesday that Serbia and Kosovo had reached an agreement to “avoid further escalation and to fully concentrate on the prop...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN Human Rights Council voted Thursday to establish an independent international fact-finding mission to investigate alleged human rights violations in Iran related to protests that began on Sept. 16. The council adopted its resolution with 25 votes in favor of the resolution, six against, and 16 abstentions. The resolution p...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has sanctioned three Iranian security officials for the ongoing crackdown on protests that were sparked by the killing of Mahsa Amini in September. The blacklistings include officials who are overseeing a “particularly severe security response” in two predominantly Kurdish cities, Sanandaj and Mahabad...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced late Wednesday that Serbia and Kosovo have reached an agreement to avoid further escalation over a dispute related to car license plates. ”We have a deal! Very pleased to announce that the Chief Negotiators of Kosovo and Serbia under EU-facilitation...
YEREVAN, Armenia (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin met Wednesday with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the sidelines of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in Yerevan. The meeting between the two leaders came after Pashinyan refused to sign a draft declaration of the CSTO summit. During his meeting w...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Pentagon has expressed concern about Türkiye’s airstrikes in northern Syria, saying they posed a threat to US personnel and harmed the fight against the ISIS. “Recent airstrikes in Syria directly threatened the safety of U.S. personnel who are working in Syria with local partners to defeat ISIS and maint...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye briefed Russia, Iran, and other interlocutors on its latest air operation in northern Iraq and Syria at the nineteenth round of the International Meeting on Syria under the Astana format, with the parties voicing “grave concern” over increasing hostilities east of the Euphrates River. The two-day meeting...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Finnish counterpart Pekka Haavisto have discussed the NATO enlargement process, according to diplomatic sources. They also discussed the latest developments in Ukraine as well as the landmark Istanbul grain deal. More than 10 million tons of Ukrainian grain has been shippe...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese lawmakers have failed for a seventh time to elect a new president as the country grapples with deepening political and economic crises. The voting session was attended by 110 lawmakers of the 128-member parliament. Michel Moawad, a candidate backed by the Lebanese Forces party, got 42 votes, well short of the [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Malaysia’s Council of Rulers on Thursday decided to back opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as the country’s 10th prime minister. The decision came after a meeting of the nine-member Council of Rulers, led by King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, in Kuala Lumpur after days of political deadlock. Anwar Ibrahi...
