DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Mali’s military government has imposed a ban on the activities of NGOs funded or supported by France, the latest escalation in a growing rift between the two countries. “The transitional government has decided to ban, with immediate effect, all activities carried out by NGOs operating in Mali with funding or material [&...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The US has called on the UN Security Council to take “strong action” against North Korea in response to the latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch by Pyongyang. North Korea’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch, the second this month, is reportedly the first successful test o...
STOCKHOLM (AA) – Türkiye has the right to defend itself against terrorism, Sweden’s foreign minister said Monday. Türkiye “is a state that has been subjected to terrorist attacks, and all states have the right to defend themselves,” Tobias Billstrom told Sweden’s Expressen newspaper in Paris, where he was attending a donor co...
LONDON (AA) – Sweden and Finland need to cooperate more with Türkiye and tighten their anti-terror laws to combat terrorist groups to join NATO, the alliance’s top official has said. The two Nordic countries should bolster cooperation with Türkiye in the fight against the PKK and its offshoots, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbia said Monday that it was unable to reach an agreement with Kosovo to resolve a dispute related to car license plates after a series of meetings in the Belgian capital. “Sleepless nights and certainly many difficult days are ahead of us,” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told reporters in Brusse...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday warned against a rise in Israeli assaults amid negotiations to form the upcoming government in Israel. “If the negotiations to form the government in Israel are based on who builds more settlements, who makes it easier to shoot more at us, and who wants [&h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s military intelligence chief said Monday that Iran has made “significant progress” in its uranium enrichment program. “I wonder what the international community will do when Iran starts enrichment at 90 percent,” Major-General Aharon Haliva said at a conference for the Institute for National Sec...
TRIPOLI (AA) – Libya on Sunday summoned home its ambassador in Athens for consultation, in response to Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias flouting diplomatic protocol last week by refusing to get off the plane during an aborted visit to the capital Tripoli. “Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush summoned Ambassador (Hamed Bashir) Al-Mabrouk ...
Djerba, Tunisia (AFP): Facing calls to do more to resolve global crises, the world’s French-speaking leaders met in Tunisia Sunday to discuss growing instability and popular discontent in francophone Africa. But tensions crept into the International Organisation of La Francophonie (IOF) conference itself when the Prime Minister of the De...
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt (AFP): A fraught UN COP27 summit wrapped up Sunday with a landmark deal on funding to help vulnerable countries cope with devastating climate impacts — and deep disappointment over a failure to push further ambition on cutting emissions. The two-week talks, which at times appeared to teeter on the brink of [&hellip...
