DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the European Union (EU) to take steps to repatriate displaced Rohingya who are currently taking shelter in the country’s southeast coastal district of Cox’s Bazar. Over 1.2 million persecuted Rohingya are currently housed in Bangladesh on a large hi...
BERLIN (AA) – Islamophobia has been on the rise in eastern Germany, shows a survey done by the Leipzig University. A shocking 46.6% of people in eastern Germany demanded a ban on Muslim immigrants, up from 40.2% polled in 2020, according to a survey published on Wednesday. Also, 42.7% of respondents said they felt like […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has warned of rising Zionist extremism in Israel. Zionism is a right-wing ultra nationalist political movement based on the ascendancy of the Jewish people over Jerusalem and the Holy Land of Palestine. The Zionist movement underpins the ideology of the State of Israel and its ille...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The Serbian president has said that he will meet his French counterpart over the tensions with Kosovo recently ignited over a longstanding row on registration of license plates. Aleksandar Vucic told a news briefing in Belgrade that he canceled his trip to Egypt and Qatar for the COP 27 conference in […]
Libreville, Gabon (AFP): The leaders of Chad’s two main opposition groups have said that they are in hiding over fears for their safety, following a violent crackdown on demonstrations last month. Succes Masra, head of the Transformers party, told AFP he was in “another country” because he was wanted by the “presidentia...
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt (AFP): The UN climate summit in Egypt has afforded local rights defenders rare visibility, but some fear a backlash after global attention shifts away from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime. With little promise of speedy united action to tackle the climate crisis, many headlines out of COP27 have focussed on ...
LONDON (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin underestimated the courage of Ukrainians and the support of their allies, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said. “Putin made several huge mistakes when he invaded Ukraine, strategic mistakes. One was to underestimate the Ukrainians, their courage, their commitment to fight and protect … country,” S...
GENEVA (AA) – Inequitable distribution continues to deprive the world’s most vulnerable people of vaccines, with poorer countries consistently struggling to access vaccines, according to a new World Health Organization report. Limited vaccine supply and unequal distribution drive global disparities, the WHO said in its Global Vaccine Market Re...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and Russia have agreed to hold talks on the New START nuclear treaty for the first time since the Ukraine war began in February, according to the State Department. Spokesman Ned Price was asked at a news conference on Tuesday about a Bloomberg report that said the Russians and Americans […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA/AFP) – The French president on Wednesday announced an end to the nearly decade-long Barkhane counter-terrorist mission in Africa. Operation Barkhane had not been operational since February after France announced its military withdrawal from Mali. The last French troops left their base in the Malian town of Gao on Aug.15. Ten...
