ISTANBUL (AA) – NATO and Türkiye agree on the “importance of supporting Ukraine to end this war of aggression by Russia,” according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Stoltenberg, who arrived in Türkiye on a three-day visit on Thursday, praised Ankara’s role during the ongoing conflict. He said: “I commended Erdogan and Türkiye for wh...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called on Yemen’s warring rivals to extend a UN-brokered cease-fire and provide protection to civilians in the war-torn country. “It is now just over a month since the expiry of a UN-mediated truce in Yemen that started on 2 […]
Cairo, Egypt (AFP): Leaders of a divided world meet in Egypt on Monday tasked with taming the terrifying juggernaut of global warming as they face gale-force geopolitical crosswinds, including the war in Ukraine and economic turmoil. Expectations are high from a world justifiably anxious about its climate-addled future as deadly floods, heat w...
PARIS (AA) – French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne decried an alleged racist incident occurring in the French parliament on Thursday. Borne declared “racism has no place in our democracy,” French news channel BFMTV reported. The French interior minister Gerald Darmanin wrote on Twitter, “What a shame.” Earlier, Pr...
Awali, Bahrain (AFP): Pope Francis warned the world is on the edge of a “delicate precipice” and buffeted by “winds of war” as he held inter-faith talks with one of Islam’s top leaders in Bahrain on Friday. The 85-year-old Argentine decried the “opposing blocs” of East and West, a veiled reference to t...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – A group of tourists on a river boat in the Peruvian Amazon have been detained since Thursday by an Indigenous group as part of a protest against a recent oil spill. Local media reported that at least 150 tourists are being held hostage in the Maranon River, in the province of […]
BERLIN (AA) – The Group of Seven countries urged Iran on Friday to stop the repression of protesters and release those that have been detained in recent weeks. “We further condemn the brutal and disproportionate use of force against peaceful protesters and children. We urge Iranian authorities to honor their international obligatio...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Backed by locals, elite Somali forces killed more than 100 members of al-Shabaab, the country’s Defense Ministry said on Friday. Ministry spokesman Abdullahi Ali Anod told reporters that two units of the elite Danab, or lightning brigade, troops with the support of local militia forces known as “Macw...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Two Rohingya refugees were killed and five others were injured in Myanmar on Friday when several mortar shells hit their villages during a battle between the junta forces and a rebel group, raising panic among refugees living in Bangladesh’s camps. The Myanmar Army carried out “heavy shelling thoughtlessly ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a phone conversation with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo, during which they discussed the importance of continuing the Black Sea grain deal. “Had a call with President of Indonesia Joko Widodo. We discussed the importance of continuing the Grain Initiative. Ukraine is ready t...
