UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN Security Council rejected a Russian drafted resolution Wednesday calling for an investigation into claims that the US and Ukraine carry out ”military biological activities” on Ukrainian territory. Only Russia and China voted in favor of the resolution, with the US, the UK and France voting against...
ANKARA/ TOKYO (AA) – North Korea launched three ballistic missiles in a single day, South Korea’s military said early Thursday. It said that one of the missiles was fired from the capital Pyongyang and appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The missile landed in waters about 1,100 kilometers (684 miles) off Japan’s coast,...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – US Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that Washington will urge nations to remove Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). “The United States believes that no nation that systematically abuses the rights of women and girls should play a role in any international or United Nations [&he...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbia shot down a commercial drone Wednesday on the Kosovo border, according to the Defense Ministry. The agency said the drone was shot down near military facilities in the Raska garrison by applying electronic jamming measures. ”The Serbian Armed Forces are taking increased measures to detect, track and n...
ANKARA (AA): Türkiye has slammed Greece over its “insincere” and “dishonest” position on the Aegean and East Mediterranean issues. Speaking at an event by the Political, Economic and Social Research Foundation (SETA) think-tank based in the Turkish capital Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Athens bl...
LONDON (AA) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that he will go to Egypt to attend the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP 27, reversing his previous decision to skip it. “There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change,” Sunak said in a statement posted to Twitter. “There […...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran said Wednesday it would send a delegation to Vienna in the coming days to hold talks with officials of the UN nuclear watchdog in an effort to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. The announcement was made by Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian during a joint press conference with his Syrian counterpart […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday commemorated nine journalists killed over the course of Armenia’s occupation of Karabakh, a disputed region in the southern Caucasus over which the two countries fought a war in 2020. “We remember and demand justice for 9 Azerbaijani journalists who were killed ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army razed four Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to witnesses. The structures were demolished in the towns of Jalaboun and Walajah on the pretext of lack of building permits, witnesses said. Clashes erupted between angry Palestinian residents and Israeli forces with Isra...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia announced on Wednesday that it is returning to implementation of the Black Sea grain corridor deal reached this July. “Thanks to the participation of the UN and the support of Türkiye, we managed to get the necessary written guarantees from Ukraine regarding the grain deal,” the Defense Ministry said in a...
