UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN has welcomed the cease-fire reached between Azerbaijan and Armenia following the latest border flare-up between the two counties concerning Nagorno-Karabakh. UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas Miroslav Jenca told the 15-member Security Council that a deal had been agreed to l...
BAIDOA, Somalia (AA) – At least 18 al-Shabaab men were killed in military operations in central Somalia, the army said on Thursday. A key base used by the group was also destroyed in raids by the Somali military in Buq Aqable, a district in the Hiran region. The operation successfully targeted “stations, offices and other […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday met with United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan at his office in Jerusalem. A statement by Lapid’s office said the Israeli premier had, at first, a session between him and the top Emirati diplomat before holding an expanded meeting with [&hel...
WASHINGTON (AA) – It is “not too late” to secure a mutual return to compliance with the landmark nuclear deal world powers struck with Iran, the US said Thursday. The State Department continued to blame Tehran for an ongoing impasse in the indirect talks, saying Iran has failed to respond reasonably to a draft agreement [&hel...
Samarkand, Uzbekistan (AFP): Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping have gathered with other Asian leaders in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand for a regional summit aimed at challenging Western global influence. Xi and Putin will be joined by the leaders of India, Pakistan, Turkiye, Iran and several other countries f...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN refugee agency has said countries are bound by “international obligations” to prevent the deaths of migrants at sea. “Search and rescue at sea, and timely disembarkation are international obligations and are crucial to prevent further loss of life,” Shabia Mantoo told Anadolu Agency when asked for comments on the dea...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has called for keeping borders with Armenia unchanged amid the latest flare-up between Baku and Yerevan. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the call during a phone contact with his Azeri counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov on Wednesday. Iran shares a 44-km border with Armenia that runs from the tripoint with Azerba...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Ivory Coast has called for an urgent summit of West African leaders over the continued detention of 46 of its soldiers in Mali. Mali’s transitional government arrested 49 Ivorian soldiers upon their arrival in the capital Bamako in July. Bamako accused the soldiers of possessing weapons and ammunition of war “...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Russian Foreign Ministry has urged Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to take necessary measures to settle border clashes through political and diplomatic means. “The Russian side is attentively following the tense situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, which escalated again on the morning of Sept. 14 of this year as a resu...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran signed a memorandum of commitment Wednesday for its permanent membership in the powerful regional grouping the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian announced in a Twitter post late Wednesday that he signed the document for his country’s full membership in the organiza...
