ANKARA (AA) – Saudi Arabia and Egypt have suspended flights to Khartoum airport amid clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In a statement, Saudi authorities said all flights to and from Sudan have been suspended until further notice. The Saudi flag carrier Saudia also said one of its planes [&hellip...
MOSCOW (AA) — The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Iran discussed the current state of bilateral relations over a phone call on Saturday, agreeing to hold a meeting if necessary. “The parties said that it is possible to continue negotiations and, if necessary, carry out bilateral visits,” the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The United States has called on Sudan’s top military leaders to stop fighting amid clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). “I urgently call on senior military leaders to stop the fighting,” US Ambassador in Khartoum, John Godfrey, said in a statement. Godfrey termed the escalation of tensions [...
Sanaa, Yemen (AFP): Hundreds of prisoners of war, including Saudis, were freed on Saturday as part of a cross-border exchange between a Saudi-led military coalition and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. The flights connecting Saudi Arabia and Houthi-held territory in Yemen were part of ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Acknowledging that women’s rights in Afghanistan are “very important,” China has, however, said it is “not the whole of the Afghan issue.” China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang said: “The issue of women’s rights and interests is very important, but it is not the whole of the Afghan issue, nor [&helli...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi group said Friday it agreed with a Saudi delegation to keep a calm atmosphere in war-torn Yemen. Houthi spokesman Mohamed Abdulsalam said on the pro-Houthi Al-Masirah channel that his group finalized a round of consultations with the delegation under Omani mediation. “(A) positive and serious a...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Different Sudanese political parties and former rebels have been working to contain the ongoing military tension between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the strong paramilitary of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Forces for Freedom and Change on Thursday urged the two sides to stop the escalation. The former reb...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden has said that his administration is narrowing down the list of individuals that may have been responsible for the leak of a trove of apparently classified US intelligence documents. Asked about the matter on his first official visit to Ireland as president, Biden told reporters “there’s a full-...
MOSCOW (AA) – Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang has said that the changing international situation requires the maintenance of contacts between Beijing and Moscow. Speaking with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of a conference of countries neighboring Afghanistan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Qin assessed as “fru...
Amsterdam, Netherlands (AFP): French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday stood by his controversial comments on Taiwan, saying that being a US ally did not mean being a “vassal”. Macron, wrapping up a state visit to the Netherlands during which he has also faced protests over pension reforms, said France still backed the “...
