MOSCOW (AA) – Russia on Monday suspended visa-free entry for holders of diplomatic passports, members of official delegations, and journalists from “unfriendly countries.” President Vladimir Putin signed the relevant decree on retaliatory visa measures, amending visa agreements with the EU, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and Denmark...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The US will provide a Stryker armored vehicle company for a NATO battlegroup in Bulgaria to bolster the military alliance’s defenses amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, the Bulgarian prime minister said on Saturday. “The war started by Vladimir Putin has put all of Europe at risk. No country can afford the […]
WASHINGTON – According to US Democrats, elevated gas prices are the result of the war imposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the senior-most Democrat in the House of Representatives, said the party is doing “everything” it can to “minimize the Putin price hike at home.” Earlier, the Bid...
GENEVA – The number of civilian deaths recorded since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine has reached 780, while 1,252 more have been wounded, the UN Human Rights Office has said on March 17. These figures, however, are likely to be significantly lower than the actual toll. At the same time, the UN Refugee […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina has the right to decide whether to be a member of NATO but Moscow reserves the right to react to such a possibility under its interests, a Russian envoy said Thursday. “If Bosnia and Herzegovina decides to be a member of anything, it is an internal matter. But […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – Another American has died as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Thursday. Blinken did not identify the victim, nor did he provide any circumstances that led to the death. That comes after journalist Brent Renaud was killed on Sunday. At least two other American [&he...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran on Sunday claimed an overnight attack on what it said were Israeli facilities in Erbil in northern Iraq with precision-guided missiles. In a statement on Sunday, the public relations wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for Saturday’s strike in the Kurdish Regional Governmen...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – People from 52 countries have arrived in Ukraine to join its fight against Russia, the country’s foreign minister said on Sunday. The world stands with Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba said during an online news conference. He recalled President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plea for volunteers to support Ukraine in its war agai...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN issued a stark warning on Friday after Russian forces attacked Europe’s largest nuclear facility, and seized it from Ukrainian authorities. The attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant resulted in a fire erupting at a training complex at the site, which was extinguished by Ukrainian firefi...
KYIV (AA) – A senior Russian military officer has been killed in Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv city, a Ukrainian official claimed on Friday. Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to Ukraine’s interior minister, said on Facebook that Andrei Sukhovetskiy, deputy commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District, has been ki...
