The United States is providing Ukraine with $350 million in additional military equipment to fight off Russia’s “brutal and unprovoked assault,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced. “This package will include further lethal defensive assistance to help Ukraine address the armored, airborne, and other threats...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the Arab League to discuss the Ukrainian crisis following a Russian military attack in the European country. A statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said the meeting will discuss current developments in Ukraine. The Cairo-based pan-Arab body has yet to confirm the meeting....
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco has called for avoiding the use of force to settle disputes amid a Russian military attack on Ukraine. In a statement, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry said Rabat is following with concern the developments of the situation between Russia and Ukraine. “The Kingdom of Morocco reiterates its support for the territorial ...
The US Treasury Department announced Thursday an additional set of sanctions on Russian financial institutions, entities, elites, as well as actions targeting Belarus. The US Treasury Department announced Thursday an additional set of sanctions on Russian financial institutions, entities, elites, as well as actions targeting Belarus. Russia’s ...
Two Palestinian prisoners, who had been on hunger strike for over four months, were released on Thursday, Feb. 24, from Israeli jails. Two Palestinian prisoners, who had been on hunger strike for over four months, were released on Thursday, Feb. 24, from Israeli jails. Hisham Abu Hawash, and Miqdad al-Qawasmi were two of the dozens […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine was a “forced measure,” President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. “What is happening is a forced measure. We were left no choice to act differently,” Putin said at a meeting with Russian businesses in Moscow, underlining that there had been “such...
People living near the line of contact in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region are in a constant state of fear as they worry over the safety of their families and close ones. Andrii Bolbat, 50, who works at a coal mine in Vuhledar, a city in the Donetsk region, said an instance of shelling at his […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine decided to declare a state of emergency across the country, except for the separatist regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, the council chief said on Wednesday. Oleksiy Danilov said the state of emergency would last 30 days and could be extended up to 60 […]
Three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in the US state of Georgia were found guilty of federal hate crimes. “Justice for Ahmaud Arbery!” exclaimed Arbery family attorney, Ben Crump, at a news conference after the verdict was handed down. Gregory McMichael, 66, Travis McMichael, 36, and William Bryan, 52, followed and killed Arber...
The presence of tens of thousands of Russian troops inside Belarus, which the West fears could be used to invade Ukraine, represents a threat to Belarusian independence, the country’s exiled opposition leader said Wednesday. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who the West believes was the true winner of August 2020 presidential elections that kept ...
