ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – The Algerian ambassador to France resumed duties after several weeks of consultations with his government over a wanted activist. The Algerian Embassy in Paris said in a statement on Thursday that Said Moussi returned to his post in Paris and met with French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Anne-Marie...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus early on Friday. The slain officer was identified as Milad Heydari, an IRGC “military adviser” who the IRGC public relations division said was killed in a ̶...
Brussels, Belgium (AFP): NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that Finland would formally become a member within days, as he congratulated its president on clearing the final obstacle to joining. “I look forward to raising Finland’s flag at NATO HQ in the coming days. Together we are stronger and safer,” Stoltenberg wrote ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki has welcomed Azerbaijan’s decision to open a diplomatic office in Ramallah soon. This came during a meeting at the headquarters of the Palestinian Foreign Ministry in Ramallah on Thursday with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov, according to a statemen...
NEW YORK (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed recent efforts to deescalate tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in a phone call Thursday with his Israeli counterpart. Blinken and Eli Cohen discussed matters relating to Iran, efforts to advance mutual interests and Israel’s further regional integration, according to ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukraine’s foreign minister has said Russia’s upcoming one-month presidency of the UN Security Council is a “bad joke.” “Russian UN Security Council presidency on April 1 is a bad joke. Russia has usurped its seat; it’s waging a colonial war; its leader is a war criminal wanted by the ICC for kidnapping […]...
ANKARA (AA) – The Australian government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has formally introduced a bill in parliament to hold a referendum to recognize Indigenous people in the country’s constitution and to set up the “Voice to Parliament.” Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, who introduced the bill in parliament as a form...
LONDON (AA) – The British government has been widely criticized over its controversial asylum policies to tackle the mounting number of English Channel crossings by migrants in small boats. It has been accused of “scapegoating” migrants for the country’s “broken immigration policy.” Before Brexit, the UK was part of the European Union’s ...
MIAN CHANNU, Pakistan (AA): Manzoor Hussain is a paternal uncle of Humza Yousaf, the new leader of the Scots. He was checking school copies at his home in this small Mian Channu town of Pakistan’s northeastern Punjab province when he heard that his nephew, Humza Yousaf, had been elected as the new leader of Scotland. […]
BANTAKOKOUTA, Senegal (AFP): Mohamed Bayoh climbed into the deep, pitch-black hole, hoping to emerge with a nugget that would change his life. The 26-year-old Guinean is one of thousands of West Africans who have flocked to remote eastern Senegal in search of gold. The rush for the precious metal has dramatically transformed Bantakokouta, a to...