BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU is following the developments in Tunisia “with great concern” as the North African country is experiencing “difficult times,” the European Commission’s spokesperson said on Tuesday. “The European Union has been following the developments very closely and with great concern in Tunisia,” Nabila Massrali, the spokesperson o...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Two Syrian refugees died Tuesday when a refugee tents in the town of Arsal in eastern Lebanon caught fire, according to witnesses. There are around 80,000 Syrian refugees living in camps in Arsal, in addition to about 40,000 others in camps located on the outskirts of the town. Eyewitnesses said the […]
Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP): Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday vowed US support for Kazakhstan’s independence as he sought greater engagement in Central Asia, where traditional alliances with Russia have been rattled by the Ukraine invasion. Blinken will also visit Uzbekistan and meet foreign ministers of all five former Soviet r...
Brussels, Belgium (AFP): EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia had endorsed a Brussels peace plan, but need more talks to agree on how to implement it. After hosting talks with Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Borrell said the EU would now publish [&h...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Election observers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) urged candidates in Nigeria’s election on Monday to respect the outcome of the polls. Sierra Leone’s former President Ernest Bai Koroma, who heads the observers, called on the candidates to accept the final announcement of the Feb. 25...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisia’s top diplomat sought to “reassure” sub-Saharan African migrants on Monday, in an interview with AFP days after comments by President Kais Saied drew accusations of racism. Last week, Saied called for “urgent measures” against “hordes” of sub-Saharan migrants, whom he accu...
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Nigeria’s ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu took an early lead in the race for the presidency, according to initial tallies on Monday, after a tight election marked by long delays and an opposition walkout over fraud accusations. Former Lagos governor Tinubu faced main opposition party PDP’s Atiku Abubakar in...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s opposition Labour Party has won Lagos state in the presidential poll, a stronghold of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) party, election authorities announced Monday. The Labour presidential candidate, Peter Obi, scored 582,454 votes, ahead of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC who got 577,606, ...
ATHENS (AA) – The death toll from the shipwreck off southern Italy of a wooden boat carrying migrants climbed to 63, local media reported Monday. Search and rescue teams recovered four more bodies, including one of a 14-year-old girl, said the state-run ANSA news agency. Dozens of people who are still missing could already be […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Monday visited Syrian capital Damascus to express solidarity to the earthquake victims. The Syrian regime’s news agency SANA said Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad received his Egyptian counterpart at Damascus International Airport. On Sunday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry sai...
