DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh said Thursday that the government’s blocking of a US-sanctioned Russian ship from entering its port which then returned home after failing to unload equipment for the country’s sole nuclear power plant would not affect relations between Dhaka and Moscow. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the state...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisian President Kais Saied called Thursday for his government to take care of “legal” migrants from sub-Saharan Africa while doubling down on controversial remarks that illegal immigration was causing “demographic” change. “People who are legally in Tunisia should be reassured,” Saie...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution Thursday calling for Russia to “completely and unconditionally withdraw” its forces from Ukraine. The move by the General Assembly came after the world body convened for an 11th emergency special session to discuss the Russian war in Ukraine. Seven countr...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US said Thursday that it has transferred two detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba to Pakistan. “The Department of Defense announced today the repatriations of Abdul Rabbani and Mohammed Rabbani from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Pakistan,” it said in a statement. The two men are bro...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and India next week, the State Department announced Thursday. Blinken’s first stop will be Astana, Kazakhstan, set for Feb. 28, where he will meet with senior Kazakh officials to deepen bilateral cooperation, according to a statement. ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Security was increased in and around the venue of a national book fair in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka on Friday after a banned extremist group threatened to bomb the event, police and official sources said on Friday. “We received a complaint from the Bangla Academy about a bomb threat on […]
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday to elect a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is stepping down after eight years at the helm of Africa’s largest economy. Candidates for the federal parliament — the House of Representatives and Senate — will also be on the ballot sheet. Here’s election day...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – As the war in Ukraine reaches its first anniversary with no end in sight, millions have been forced to flee their homes and seek refuge in the EU and neighboring countries since the start of the conflict last February 24. The escalation of the conflict and the destruction of civilian infrastructure […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Prospects for a diplomatic settlement with Ukraine “are not apparent today,” a senior Russian diplomat said on the first anniversary of the military conflict between Moscow and Kyiv. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin has called Kyiv’s “dependence in decision-making” a problem in holding d...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Commission has asked its officials to remove the Chinese social media application TikTok from their devices due to security concerns. The European Commission will “suspend the use of the TikTok application on its corporate devices” and personal ones linked to the institution’s system, the EU executive body said in ...
