BERLIN (AA) – The EU will introduce a new sanctions package that will also include 30 Iranian individuals for their role in the security clampdown in Iran, Luxembourg’s foreign minister said on Monday. Speaking to the media ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Jean Asselborn said that among the individuals are [&...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has condemned remarks by the leaders of Germany and France in support of the ongoing anti-government protests over the death of an Iranian woman in police custody. Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Sunday termed German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s remarks on protests in Iran as “interventionist and p...
BERLIN (AA) – Lithuania has said the next round of European Union sanctions on Iran will focus on Tehran’s support for the Russian war in Ukraine and the ongoing crackdown on protesters. “On Monday, we will be suggesting additional listings that would be added to the Iranian sanctions list. From the European side, I think […...
ROME – The Vatican has said it has decided to launch a preliminary investigation into the conduct of French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, the retired archbishop of Bordeaux, who admitted in a public letter that he had abused a 14-year-old girl 35 years ago. In light of the elements that emerged in the last few days […]
PARIS (AA) – The Perspectives Musulmanes Movement presented a panel discussion Friday in Paris that included Turkish-German University Faculty Member Enes Bayrakl and CAGE UK member Shezana Hafiz. Bayrakli used instances from the Europe 2021 Islamophobia Report by the group to explain Islamophobia across Europe, particularly in France. H...
MOSCOW (AA) – Kyrgyzstan’s ambassador to Türkiye has been appointed the new secretary general of the Organization of Turkic States. The decision was made at a summit of the group’s leaders in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, according to a statement on its website. Kubanychbek Omuraliev has served as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary in...
ROME (AA) – Italy’s policy of keeping its ports closed to ships carrying rescued migrants has raised tensions between Rome and Paris. This came as Italy’s new coalition government led by Giorgia Meloni, who took office on Oct. 22, did not open its ports to European-based NGO ships that demanded a safe harbor for the […...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s foreign minister has taken strong offence to his German counterpart’s remarks, warning that “undermining old ties” will have “long-term consequences.” In a tweet on Thursday, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said “provocative, interventionist and undiplomatic stances” are not a...
BERLIN (AA) – Islamophobia has been on the rise in eastern Germany, shows a survey done by the Leipzig University. A shocking 46.6% of people in eastern Germany demanded a ban on Muslim immigrants, up from 40.2% polled in 2020, according to a survey published on Wednesday. Also, 42.7% of respondents said they felt like […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The Serbian president has said that he will meet his French counterpart over the tensions with Kosovo recently ignited over a longstanding row on registration of license plates. Aleksandar Vucic told a news briefing in Belgrade that he canceled his trip to Egypt and Qatar for the COP 27 conference in […]
