ROME (AA) – Two humanitarian organizations are challenging Italy’s far-right government led by Giorgia Meloni, whose “selective approach” in disembarking migrants rescued weeks ago has prevented hundreds of people from leaving the charity ships. On Monday, about 215 migrants were still blocked onboard the Geo Barents vessel – operated by...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday again urged European governments to swiftly offer a place of safety to people who remain on NGO vessels on the Central Mediterranean. In a joint statement, the agencies said their call is to allow the immediate disembarkation of nearl...
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt (AFP): French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the United States, China and other wealthy non-European nations to pay their fair share to help developing countries deal with climate change. “We need the United States and China to step up” on emissions cuts and financial aid, Macron told French and African ...
NICE, France (AA) – The French government is under fire from both sides of the political spectrum over a contentious proposed law on immigration. A draft of the law was unveiled this week and the bill will be up for parliamentary debate next year. It has already stirred up a political storm in France, with […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday held a phone conversation with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to discuss financial assistance to Ukraine, the grain deal and strengthening sanctions against Iran. “Discussed macro-financial aid to Ukraine for the current year & 2023 with President of the ...
ROME (AA) – Italy allowed a German-flagged rescue ship to enter a port in Sicily and disembark women, children and ill migrants, according to local media reports on Sunday. Humanity-1, operated by German charity SOS Humanity, entered the port of Catania escorted by an Italian coast guard boat. In line with the latest decree on […]
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Moroccan security forces thwarted an attempt by hundreds of migrants to cross border into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, local media reported on Sunday. The local Al-Omq Al-Maghrebi website, citing local sources, said more than 300 migrants were arrested. Moroccan authorities have launched a manhunt for other irregular mig...
BERLIN (AA) – The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called on Iran to end its military support to Russia in the war against Ukraine. “We insist on Iran to stop providing arms to Russia. Iran denies it but Ukrainians have been providing evidence of these drones,” Borrell said on the sidelines of the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – NATO and Türkiye agree on the “importance of supporting Ukraine to end this war of aggression by Russia,” according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Stoltenberg, who arrived in Türkiye on a three-day visit on Thursday, praised Ankara’s role during the ongoing conflict. He said: “I commended Erdogan and Türkiye for wh...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has acknowledged that Tehran provided drones to Russia. However, he clarified, they were sent before the outbreak of the Ukraine war. Amir-Abdollahian made the comments to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the UN [&h...