PARIS (AA) – French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne decried an alleged racist incident occurring in the French parliament on Thursday. Borne declared “racism has no place in our democracy,” French news channel BFMTV reported. The French interior minister Gerald Darmanin wrote on Twitter, “What a shame.” Earlier, Pr...
PARIS (AA) – Thousands of unaccompanied minors living in France are facing hardships in their quest for a better life and recognition of their fundamental rights. Abandoned in the cold and rain, with no drinking water or electricity, the children living in the Ivry-sur-Seine fled their countries and are now thousands of kilometers from t...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a phone conversation with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo, during which they discussed the importance of continuing the Black Sea grain deal. “Had a call with President of Indonesia Joko Widodo. We discussed the importance of continuing the Grain Initiative. Ukraine is ready t...
ANKARA (AA) – The French parliament adjourned its sitting on Thursday after Black lawmaker Carlos Martens Bilongo was yelled at to go back to Africa by a member of a far-right party. Bilongo, a member of the left-wing France Insoumise party, was addressing the chamber when the far-right member yelled, “Go back to Africa!,” th...
LONDON (AA) – Britain’s new government led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday ruled out moving the UK Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The idea of such a move was voiced during former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s Tory leadership contest and a review into the matter was ordered by her after […]
LONDON (AA) – Migrants held in the Manston migrant center in Britain are so desperate with the conditions that they are now sending out messages of help. A young girl threw a bottle containing a letter asking for help for pregnant women and sick detainees held in the camp for more than 30 days. The […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – North Korea is secretly providing Russia with artillery shells in its war against Ukraine, the White House has said. National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said at a webinar that in September, North Korea publicly denied it intended to provide ammunition to Russia. “Our infor...
BERLIN (AA) – The European Union can only be completed with the accession of Western Balkan countries into the bloc, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. Addressing the Western Balkans Summit in Berlin on Thursday, Scholz reaffirmed Germany’s strong support to the EU membership bids of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Monteneg...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbia shot down a commercial drone Wednesday on the Kosovo border, according to the Defense Ministry. The agency said the drone was shot down near military facilities in the Raska garrison by applying electronic jamming measures. ”The Serbian Armed Forces are taking increased measures to detect, track and n...
ANKARA (AA): Türkiye has slammed Greece over its “insincere” and “dishonest” position on the Aegean and East Mediterranean issues. Speaking at an event by the Political, Economic and Social Research Foundation (SETA) think-tank based in the Turkish capital Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Athens bl...
