ANKARA (AA) – A French lawmaker on Tuesday slammed the inaction of France over cement giant Lafarge’s financing of the ISIS, also called Daesh. “The US has penalized Lafarge for financing Daesh. What about France?” Clementine Autain questioned on Twitter, after Lafarge pleaded guilty to aiding the group in a US court. Noting ...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday marked the 19th death anniversary of Alija Izetbegovic, the first president who led the country to independence from the former Yugoslavia. Izetbegovic, a politician, writer, and lawyer, came to international prominence during the country’s 1992-1995 war. Often dubbed the &#...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The trial against members of the Spanish neo-Nazi group ‘Hogar Social Madrid’ has started. The radical Islamophobic group has been involved in orchestrating an attack on Madrid’s largest mosque. Prosecutors are demanding three years in jail for inciting hatred against Muslims for the group’s leader,...
ANKARA (AA) – A draft resolution has been submitted to Ukraine’s parliament by a member, proposing to sever off diplomatic relations with Iran, and recognizing it as a “state sponsor of terrorism.” “Ukraine will break diplomatic relations with Iran. I submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) a resolution on se...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s President, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has said his country is seeking a truce between Ukraine and Russia. This came in a phone call on Monday between the UAE leader and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The two leaders discussed bilateral ties as well as the Ukraine’s...
ANKARA (AA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday summoned Emil Paulsen, the acting head of the mission at the EU delegation to the UAE, over a recent statement by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. “The Office of the High Representative was asked to provide a written explanation of the High Representative’s hurtful […]...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbian-Canadian director Boris Malagurski’s film ”Republika Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom” has met with strong criticism from the Bosnian diaspora, causing the film’s premiere throughout Europe to be canceled. The first reaction to the film came from the Institute for Research of Genocide Can...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Iran has vowed an “immediate” response to the European Union’s sanctions on its citizens and entities over handling of protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death. Iran will “decide and act immediately in accordance with the decisions and actions” taken by EU member countries, foreign ministr...
ANKARA (AA) – Facing charges of racism, the EU foreign policy chief on Monday passed up the chance to make amends, instead brushing off the controversy as something normal. Asked how he is holding up after controversial remarks calling Europe a “garden” and the rest of the world a “jungle,” Borrell told reporters that he […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Greece must stop its “harsh treatment” of refugees and “cease its baseless and false charges against Türkiye”, an official said on Sunday. “We urge Greece to abandon its harsh treatment of refugees . . . and to deliver the dignity of government,” Fahrettin Altun, Turkiye’s communications director, said on Twit...
