MOSCOW/ANKARA (AA) – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a partial mobilization in Russia. “I consider it necessary to support the proposal of the Defense Ministry and the General Staff to declare partial mobilization in the Russian Federation,” he said in a televised address to the nation. With a relevant decree ...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – Hundreds of people took to the streets of Niger capital Niamey on Sunday to protest against the presence of French troops in the country. During the protest, which was organized by civil society organizations operating under the umbrella of the M62 movement, they marched from Toumo Square to the National Assembly. [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – Greece has engaged in what is being considered a “hostile act” against NATO ally Türkiye during a NATO mission over the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean seas. On the August 23 “harassment” (radar locking) by a Russian-made S-300 air defense system stationed on the Greek island of Crete, expert and diplomat...
LONDON (AA) – The controversy over the right to protest in the UK has come under the spotlight since the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The British police’s handling of anti-monarchy protesters has been severely criticized. British police arrested a woman in Edinburgh for holding an anti-monarchy sign, reading “Not my King,” targeting the ...
Lagos, Nigeria – (AFP): From Kenya and Nigeria to South Africa and Uganda, Queen Elizabeth’s death has met with an outpouring of official condolences, mourning and memories of her frequent visits to Africa during her seven decades on the throne. However, the British monarch’s passing also revived a sensitive debate over Afric...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN refugee agency has said countries are bound by “international obligations” to prevent the deaths of migrants at sea. “Search and rescue at sea, and timely disembarkation are international obligations and are crucial to prevent further loss of life,” Shabia Mantoo told Anadolu Agency when asked for comments on the dea...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The Spanish ombudsman has collected testimony from 201 victims as part of its newly launched investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. The independent probe began a little over two months ago and is Spain’s first official investigation into the depths of abuse and pedophilia at the hands of Catholic [&h...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia is feeding its people a “steady diet of lies” to conceal the true costs it is incurring as a result of its more than half-year war against Ukraine, the State Department has said. Spokesman Ned Price said Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior officials “have done everything they can” ...
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ukraine’s deputy defense minister has claimed that more than 300 settlements in the Kharkiv region were regained from Russian forces over the past week. Hanna Maliar told reporters that an area of some 3,800 square kilometers (1,467 square miles) has been recaptured. “More than 300 settlements and nearly 1...
ANKARA (AA) – Six irregular migrants, including two babies and three children, lost their lives on Tuesday when Greek forces pushed them back to Turkish territorial waters in the Aegean, said the Turkish Interior Ministry. The Turkish Coast Guard found the lifeless bodies of six irregular migrants, including one woman, and rescued 66 mig...
