ANKARA (AA) – Russia has accused Kyiv of “nuclear terrorism,” claiming that Ukrainian shelling of the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant could lead to a disaster worse than the notorious 1986 Chernobyl accident. Earlier on Wednesday, the G-7 and EU voiced concern over the threats posed by Russia’s possess...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has rejected calls for an EU ban on tourist visas for Russian citizens, stressing that sanctions should not harm innocent people. “This war is Putin’s war,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz told a news conference in Berlin, adding that EU sanctions should target President Putin, and those responsible for the war on Ukraine. [...
LONDON (AA) – UK counter-terrorism police have charged a former member of an ISIS cell in the UK with “terrorism offences” after arresting him at London’s airport upon arrival. Aine Davis, 38, was arrested at Luton Airport by the Metropolitan Police’s counter-terrorism command and taken to a police station in Lond...
Cairo, Egypt (AFP): Ukraine’s special envoy for the Middle East on Thursday accused Moscow of preventing Ukrainian wheat deliveries to the region, addressing the Arab League just weeks after the group hosted Russia’s foreign minister. “Ukraine today has 20 million tonnes of grain ready to be exported, principally to Arab and ...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic accused Pristina authorities on Thursday of preparing the liquidation of Serbs in northern Kosovo “under the guise of the fight against crime.” He also denied that Serbia wants to attack Kosovo and rejected claims that shots were recently fired at Kosovo police in central S...
ANKARA (AA) – With Sweden and Finland agreeing to cooperate on Türkiye’s fight against terrorism, the three countries are set to convene on Aug. 26 for the first meeting of the joint mechanism committed under the trilateral memorandum, the Turkish foreign minister said on Thursday. Addressing reporters on the last day of the 13th Ambassa...
ANKARA (AA) – A deputy speaker of Greece’s parliament has advocated “the necessity of spying on” the country’s Turkish Muslim deputies. Charalambos Athanasiou, who is also a former justice minister and currently a deputy from the ruling conservative Nea Dimokratia (ND) party, was referring to the three Muslim Turkish deputies, who all hail fro...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union has urged a probe following the recent upsurge of violence in Gaza because innocent civilians, including children, were killed, an EU official said. “There is a need (for investigation) because civilians have been harmed or killed, including children,” said Peter Stano, the lead spokesperson of the EU’s diplo...
ROME (AA) – Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti said the risk of a new conflict between Kosovo and Serbia is high, as the situation in the area changed after the Ukrainian war. Arguing that Russia was behind the tensions they experienced with Serbia, Kurti noted that “before the invasion of Ukraine, the possibilities were few, […]...
LONDON (AA) – The UK leadership candidates must address Islamophobia within the Conservative Party, according to the head of the country’s largest and most diverse Muslim umbrella organization. Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Nusrat Ghani recently said that the party is institutionally Islamophobic and her “Muslimness&...
