BELGRADE, Serbia / ANKARA (AA) – Masterminds of the Bosnian genocide of 1995- Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic- driven by blind hate and ethnic prejudice, carried out the most well-documented and widely known genocide and crime against humanity in Europe after World War II. Both faced charges for their role in the 1992-1995 Bosnian War ...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s president and his Russian counterpart discussed the establishment of safe corridors for grain exports in the Black Sea and the latest developments in northern Syria, according to the Turkish Communications Directorate. During their phone call, Recep Tayyip Erdogan emphasized the importance of extending the cross-b...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US voiced solidarity with the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina on July 11 as the Balkan nation marked the 27th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. The mass killings of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim boys and men in 1995 by Serb forces marks biggest genocide in Europe since the World Wars. […]
PARIS (AA) – In a first of its kind, the Catholic Church in France has paid financial reparations to six victims of child sexual abuse in the church, according to local media. The fund for solidarity and the fight against sexual assault on minors (SALEM), set up by the Conference of Bishops of France, has […]
ANKARA (AA) – A woman wearing a headscarf was assaulted in Berlin, with her head covering torn off, local media reported on Saturday. A 37-year-old attacker is said to have torn off the headscarf of the victim, 39, and hit her head and upper body, said the daily Der Tagesspiegel. According to the daily, another […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The Dutch government on Monday apologized to Bosniak families who lost their relatives in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren offered the apology at the 27th commemoration of the genocide at the cemetery in Potocari in Bosnia and Herzegovina. “The Netherlands ...
ANKARA (AA) – Iran claimed Wednesday that it had detained the UK’s deputy ambassador in Tehran for allegedly taking samples of soil from a region where missile exercises were being conducted. Giles Whitaker and several other foreign nationals were detained by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) after it was determined that...
PARIS/ANKARA (AA) – France’s President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Israeli interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday for discussions about the Iran nuclear deal, Lebanese group Hezbollah, as well as the current tensions over Israel’s maritime border with Lebanon. It is Lapid’s first trip to France after he took over as pre...
LONDON (AA) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed Nadhim Zahawi as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer late Tuesday after the resignation of Rishi Sunak. Zahawi, who was the education secretary, was named by Johnson as the chief executive of the treasury. Johnson earlier appointed Steve Barclay as the new health secretary after Saji...
PARIS (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on the 60th anniversary of Algeria’s independence from France, marked on Tuesday, that he wants to strengthen relations with the former colony. “The 60th anniversary of Algeria’s independence is an opportunity for the President of the Republic to send a letter to Presid...
