ANKARA – Inter RAO, Russia’s largest electricity company, has suspended electricity supply to Finland, according to news reports. Inter RAO’s Finnish subsidiary, RAO Nordic Oy, said in a statement that it is “forced to suspend the electricity import” starting May 14. “Unfortunately, we are forced to note that for ...
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA) – The Rotterdam Court in the Netherlands has ruled that the government should bring back 12 ISIS women and their 29 children from Syria. The court ruled that the women and children should be brought back to the country within four months if the Dutch Prosecutor’s Office does not want to lose […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Albania’s parliament has rejected a resolution recognizing the genocide committed by Serb forces in 1995 in Srebrenica and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The resolution was initiated by Democratic Party MP Tritan Shehu. The opposition accused the majority led by Prime Minister Edi Rama, who all voted against the resoluti...
MOSCOW – Finland and Sweden joining NATO would pose a threat to Russia’s security, a Kremlin spokesman has said in response to the two Scandinavian countries making their clearest moves yet to seek membership. Apart from creating threats to Russia, NATO’s expansion eastward would “not contribute to security in Eurasia,”...
GAZA CITY, Palestine – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has condemned a German ban on activities marking the Nakba Day, which marks the creation of the state of Israel in historical Palestine. Observed on May 15 annually, the Nakba Day, or the Catastrophe Day, marks the 1948 forced expulsion of nearly 800,000 Palestinians from their ho...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will do “everything possible” to bring the Iran nuclear talks back on track and ensure full compliance with the treaty, an EU official said on Thursday. “This is the interest and the role of the coordinator (of the Iran nuclear deal) to do everything he can […]
BERLIN (AA) – A suspected Nazi terrorist attack was prevented in Germany’s western city of Essen, officials said on Thursday. North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul said at a televised news conference in Duesseldorf that police discovered material for a bomb for a terror attack at the home of a 16-year-old high school student in...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain is increasingly turning towards the US and away from Algeria for its natural gas supplies, according to data released this week. In April, Algerian gas provided Spain with around 9.5 gigawatt-hours’ worth of electricity — around 37.5% less than during the same time last year, according to Enagas, th...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has announced that it is seeking an extension of the mandate for its soldiers serving in UN and EU missions in Mali. Government spokesperson Christiane Hoffmann said the government agreed to raise its contingent in the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) peacekeeping mission to a m...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia’s employment of hypersonic weapons as part of its ongoing military campaign against Ukraine has not fundamentally changed the conflict, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has said. Testifying alongside Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, Austin said the Kremlin’s forces have used hypersonics “seve...
