ISTANBUL – The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war is jeopardizing food security in low-income countries, especially in the Middle East and Africa, an expert said. Eren Gunhan Ulusoy, head of the International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) Eurasia, said that some countries in Africa are requesting aid as they cannot find sufficient reso...
BRUSSELS – The European Commission has proposed a draft legislation aiming to protect children against online sexual abuse. The news rules require online platforms to carry out risk assessment, detect and report cases of child abuse, as well as remove effectively the critical content. The commission proposed the creation of a new organiz...
PARIS (AA) – France on Tuesday marked the national day of the abolition of slavery, but non-governmental organizations see a long road of reparation ahead. In 2006, then-President Jacques Chirac proposed May 10 as the National Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade, Slavery, and Their Abolition. It has been celebrated ever since, and...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia hopes its “special military operation” in Ukraine will lead to the end of Western world domination, foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. “We hope and expect that the completion of our military operation after achieving all the goals set within its framework will contribute to stopping t...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has arrested two European nationals for allegedly “fomenting chaos and social disorder,” without revealing their nationalities. In a statement on Wednesday, the Intelligence Ministry said the detainees had been sent by “foreign conspirators” to carry out destabilizing activities in the country. The two arre...
GENEVA (AA) – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that a visit to Ukraine made him aware of a convergence of global crises like the war there, the coronavirus pandemic, a worldwide food and energy crisis and migration and climate issues that need solving with “real global leadership.” WHO Director-General T...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Kosovo’s former President Hashim Thaci, who is facing war crime charges at a special court in The Hague, has denied new charges. In 2020, Kosovo police launched a search operation at Thaci’s residence in the capital Pristina a day after he announced his resignation to face charges brought against him. ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US House of Representatives has approved $40 billion in new funding for Ukraine as the country battles Russian forces. The 368-57 vote sends the sweeping package to the Senate, which is expected to vote on and pass it as soon as this week. All of the opposition in the House came […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia claimed Tuesday that Ukraine lost dozens of soldiers and weapons during a three-day conflict on Snake Island located in the Black Sea. In a statement, the country’s military spokesman, Igor Konashenkov, said Kyiv lost a total of four aircraft, 10 helicopters, 30 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), three armored warships and o...
BERLIN – Neo-Nazis and right-wing extremists committed 21,964 crimes in Germany last year, the government has admitted. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser presented the government’s report on politically motivated crimes at a news conference in Berlin. “Far-right is the biggest threat to our democracy and the biggest extremist threat ...
