ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia is failing to achieve its war aims in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. A day after a meeting in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin held a news conference in Poland. “When it comes to Russia’s war aims, [&hellip...
On Sunday, France’s President Emmanual Macron won the presidency, gaining over 58 percent of votes. It is a smaller margin than in 2017, when he won with more than 66 percent. Far right leader Marine Le Pen won a higher percentage of votes this time. Both candidates portray Muslims as a threat, and Islam as […]
Sweden, a country viewed as a safe haven for refugees, was set aflame when riots erupted last week. The unrest comes after anti-Muslim Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan announced his burning “tour” of the Quran during the month of Ramadan. More than 40 people have been arrested and some injured when protesters took to the st...
PARIS (AA) – Emmanuel Macron has won a second term as French president, according to the full results released by the Interior Ministry on Sunday’s run-off election. Macron, the candidate of La Republique En Marche! Party, received 58.6% or 18,779,809 votes. Turnout was 72.37%, according to the ministry, the lowest since 1969. Macron ent...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Thousands of Bangladeshis held demonstrations in the capital city of Dhaka on Friday to protest the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden and Israeli aggression against Palestinian Muslims. Demonstrators marched under the banner of Islami Andolan Bangladesh. They carried colorful banners and festoons, calling on al...
ANKARA (AA) – At least one person was killed when a magnitude-5.7 earthquake jolted Bosnia and Herzegovina early Saturday. The Dr. Safet Mujic Cantonal Hospital in Mostar said a 28-year-old woman was killed. The quake hit the Ljubinje municipality in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, 182 kilometers (113 miles) southeast of the capital cit...
BERLIN – NATO must avoid open military conflict with Russia that could increase the risk of nuclear war, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a recent interview. “I have said very early on that we must do everything possible to avoid a direct military confrontation between NATO and a highly armed superpower like Russia, a […]
WASHINGTON – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Moscow next week, and will be received by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Guterres’ April 26 meeting will also see him hold a working meeting and lunch with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Guterres earlier this week sent diplomatic notes to both Russia and Ukraine seek...
LONDON (AA): Hundreds of people staged a protest in London on Friday against Israel’s recent attacks on Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque complex. The demonstrators gathered in front of the Israeli Embassy, carrying Palestinian flags and chanting “Free Palestine” slogans. The demonstrators carried banners saying “End the blockade in...
GENEVA – Since Russia launched its war in Ukraine two months ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) has verified 162 attacks on healthcare facilities. As a result, patients with chronic conditions face significant barriers to care. According to preliminary findings from the WHO survey on national health needs, one in every three (30%) of the...
