WASHINGTON (AA) – The US announced sanctions on more than 400 Russian elites, members of the Duma (lower house of parliament) and defense companies in coordination with the European Union and G7 countries due to Moscow’s war on Ukraine. So far, 600 Russian targets have been sanctioned by the US, according to a White House […...
WASHINGTON – The US will accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and others fleeing the Russian war, the Biden administration has announced. “While we expect many Ukrainians will choose to remain in Europe close to family and their homes in Ukraine, today, the United States is announcing plans to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians and othe...
MOSCOW – The Russian Foreign Ministry has slammed Poland’s decision to expel 45 of its diplomats as “a conscious step towards the complete destruction of bilateral relations.” In a statement on its website, the ministry accused Poland of taking unfriendly actions against Russia for a long time “on a systematic bas...
WASHINGTON – The UN General Assembly has once again voted to denounce its war on Ukraine and called for an immediate end. A total of 140 nations voted to censure Russia after one day of debate, with one less nation voting to do so compared to an earlier vote on March 2. As with the […]
BERLIN – The G7 group of the world’s major economic powers has warned Russia against the use of weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine. “We warn against any threat of the use of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons or related materials,” the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US said [...
PARIS – The French Defense Ministry has announced the successful testing of a modern version of the nuclear-capable ASMPA missile. The medium-range air-to-surface missile, developed by MBDA missile systems, was fired from a Rafale jet from Air Force Base 120 in Cazaux, southwestern France, according to a ministry statement. The first tes...
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden called for Russia to be expelled from the G20 group of nations due to its ongoing war against Ukraine. Biden, however, acknowledged that any action “depends on the G20,” but said it was discussed during his meetings with NATO and allied nations in Brussels. Biden said he proposed an [&helli...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday marked the sixth anniversary of the guilty verdict against ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1990s Bosnia war. Karadzic, who spearheaded the most severe war crimes committed in Europe since World War II, was sentenced to 4...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said thousands of Ukrainian civilians were evacuated Wednesday from the cities of Mariupol and Huliaipole. Speaking on her social media account, Vereshchuk said seven of nine evacuation corridors were used to take civilians out of conflict zones. A total of 4,554 people were...
Bureij, Palestinian Territories – AFP After Russia invaded Ukraine, Viktoria Saidam knew she needed to find a “safer place” than Kyiv and ultimately chose her husband’s homeland — a Palestinian territory not typically associated with security: Gaza. Saidam, 21, was born Viktoria Breij in Vinnytsia, a town some 200...
