Valletta, Malta – AFP Pope Francis called for a shared response to the world’s migration crises Saturday, at the outset of a two-day trip to Malta. “The growing migration emergency -– here we can think of the refugees from war-torn Ukraine –- calls for a broad-based and shared response. Some countries cannot respond to the [&...
ROTTERDAM – An Islamophobic Dutch group is planning to hold deliberately provocative barbecues near mosques over the next several weeks, coinciding with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in which most believers fast from pre-morning to sunset. According to PEGIDA, standing for “Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of West,” the barbecu...
KYIV – Ukrainian forces liberated the city of Bucha near Kyiv from the Russian army, according to its mayor. Anatolii Fedoruk announced in a video message that Ukrainian soldiers’ battle to save Bucha ended in victory. “Today, our armed forces achieved a great victory in the Kyiv region. And we will expect a great victory […...
GENEVA (AA) – Five weeks after the Russian military operation in Ukraine began, the number of civilian deaths as counted by UN officials till Friday stood at 1,276, with 1,981 wounded, although the toll is much higher as the number of people fleeing climbed to 4,102,876. UN agencies said feeding residents in besieged areas is […]
PARIS (AA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged France to continue diplomatic efforts with Russia to enforce its planned humanitarian corridors after Moscow’s evacuation plan failed to let civilians out of the besieged city of Mariupol. “The initiative of France on humanitarian corridors from Mariupol must be implemented,”...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday that the US intends to provide Ukraine with $500 million in direct budgetary aid, according to the White House. Biden and Zelenskyy spoke during a telephone call about the ongoing work by the US and its allies to deliver military, economic and hum...
KYIV/LVIV – At least 145 children were killed and 222 others injured as a result of Russian attacks on Ukraine, a local source said. According to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, 790 educational institutions were damaged in the bombings by the Russian army, 75 of which were completely destroyed. Separately, Ukrainian activists demanded...
KYIV, Ukraine – Some 17,300 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine so far, the Ukrainian military has claimed. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 131 Russian planes, 131 helicopters, 605 tanks, 1,723 armored vehicles, 81 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 75 fuel tankers, and seven boats, according to the latest Ukrainian General Staff ...
ISTANBUL – The number of people fleeing Ukraine due to the war with Russia has reached 4 million, head of the UN refugee agency said. “Refugees from Ukraine are now 4 million, five weeks after the start of the Russian attack,” tweeted Filippo Grandi. “I have just arrived in Ukraine. In Lviv, I will discuss […]
JERUSALEM – Two Ukrainians were among five people killed in a shooting attack in central Israel. A police statement said that the two Ukrainian nationals were aged 23 and 33, but did not reveal their names. Police said the attacker was a 26-year-old Palestinian from Ya’bad village near Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Israeli […]
