BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The US will provide a Stryker armored vehicle company for a NATO battlegroup in Bulgaria to bolster the military alliance’s defenses amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, the Bulgarian prime minister said on Saturday. “The war started by Vladimir Putin has put all of Europe at risk. No country can afford the […]
On Day 22 of Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a powerful virtual address Thursday to the German Parliament from the capital Kyiv. He warned German lawmakers that Moscow is building a new Cold War wall across Europe “between freedom and bondage.” Three weeks into the fighting, the toll of Russia’s attacks on civil...
Mali’s ruling junta has ordered French broadcasters RFI and France 24 off the air. Leaders complained the broadcasters had falsely accused the Malian army of committing abuses, officials said Thursday. The Bamako government “categorically rejects these false accusations against the courageous FAMA (Malian Armed Forces),” spokesman Colonel Abdo...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday he agrees with US President Joe Biden that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine. Blinken said Russia has “stepped up” its attacks against Ukraine “with the goal of breaking the will of the people,” and he personally determined war crimes are b...
In 2021, French security services saw a surge in racist, xenophobic, and anti-religious offenses, the Interior Ministry’s annual report revealed Friday. The analysis was released ahead of March 21 for International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The ministry said racist acts, mainly in the form of abuse, insults, provocation...
LONDON (AA) – Britain on Thursday said it is sending an anti-air missile system alongside 100 military personnel to Poland to protect its airspace against any Russian aggression. Speaking in Warsaw, Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace said Poland is carrying a big burden of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. “We are going to ...
ANKARA (AA) – The EU’s border agency has been complicit in Greece’s illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers. A German magazine published on Thursday the findings of an investigation by OLAF, the EU’s anti-fraud watchdog. Der Spiegel revealed that Frontex chief Fabrice Leggeri and other top officials not only knew of but als...
ROME – Italy’s army is ready, but it does not want war, the country’s foreign minister Luigi Di Maio has said. “Our army is prepared like any other army, but we certainly do not want war,” he said. Speaking on the latest developments in Ukraine, Di Maio said “Italy opposes implementing a no-fly zone in [&hel...
MOSCOW – As the Russian offensive against Ukraine goes on, the official website of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations was hit by a cyber attack. According to an official report by the Russian government, the hotline number on the main page of the site was changed to a Ukrainian one. Maintenance is underway on […]
MOSCOW – Russia’s Defense Ministry has said that Ukraine’s security service plans to carry out a chemical attack on civilians and then blame it on Russia. “We know for sure that with the support of Western countries, the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) is preparing a provocation with the use of toxic substances against civilians....
