Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke by phone early Monday with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual head of around 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide. “Thank you for the warm conversation, Your All-Holiness #Bartholomew. Your words are like hands that hold us up in this difficult time. Ukrainians feel the spiritual ...
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations said Sunday they will continue to take steps if Russia does not stop its “war of aggression” against Ukraine. The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US held a video conference chaired by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and also […]
ANKARA (AA) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Amin Awad of Sudan as UN crisis coordinator for Ukraine. Awad “will lead the coordination of all our efforts, including our humanitarian response, on both sides of the contact line,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told a news briefing. Awad has served in a range of [...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Saturday condemned remarks by French Prime Minister Jean Castex in which he declared Jerusalem “the eternal capital of the Jewish people.” “This is a brazen bias to the Zionist occupation and its racist agenda and colonial policy against the Palestinian people,” Hamas said in a ...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ukraine on Saturday denied Russian claims that it refused to negotiate with Moscow to deescalate tensions, Ukraine’s UNIAN news agency reported. “This is not true, we are open to realistic proposals to deescalate the conflict,” an official at the Ukrainian presidency was quoted as saying. Kremlin spokesma...
EIRUT (AA) – Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said Saturday there are no safe paths out of Ukraine for Lebanese nationals stranded in the country. “The Lebanese who are currently present there are advised to stay in safe places until things clear up,” he said following his meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati. He […]...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed to defend Ukraine “until the end” in an address to his nation. Zelenskyy called on Russian people to oppose the war and invited all who want to defend Ukraine to his country. He said they stood upright against Russia’s attacks and successfully repulsed them, and denied the reports...
Russia’s war against Ukraine “will last” and the world must prepare for the crisis with determination, French President Emmanuel Macron has warned as he accelerated military deployment in neighboring Eastern European countries to support Kiev. “War has returned to Europe,” Macron told businessmen and industrialists at an agriculture event in P...
Russia on Friday accused Washington of trying to lure Finland and Sweden into NATO. The admission of the two Scandinavian countries would have serious security consequences for Russia that would demand reciprocal steps, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a weekly press briefing in Moscow. Singling out the US, among other coun...
US President Joe Biden welcomed a decision Friday to activate land, sea and air elements of NATO’s Response Force for the first time in the collective defense history. “I strongly welcome the decision to activate NATO’s defensive plans and elements of the NATO Response Force to strengthen our collective posture, as well as the commitments [&he...
