A recently passed amendment to the UK’s public service pension schemes is being slammed as a “deliberate assault” on the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions or BDS movement. BDS is a Palestinian-led movement promoting boycotts, divestments, and economic sanctions against Israel for its human rights violations and practice of apartheid against Pal...
French Muslims are protesting the government for neglecting Mayotte’s development, rising crimes and poverty. “We would like to know what we have done to suffer this way. Where is the state in Mayotte? Where is the State? The State has done nothing in Mayotte! There are slums everywhere. I tell you that France has ‘slummed’ [...
ANKARA (AA) – The second meeting between special envoys from Turkiye and Armenia to discuss steps for normalizing ties between the two countries was held in Vienna on Thursday. A Turkish Foreign Ministry statement announced the meeting between the special representatives of Turkiye and Armenia, “respectively, Ambassador Serdar Kili...
LONDON (AA) – Britain on Thursday announced further sanctions targeting Russian banks, companies, entities and individuals. Prime Minister Boris Johnson described the sanctions as the “largest and most severe package” of sanctions “that Russia has ever seen,” as Moscow launched a military intervention into Ukraine...
Iran has blamed US-led NATO provocations for the Ukrainian crisis and called on all parties to avoid escalation. In a statement posted on Twitter, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahiann said the crisis was “rooted in the NATO provocations”. “We do not see resorting to war as a solution. Establishing a cease-fire and foc...
In the wake of Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine, Lithuania’s president has declared a state of emergency pending approval by parliament. “Today, I will sign a decree on introducing the state of emergency, which will be passed by the parliament in an extraordinary session,” said President Gitanas Nauseda. Naused...
Belarus’ president has denied that his army was taking part in the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Alexander Lukashenko spoke at an emergency meeting with military officials in the capital Minsk, referring to reports suggesting that Russian troops backed by Belarus were attacking Ukrainian territory. He clarified that the armed force...
Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine have sought Russian President Vladimir Putin’s help in repelling aggression from the Ukrainian army, the Kremlin announced late Wednesday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the leaders of Ukraine’s breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk wrote a letter to Putin asking for assistanc...
People living near the line of contact in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region are in a constant state of fear as they worry over the safety of their families and close ones. Andrii Bolbat, 50, who works at a coal mine in Vuhledar, a city in the Donetsk region, said an instance of shelling at his […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine decided to declare a state of emergency across the country, except for the separatist regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, the council chief said on Wednesday. Oleksiy Danilov said the state of emergency would last 30 days and could be extended up to 60 […]
