BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday said that the EU and US will not accept the breakup of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Speaking at a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference, Borrell asserted that the situation “has never been this worrying” in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He said that he had […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union on Monday said it will open its diplomatic mission in Doha. Stefano Sannino, the secretary-general of the European External Action Service, and Qatari State Minister for Foreign Affairs Soltan Bin Saad Al-Muraikhi signed an agreement in Brussels to establish a new EU Delegation to Qatar, the EU diplomat...
Britain’s largest police force is facing accusations of racism after at least three Muslim officers made a formal complaint against their bosses. Officers with the Metropolitan Police complained they were subjected to Islamophobic abuse at their station canteen. A Muslim police officer who failed to take part in a voluntary team-building exerc...
Malians gathered in the capital Bamako BAA MU KOW to celebrate the withdrawal of French troops. Some demonstrators carried placards with messages such as “France is a terrorist nation.” Mali’s government on Friday asked France to withdraw its forces from the Sahel state “without delay.” It called into question Paris’ plans to pull out over [&h...
Muslims in the Dutch capital Amsterdam face increasing Islamophobia, according to a new study. The survey, which was conducted by the Amsterdam municipality, found that Muslims living there regularly face discrimination, reports the English-language newspaper NL Times. Researchers found respondents believe the normalization of Islamophobia i...
David Miliband, former U.K. foreign secretary and chief executive of the International Rescue Committee, said the West has inflicted catastrophic damage on Afghanistan. The West has also has its own reputation by imposing a policy of starvation on the Central Asian nation, he said. Miliband has been among those lobbying the Us President Joe Bi...
BERLIN (AA) – The US accused Russia on Friday of deploying additional troops to the Ukrainian border despite its announcement of a partial military withdrawal. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there was no sign of a Russian troop pullout. “On the contrary, we see additional force...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday discussed over phone NATO-Turkiye relations and regional issues with Jens Stoltenberg, the military alliance’s secretary-general. Stoltenberg congratulated Erdogan on the 70th anniversary of Turkiye’s accession to NATO, according to a statement by Turkey’s C...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkiye killed six PKK members in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Friday. The “terrorists” were preparing for an attack on the Operation Olive Branch area, the ministry said on Twitter. Since 2016, Ankara has launched a trio of anti-terror operations across its border in northern Syria to preve...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s Justice Minister Marco Buschmann on Friday acknowledged the country’s failures to address problems of racism and discrimination. “We have not been able to protect our fellow citizens from the murderous hate and madness that has grown in our society,” he said in a statement, marking the second anniversary of the ra...
