ISTANBUL (AA) – The interim administration in Afghanistan has announced an end to acknowledging any consular services from several of its missions in Europe. A statement by the Foreign Ministry in Kabul said the Afghan political and consular missions in several EU nations have refused to directly engage with the interim administration. “...
LONDON (AA) — Veteran Conservative politician Alan Duncan has criticised his party after an internal probe cleared him of antisemitism allegations. Duncan, who served as a lawmaker for 27 years and held ministerial roles twice, criticized the Conservative Party for launching an investigation over his comments during an LBC interview without an...
London, United Kingdom – AFP Britain’s new government announced on Friday it has lifted the January funding suspension for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and committed to providing £21 million ($27 million) in new funds. “We are overturning the suspension of UNRWA funding,” British foreign minister David...
Tripoli, Libya — AFP Libya along with European and African countries agreed Wednesday to establish investment projects in Africa aiming to curb irregular migration to Europe, during an international forum on migration. Participating countries agreed to form a “working group” that would “identify priority development pro...
Abidjan, Ivory Coast — AFP Germany can no longer cooperate militarily with Niger because of a lack of “trust” in relations, German Foreign Affairs Minister Annalena Baerbock has said. Germany already announced on July 6 that it will end operations at its airbase in Niger and pull out its remaining three-dozen troops by August...
On July 8, the coalition of the French left secured the most seats in the high-stakes legislative elections, surpassing a far-right surge but falling short of a majority Muslim Network TV Desk PARIS (MNTV) – French Muslims in alliance with the left parties have helped elect 19 Muslim lawmakers to the Parliament while ensuring that the [&hellip...
Nicosia, Cyprus – AFP Turkish Cypriots in north Cyprus hope to end their international isolation, their leader Ersin Tatar said in an interview, as the Mediterranean island marks fives decades of religio ethnic division. “Every day, we are working for recognition,” said the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus...
ANKARA (AA) – New Zealand has announced further sanctions on Russia and Iran over the Ukraine war. Announcing the news, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said New Zealand’s latest sanctions target Russians involved in the country’s military-industrial complex as well as actors providing military assistance to Russia. “These new sanct...
ANKARA (AA) – The leaders of both the UN and the Council of Europe on Thursday commemorated the Srebrenica genocide of Bosniak Muslims, which took place 29 years ago, in 1995, in eastern Bosnia. “May the memory of Srebrenica strengthen our collective resolve to build a world free from the scourge of genocide, where justice […]
NICE, France (AA) – The arrest in France of political scientist Francois Burgat who has advocated for Palestine has sparked a strong backlash in the country. Burgat, a renowned political scientist who supports the cause of besieged Gaza, was placed in custody over alleged “advocacy of terrorism,” his lawyer said. The European Jewish Organizati...
