COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – Syrian refugees in Denmark should return to their home country now that conditions have changed following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime, the Danish premier has said. Mette Frederiksen’s remarks came during the Prime Minister’s Question Time in response to a query from Inger Stojberg, chairman of ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says his country is in possession of “dozens” of nuclear warheads, according to state media. “I had nuclear warheads deployed here. More than a dozen of them. Many people dismiss it as a joke, saying that ‘nobody brought anything.’ We did,” Lukashenko said during a Q&A with em...
PARIS (AA) – An Israel supporter brandished a gun Saturday and threatened protesters at a Free Palestine demonstration in Paris. Protesters had gathered to demand an end to Israel’s military actions in the Gaza Strip, which have continued for more than one year. Far-left France Unbowed (LFI) party lawmaker Claire Lejeune, who atten...
PARIS (AA) – President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France and Saudi Arabia will co-chair a conference in June in connection with efforts to establish a Palestinian state. Speaking to reporters in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, Macron said that he and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, they decided to co-host a conference on c...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump on Monday named billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as his ambassador to the UK. “I am pleased to announce that Warren A. Stephens, one of the most successful businessmen in the Country, has been nominated to serve as the United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s, ...
THE HAGUE (AA) – The chief prosecutor of the Dutch Supreme Court has requested approval of a Court of Appeals decision to stop exporting F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, according to an official statement. Citing international agreements to which the Netherlands is a party, Attorney General Paul Vlas argued that the export of military [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The French Council of State upheld a decision to cancel a lecture at a university in Paris by Rima Hassan, a Palestinian-origin member of the European Parliament from the far-left Unyielding France (LFI) party. A statement by the Council said it considered an appeal against a lower court’s decision to overturn the [...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The French Foreign Ministry said Friday it had “taken note” of Chad’s decision to end an agreement with Paris to strengthen the cooperation in security and defense between the two nations. Chad, which currently hosts roughly 1,000 French soldiers, announced it terminated the agreement with France on Thur...
ANKARA (AA) – President Joe Biden described Russia’s overnight missile and drone assault on Ukraine as “outrageous,” highlighting the attack as a stark reminder of the importance of supporting Ukraine, the White House said on Thursday. “Overnight, Russia carried out a horrific aerial attack against Ukraine,” said the presidential m...
BRUSSELS (AA) – All EU member states “are under an obligation to execute arrest warrants issued by the ICC,” EU spokesperson Peter Stano has said in a written statement, specifically noting the warrants issued for two top Israeli officials in the ongoing war on Gaza. The International Criminal Court (ICC), in a landmark move last [&helli...
