KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan has urged Russia to restore the Black Sea grain deal to ensure the food security of the developing world. Addressing a press conference with his visiting Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in Islamabad, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Zardari observed that the suspension of the UN and Türkiye-brokered deal...
LONDON – After a U.K.-based campaign group CAGE testified about the persecution of Muslims in France, its executive director Muhammad Rabbani was reportedly harassed. The French government barred Rabbani from entering France and detained him for nearly 24 hours. CAGE has been monitoring government policies in France that directly impac...
LONDON (AA): The European Council on Thursday announced a ban on exporting parts used in the production of UAVs from the EU countries to Iran. New measures came in response to Iran’s military support to Syria and Russia’s war against Ukraine, the Council said in a statement. “It also provides for travel restrictions and asset...
TORONTO (AA): Disrespect for holy books and places of worship is “unacceptable,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday, in response to the desecration of the Quran in Sweden. “What we need is mutual respect. I think we’ve been very clear that the desecration of holy books, the desecration of places of worship ...
Stockholm, Sweden (AFP): A man stomped on the Quran outside Iraq’s embassy in Stockholm on Thursday but did not ignite the book, AFP saw, hours after protesters stormed Sweden’s Baghdad embassy over a possible burning of the Muslim holy book. Salwan Momika, 37, stomped and kicked the holy book but left the protest without burning [...
PARIS (AA): An investigation has been launched into the donation campaign organized for the family of the police officer who killed Nahel M last month in a suburb of Paris. Paris Prosecutor’s Office told Anadolu in a statement that the investigation was launched into the donation campaign that collected €1.6 million (nearly $1.8 million)...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will arrive in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Thursday on an official visit. Kuleba, during his two-day visit, will meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and hold “detailed” talks with Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, said a statement from Pakistan&#...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): Britain’s Illegal Migration Bill, aimed at stopping migrants arriving in the country, is at odds with London’s obligations under international law, the United Nations has said. The bill, which has been passed by parliament and now awaits the formality of being signed into law by King Charles III, means mi...
GENEVA (AA): EU faces challenges as arrivals increase and applications for asylum reach record highs, the executive director of the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) has said. Presenting Asylum Report 2023 on figures of last year to the European Parliament, Nina Gregori said it was “quite dramatic and unprecedented year.” In ...
London, United Kingdom (AFP): The UK government’s controversial plans to stop the thousands of hapless migrants arriving on British shores in small boats has finally cleared their last parliamentary hurdle. Members of the non elected Upper House defeated a string of challenges to the government’s Illegal Migration Bill — cent...
