WASHINGTON (AA): Iran is in the process of helping Russia build a new drone factory, the White House said as it declassified intelligence Friday. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said in a statement to the media that the plant “could be fully operational early next year,” and released satellite imagery of the alleg...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): The Russian army has said that it had repelled several attacks on the southern Ukrainian front, where fighting sharply intensified this week amid expectations of a major Kyiv offensive. The statement came after Russian war correspondents reported “active combat” in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. “Over...
The Hague, Netherlands (AFP): Russia accused Ukraine at the UN’s top court Thursday of destroying a key dam with artillery strikes. It also alleged that Kyiv was led by neo-Nazis — a claim Moscow has used to try to justify its invasion. Moscow’s comments to judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) came as […]
Putrajaya, Malaysia (AFP): Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday called for stronger collaboration with Malaysia to protect palm oil products threatened by a European Union trade law he termed “discrimination”. The European Parliament adopted the new legislation in April that will ban imports deemed to be driving deforestati...
KOSOVO (AA): Türkiye has completed the deployment of additional troops to Kosovo at the request of NATO’s Allied Joint Force Command after recent tension between ethnic Serbs and Muslim Albanians in the Balkan country. A part of the commando battalion of the 65th Mechanized Infantry Brigade Command stationed in the Luleburgaz district of Türki...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): Moscow said Wednesday that a Ukrainian “sabotage” group had blown up a section of the Togliatti-Odesa pipeline that Russia used to export ammonia before the start of the offensive. The 2,500-kilometre pipeline is part of the international talks on allowing grain exports from Ukraine amid the conflict with Russ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan and Norway have agreed to boost cooperation in a variety of fields with the focus on green energy, according to an official statement. The understanding was reached at a meeting between Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt and Pakistan’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar in Oslo...
Stockholm, Sweden (AFP): Sweden’s Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for the government to extradite a man supporting the PKK to Turkey, a key demand by Ankara to ratify Stockholm’s NATO membership, media reported Tuesday. The ruling means it’s now up to Sweden’s government to decide on whether to extradite the man, n...
GENEVA (AA): The destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine jeopardizes the lives of thousands of civilians, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office has said. “The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam puts thousands of civilians in danger, leaving many with no homes and in dire humanitarian need,” OCHA Ukraine said on T...
BRUSSELS (AA): The EU plans to channel more funds to Western African countries to prevent irregular migration heading to the bloc, an official has said. Ylva Johansson, the EU commissioner for home affairs, on Tuesday presented a new action plan for the Western Mediterranean and Atlantic migration routes. Speaking to reporters in Brussels, she...
