GENEVA (AA): The destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine represents some of the worst damage done to key infrastructure since the beginning of the Russian war over 15 months ago, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said. “The destruction of Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine constitutes some of the most [&hellip...
Bratislava, Slovakia (AFP): Russia does not have a veto on Ukraine’s eventual membership of the Western defence alliance NATO, its chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. “All allies agree that NATO’s door remains open, that Ukraine will become a member of the alliance and that Russia does not have a veto,” Stoltenberg ...
MOSCOW (AA): Explosions at the Kakhovka dam near Kherson, southern Ukraine, unleashed floodwaters on Tuesday, as both Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of destruction. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Twitter said the destruction of the dam “confirms for the whole world that they (Russian forces) must be expelled from every co...
ISTANBUL (AA): Russia said Monday it welcomes efforts aimed at finding a “peaceful solution” to the Ukraine war by any country, after Indonesia’s Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto floated a peace plan. “We welcome the efforts of any states that are aimed at a peaceful solution to this conflict,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andr...
London, United Kingdom (AFP): Britain has ordered two more accommodation barges to house asylum-seekers, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Monday. Sunak has pledged to stop crossings of the Channel from northern Europe made in small boats, after record numbers of people arrived last year. However, huge backlogs in the processing of appli...
BERLIN (AA): A mosque in the central German city of Duisburg has received a threatening racist letter, according to a religious official. The Duisburg Central Mosque, which is affiliated with Turkish-Muslim umbrella group DITIB, got a letter, which included both a swastika and the word “NSU 2.0,” referring to a neo-Nazi group responsible for a...
Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan (AFP): EU chief Charles Michel on Friday took part in a key summit in Central Asia, telling AFP that Brussels wanted a “sincere” partnership with the energy-rich region. Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted global powers like China and the European Union to seek a greater role in Central Asia at a...
MOSCOW (AA): Russian officials on Friday reported multiple drone attacks in regions bordering Ukraine, carried out Thursday night. The governor of Russia’s Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, said in a statement on Telegram that “several Ukrainian drones were shot down” near the region’s administrative center, the city of Ku...
OVEIDO, Spain (AA): Spain lodged a formal complaint this week against Morocco after the latter referred to Ceuta and Melilla as “Moroccan cities.” Prominent Spanish news outlets including Efe and El Pais reported that Spain’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said it “categorically rejects” any Moroccan claims to the North African cities. “...
LONDON (AA): The violence in northern Kosovo has to be condemned and the perpetrators of it have to be made accountable, the EU foreign policy chief has said. Josep Borrell’s remarks came before the 2nd European Political Community Summit, which brought together the leaders of European countries on the continent and the heads of EU [&hel...
