BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): The number of NATO peacekeeping forces injured from clashes with protesting Serbs in Kosovo has risen to 30, the alliance has announced. According to a statement, 11 Italian and 19 Hungarian soldiers with the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) sustained multiple injuries, including fractures and burns from improv...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): A swarm of drones hit Moscow on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack, while Russian drones struck Kyiv for a third straight day as Ukraine gears up for a major offensive against Russian forces. The Russian defence ministry blamed Kyiv for the attacks that saw three drones crash into residential buildings in Moscow. [&hellip...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): The NATO-led international peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) has urged Serbian and Kosovar authorities to de-escalate tensions in northern municipalities populated by ethnic Serbs. A KFOR statement came as tensions between Belgrade and Pristina rose once again on Friday after police in Kosovo clashed with local Serbs...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA): Tensions gripped Kosovo again on Monday as Serb protesters attempted to bar newly elected Albanian mayors from entering three municipal buildings, forcing police to fire tear gas shells to disperse them. NATO’s Peacekeeping Force in Kosovo (KFOR) also assisted police in clearing paths for the mayors of Zvecan, Zubi...
BAGHDAD (AA): Iraq has condemned an attack on its embassy in Switzerland. A Foreign Ministry statement said on Saturday the embassy building in the capital Bern came under “an unprecedented” attack by unknown individuals “who forcibly entered the building, causing fear and panic” among staff and citizens. The statement, however, did not specif...
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP): Iraq on Saturday presented an ambitious plan to turn itself into a regional transportation hub by developing its road and rail infrastructure, linking Europe with the Middle East. Once completed, the $17 billion project known as the “Route of Development” would span the length of the country, stretching 1,200 k...
BERLIN (AA): Germany has criticized Israel over a proposed legislation to limit foreign funding for human rights organizations. “We view this legislative proposal with great concern,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Christian Wagner told a news conference in Berlin. “Our excellent bilateral relations with Israel are also characterized by the lively...
BRUSSELS (AA): The EU has sent €2.5 million (around $2.7 million) in emergency support for regions in Myanmar and Bangladesh that are hosting Rohingya refugees after the devastating rainfall, the European Commission has announced. “Following cyclone Mocha in Myanmar and Bangladesh, the (European) Commission has released €2.5 million in emergen...
Nicosia, Cyprus (AFP): Turkiye’s veteran leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan is tipped as the frontrunner in the runoff election, seen as crucial for his country but also important for the island of Cyprus that has been divided between Turkiye and Greece for almost half a century. Conservative Erdogan is heading into the second-round vote after ...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): A Swiss court has acquitted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of charges of rape and sexual coercion, finding no evidence against the former Oxford University professor. The academic was also awarded around 151,000 Swiss francs ($167,000) in compensation from the Swiss canton of Geneva over the case. After the verdict wa...
