DOHA, Qatar (AA): The Qatari energy minister has said the only thing that “will save humanity and Europe this year is a warm winter.” “If the economy starts churning back up in 2024, and you have just a regular winter, I think the worst is yet to come,” Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said during the Qatar […]
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA): Buckingham Palace has refused to return the body of a teenage Ethiopian prince who had been forcibly brought to Britain and eventually buried at Windsor Castle 144 years ago. A descendant of Prince Alemayehu – the boy was an orphan. The British government claims that he was “adored and supported financially̶...
ISTANBUL (AA): Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said that the signing of a peace agreement with Armenia is “inevitable.” “We believe that the signing of a peace agreement is inevitable and we are trying to make constructive efforts to achieve this goal. Of course, this peace agreement should be based on international norms and principles...
Arbil, Iraq (AFP): Turkey’s presidential election is being anxiously watched by Kurds in Syria and Iraq as economic interests compete with fears of a regional military escalation against some Kurdish groups. The long-running and deadly conflict between Ankara and groups from the ethnic Kurdish minority has spilled across the borders of b...
ANKARA (AA): The Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Hiroshima concluded on Sunday with deliberations on the Russia-Ukraine war and other hot-button issues. The participants expressed “unwavering support” to Kyiv, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported, citing a statement issued at the end of the summit. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio ...
ANKARA (AA): A Ukrainian official on Sunday said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “denied” that Russian forces had captured the strategic city of Bakhmut, clarifying a statement wrongly attributed to him ahead of a meeting with his US counterpart. Presidential Press Secretary Serhii Nykyforov wrote on Facebook that Zelenskyy’s r...
ISTANBUL (AA): The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that its forces have taken complete control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. “As a result of offensive actions by the Wagner assault units, supported by artillery and aviation of the Yug Group of Forces, the liberation of #Artyomovsk has been completed,” it wrote on...
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused some Arab leaders of ignoring the horrors of Russia’s invasion of his country during a speech Friday at an Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia. “Unfortunately, there are some in the world and here, among you, who turn a blind eye to those cages and illegal [&...
KAZAN, Tatarstan (AA): Russia Halal Expo 2023 opened its doors on Thursday to visitors on the sidelines of the 14th International Economic Summit: Russia-Islamic World: Kazan Forum 2023. Expected to garner more than 7,000 visitors, the expo features products and services permissible in Islam (halal) with an aim to promote the halal industry in...
Beijing, China (AFP): China’s special envoy Li Hui told Ukraine “there is no panacea to resolve the crisis” and urged Kyiv and Moscow to engage in talks to end the war, Beijing has said. China, a strategic ally of Russia, has refrained from condemning Moscow’s invasion, and has instead sought to position itself as a [&h...
