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KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decried the latest US sanctions on four local firms for their alleged involvement in the country’s ballistic missile program, asserting that the move has “no justification.” “The sanctions placed upon our National Development Complex (NDC) and other entities have no ju...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – Greenland’s prime minister firmly stated Monday that the Arctic territory “will never be for sale” following comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump expressing interest in owning the island. “Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and we will never be for sale,” Mute Egede told Danish newswire Ritzau. He also [...
The U.S. last week imposed new sanctions on Pakistan’s National Defense Complex and three Karachi-based companies: Affiliates International, Akhtar and Sons Private Limited, and Rockside Enterprise. Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer raised concerns about Islamabad’s intentions, citing its development of advanced missile technology. ...
A 1,500-year-old stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold at Sotheby’s New York for $5.04 million. It has set a new record for biblical antiquities. Carved in Paleo-Hebrew script during the late Roman-Byzantine era, the tablet is the oldest surviving inscription of the commandments. Discovered in 1913 near Lydda, Israel, du...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino dismissed a threat from US President-elect Donald Trump to retake control of the Panama Canal if transit fees are not reduced, particularly for US vessels. Mulino said Sunday in a video he published on his X account that the canal belongs to Panama. “As president, I want to [&he...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Amid escalating conflict between the junta government and rebel Arakan Army in Burma, a fresh 60,000 Rohingya entered Bangladesh in the last two months, a Bangladeshi official said on Sunday. Bangladesh is hosting over 1.2 million Rohingya in its southeastern Cox’s Bazar district. Most of the Rohingya Muslims fled Burm...
ANKARA / ISTANBUL (AA) – The suspect who drove into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing five people and injuring more than 200 others, is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor described as anti-Islam, and a supporter of Zionism. German media named the person as Talib A, who knocked over dozens […]
ISTANBUL (AA)- Biden administration has unveiled a new nationally determined contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, targeting an ambitious 61-66% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2035. The announcement, which came a month before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, underscores the current US administration...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has named Brian Burch, a vocal critic of Pope Francis, as the US ambassador to the Vatican. “I am pleased to announce that Brian Burch will serve as the next United States Ambassador to the Holy See,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Burch is president of CatholicVote, an advocacy [&he...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged nations to set rules for the use of artificial intelligence (AI), saying there is a need to minimize the tremendous threats to international peace and security posed by AI. He acknowledged that AI can accelerate progress on nearly 80% of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Blinken note...
