The United Nations Security Council voted Sunday to hold a rare emergency special session of the General Assembly to discuss Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The meeting will be convened on Monday, and is set to give all 193 members of the global body the opportunity to express their views on the invasion. Russia voted against […]
The US urged American citizens on Sunday to consider leaving Russia “immediately” while commercial flights are still available. The US Embassy in Moscow cited the increasing number of airlines cancelling flights in and out of Russia and numerous countries closing their airspace due to Russia’s attack on Ukraine. “US citizens ...
The United States is providing Ukraine with $350 million in additional military equipment to fight off Russia’s “brutal and unprovoked assault,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced. “This package will include further lethal defensive assistance to help Ukraine address the armored, airborne, and other threats...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco has called for avoiding the use of force to settle disputes amid a Russian military attack on Ukraine. In a statement, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry said Rabat is following with concern the developments of the situation between Russia and Ukraine. “The Kingdom of Morocco reiterates its support for the territorial ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country has been “left alone” to fight Russia. Zelensky asked Europeans on Friday with “combat experience” to take up arms and defend Ukraine against invading Russian forces, adding the West was too slow to help his country. His dramatic call for help came as some Russian forces repo...
Residents in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv woke up to their homes destroyed after Russia’s invasion force left a trail of damage in the city. Residential buildings lay in ruins as people begin to clear the rubble, and emergency services arrived. Images of Ukrainians in cities under attack sleeping in crowded metro stations for safety off...
Islam in Ukraine is the second largest religion after Christianity, although Muslims are still a small minority. Most Ukranian Muslims are refugees from different parts of the former Russian empire and the Soviet Union. That includes Tatars, Chechens, and Dagestanis who have suffered long at the hands of Russians. There are also Meskhetian Tur...
Rohingya Muslims in The Hague, Netherlands, gathered Wednesday to protest Burma’s junta regime, as the International Court of Justice or ICJ resumed hearing the Rohingya genocide case. Protesters held banners and chanted slogans demanding justice. The top U.N. court on Monday resumed the hearing in the case against Burma in which the junta re...
A recently passed amendment to the UK’s public service pension schemes is being slammed as a “deliberate assault” on the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions or BDS movement. BDS is a Palestinian-led movement promoting boycotts, divestments, and economic sanctions against Israel for its human rights violations and practice of apartheid against Pal...
A total of 1,807 communal riot cases were registered in parts of India during 2018 to 2020 in which over 8,000 people were arrested, the Rajya Sabha learned Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the highest number of communal riot cases were registered in Bihar, followed by Maharashtra and Haryana. A […]
