TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has said that Tehran is “sensitive” to developments in the Caucasus region, describing peace and security in the region as important for his country. Raisi made the remarks at a joint press conference with visiting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Tehran following t...
United Nations, United States (AFP): Fifty countries have signed onto a statement read during a UN debate that condemned the “severe and systematic” human rights violations in China’s Xinjiang region. “We are gravely concerned about the human rights situation in the People’s Republic of China, especially the ongoing hum...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan and the prime minister of Armenia reaffirmed their commitment to a comprehensive normalization of Baku-Yerevan relations, said a joint statement released after trilateral talks in Russia’s Sochi on Monday. The joint statement shared on the official website of the Russian Presidency ...
LONDON (AA) – British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has told parliament that she never attempted to stop hotels being booked to house migrants. Braverman has been under increasing pressure due to reports emerging from the Manston migrant processing center in southeast England that it is overcrowded and has deteriorating living conditions, in...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – Elon Musk fired Twitter’s entire board of directors Monday, just a week after finalizing the $44 billion takeover of the social media giant. The swift move made the Tesla and SpaceX CEO the sole director of Twitter. “This is just temporary,” tweeted Musk after purging the company’s top leadershi...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Head of Libya’s Tripoli-based unity government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, on Monday announced the reopening of border with Sudan. Addressing an economic forum in the Libyan capital, Dbeibeh said the move will help resume the movement of goods and people between the two countries. “The closure of the border between Libya ...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Kosovo will not make it into the UN like Palestine, because Kosovo wants to be a full-fledged member, not just an observer, said Serbia’s foreign minister on Monday. “In the UN General Assembly, out of 193 members, Kosovo can’t get more than 83,” said Ivica Dacic on local Happy TV. Kosovo [&helli...
Following months of sustained pressure from progressive campaigners and members of Congress, President Joe Biden on Monday is reportedly planning to suggest imposing a windfall profits tax on oil companies if they refuse to boost production and lower costs for consumers. Biden is set to float the popular tax proposal during a White House speec...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he will “neutralize” a recent maritime border deal with Lebanon if he is elected prime minister. “I will behave as I did with the Oslo Accords,” Netanyahu said in an interview with Army Radio. He said that the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians “were not […]...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A general strike paralyzed the West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday amid Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian property. All shops closed doors on Sunday in response to a call by the Palestinian Fatah group to stage a strike in the city, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter. Manal Daana, an […]
