MOSCOW (AA) – Russia’s chief of the General Staff discussed the situation in Ukraine with US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley in a telephone call Thursday. The discussion was held at the initiative of the American side, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. “Issues of mutual interest were discussed, [&h...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday he has authorized $100 million in additional military assistance to Ukraine. “For nearly 12 weeks, Russia has waged its unprovoked and brutal war against Ukraine, its sovereignty, its territorial integrity, and its people,” Blinken said in a statement. “T...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Biden administration notified Congress on Thursday that it has approved a prospective $691 million sale of anti-tank missiles to Egypt. The sale, if it is finalized, would include 5,070 TOW 2A Radio Frequency (RF) Missiles, spare parts, tools, test equipment and training, according to the Defense Security Cooperatio...
WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken implored the international community to collaborate to ensure migration is “safer and more orderly” as the number of people seeking asylum or a better life abroad hits record levels. Blinken told a UN forum that the administration of US President Joe Biden is committed to work...
KAZAN, Russia (AA) – Gathering Russian and Islamic world economy professionals, the Kazan Summit 2022 kicked off on Thursday in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan. The 13th International Economic Summit: Russia-Islamic World: Kazan Summit 2022, began with the opening ceremony of the “Russia Halal Expo 2022&#...
GENEVA (AA) – More than 160 million children are in child labor worldwide, said a report released on Wednesday by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and UN children’s agency UNICEF. In the report, the ILO and UNICEF warned that without relief strategies, the number of children in child labor could rise by 8.9 million by [&h...
ANKARA – Despite declines in deaths from household air and water pollution, pollution still kills more than 9 million each year, or one in six deaths worldwide, according to recent research. “Over the past two decades, deaths caused by the modern forms of pollution have increased by 66%, driven by industrialisation, uncontrolled ur...
ISTANBUL – China, the US and India must take more decisive steps in the face of challenges in reaching net-zero emissions targets as they are responsible for more than half of all global emissions, according to experts. The most important commitment of governments to limit global warming to 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level is to […]...
PARIS (AA) – A Paris court on Wednesday indicted the French company Lafarge for their “complicity in crimes against humanity” in Syria, local media reported. According to French news outlet France24, the Court of Cassation – France’s highest court – had overturned in September 2021 a decision by a lower court to dismiss charges against [&helli...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The Belgian government tried to send nearly expired medicines from its strategic stockpile to Ukraine as humanitarian aid, local media reported on Wednesday. According to an investigation by the Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN) newspaper, the €3.4 million ($3.6 million) worth of humanitarian aid that the Belgian federal governmen...
