ISTANBUL (AA) – China has demanded a “thorough investigation” into the attack in Pakistan’s financial hub Karachi that killed at least four people, including three Chinese citizens. An explosion ripped through a van near the University of Karachi’s Confucius Institute, a Chinese language learning center, on Tuesday. Amo...
ANKARA (AA) – Total global military spending rose 0.7% to $2.1 trillion in 2021, with the US, China, India, UK and Russia making up 65% of this, according to data released Tuesday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). US expenditures fell 1.4% to $801 billion in 2021 compared to the previous year, but […...
WASHINGTON – The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution requiring permanent members of the Security Council to come before the assembly to provide an explanation should they exercise their veto powers. The resolution was adopted by consensus, meaning individual member states did not have to cast votes. The veto power of the five pe...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought to defend on Tuesday ongoing negotiations with Iran to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the top diplomat emphasized that former US President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure campaign” and decision to unilate...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least four people, including three Chinese nationals, were killed as an explosion ripped through a van at a university in Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi on Tuesday, police said. The explosion targeted the vehicle near the University of Karachi’s Confucius Institute, a Chinese language learning cen...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The Canadian military is riddled with right-wing extremists including white supremacists and Neo-Nazis and the problem is growing, said a report released Monday. The report, written by the four-member Minister’s Advisory Panel, was released by Defense Minister Anita Anand and it found blatant racism, includin...
ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine “clearly believes” it can win the war against Russia, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday. “My trip to Kyiv reinforced my admiration for the way that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are deploying these capabilities. Ukraine clearly believes that it can win and so does everyone here,R...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have accused the UN refugee agency UNRWA of procrastinating the reconstruction of their homes destroyed during last year’s Israeli war. This came in a protest organized by Palestinian factions outside the UNRWA office in Gaza City. “I have the right to safe housing,” and &#...
LONDON (AA) – Around 15,000 Russian troops have been killed since Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24, according to the British defense secretary. While addressing the British parliament, Ben Wallace also announced further British support for Ukraine. “The offensive that was supposed to take a maximum of a week has now taken weeks,” W...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia is failing to achieve its war aims in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. A day after a meeting in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin held a news conference in Poland. “When it comes to Russia’s war aims, [&hellip...
