WARSAW – Citing the “massacre” in Bucha, near Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, Poland’s premier has strongly criticized the European Commission for failing to do more to prevent Russian attacks on Ukraine. “Was it really necessary to wait for the massacre in Bucha? Was it necessary to wait for the images of innocents murdered, revealing Russian b...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli government on Wednesday lost its parliamentary majority after the withdrawal of lawmaker Idit Silman from the fragile coalition. With Silman’s withdrawal, the ruling coalition is left in a position of neck-and-neck with the opposition headed by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at 60 parliamentary seats for ...
VIENNA / ANKARA – The European Commission head will visit Kyiv this week to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. During her visit to the war-torn country, Ursula von der Leyen will be accompanied by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. The EU chief will meet with Zelenskyy “prior to the pledging event #StandUpForUkraine o...
ANKARA – According to the UN, more than 7.1 million people have been internally displaced in Ukraine since Russia began its war on Ukraine. “The main needs include cash, medicines & health services,” the International Organization for Migration said, adding that half of the displaced are women. The agency added they will ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia could have been deterred from waging a war on Ukraine with US military forces’ presence in the country, a top American general said Tuesday. Testifying alongside Defense Chief Lloyd Austin at a hearing by the House Armed Services Committee, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Russi...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The trial of former leader of Sudanese Janjaweed militia over atrocities in the western Darfur region opened at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Tuesday. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, commonly known as Ali Kushayb, faces 31 charges, including of war crimes, crimes against humanity, rape, intention...
HOUSTON, Texas – Eighty-year-old Helen Lewis Johnson is an African American historian for the Black Heritage Society. He remembers the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968 as if it were yesterday. “I was enjoying being home with my four children while on a spring break…when the […]...
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron has called for fresh sanctions against Moscow, holding the Russian army responsible for war crimes in Ukrainian city of Bucha. Macron described the pictures from Kyiv as “unbearable” and “extremely shocking,” saying that “there were very clear indicators of war crimes.” “What has just happen...
ISTANBUL – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an independent investigation into the killing of over 400 civilians in a Ukrainian city following the withdrawal of Russian troops there. “I am deeply shocked by the images of civilians killed in Bucha, Ukraine,” Guterres said on Twitter. “It is essential that an independent investiga...
BRUSSELS (AA) – NATO marked its 73rd anniversary on Monday amid new security challenges caused by the Russian war on Ukraine, which is regarded by many as the “biggest threat” Europe has faced since the Cold War and the “greatest destruction” witnessed since World War II. NATO was founded to restructure the security architecture in [&hel...
