WASHINGTON (AA) – The US confirmed on Friday that it has canceled talks with the Taliban over the hardline groups’ decision to cancel secondary education for Afghan girls. State Department spokeswoman Jalina Porter told reporters that the Taliban’s decision is a “potential turning point in our engagement” with Afghanistan’s de facto rulers. Th...
RIYADH – The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has said that an Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah was attacked by Houthis. A coalition statement said that Saudi Aramco’s Bulk Plant in Jeddah was targeted with an “act of aggression” by Iran-backed Houthi militia. The statement added that following the attack, a fire erupted in...
BRUSSELS – The EU and US have announced a new deal to supply extra liquefied natural gas for the EU to curb the bloc’s dependence on Russian imports. “The United States together with international partners are going to work to ensure an additional 15 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for Europe this […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – A total of 128 children have been killed in Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine as of Thursday, according to Ukrainian officials. Also, more than 172 children have been injured in the conflict since it began late last month, the Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement. Russian shelling damaged 566 educ...
LONDON (AA) – Britain on Thursday announced fresh sanctions targeting Russia’s 65 strategic industries, banks, and business elites. The sanctions target “those aiding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine including the Wagner Group, multiple defence companies and Russian Railways,” a government statement said. The UK has now “sanctioned over 1,00...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US announced sanctions on more than 400 Russian elites, members of the Duma (lower house of parliament) and defense companies in coordination with the European Union and G7 countries due to Moscow’s war on Ukraine. So far, 600 Russian targets have been sanctioned by the US, according to a White House […...
MOSCOW – The Russian Foreign Ministry has slammed Poland’s decision to expel 45 of its diplomats as “a conscious step towards the complete destruction of bilateral relations.” In a statement on its website, the ministry accused Poland of taking unfriendly actions against Russia for a long time “on a systematic bas...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN Security Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a draft resolution from Russia on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Only China joined Russia in voting in favor of the text, with all of the chamber’s other 13 members abstaining. The draft resolution expresses “grave concern at the deteriorat...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have endorsed Pakistan’s call for a joint probe to establish the facts surrounding the “accidental” firing of a missile into Pakistan from India earlier this month. In a resolution adopted Wednesday at the culmination of the two-da...
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden has said that he believes use of chemical weapons in Ukraine by Russia is a “real threat.” “I think it’s a real threat,” said Biden ahead of his departure for Europe when asked how high is the threat of chemical warfare right now. Biden is scheduled to attend a […]
