ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian and Ukrainian delegations held face-to-face talks in Istanbul on Tuesday. The fresh round of negotiations lasted for three hours. Russian and Ukrainian negotiators later held separate press briefings to inform the world about the outcome. Ukraine has called for eight countries, including Turkiye, to be guarantors in a p...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden has refused to walk back his comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.” The US president made the remarks while on a four-day tour of Europe as Ukraine continues to defend against Russia’s assault. Biden’s comments drew criticism from some who said...
BRUSSELS – EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson has said that the bloc must be prepared for millions of more Ukrainian refugees. Speaking at a news conference following an extraordinary meeting of EU interior ministers, Johansson warned that the EU must “develop contingency plans.” “We don’t know what will happen tomorro...
WASHINGTON – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on Ukraine and Russia to immediately agree to a humanitarian cease-fire to allow for the parties to negotiate an end to the month-long conflict. Guterres said he is tasking Martin Griffiths, his humanitarian affairs coordinator, to work with Kyiv and Moscow on laying the groun...
JERUSALEM – The ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack that left two Israeli police officers dead in the central city of Hadera the other day. The claim came in a statement released by the group’s Amaq news agency. Two gunmen had opened fire on police and passers-by in Hadera on the evening of March […]
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden has sent a nearly $6 trillion budget proposal to the Congress that includes sweeping spending increases across the federal government, and tax hikes on the richest Americans. Biden’s $5.8 trillion plan to fund the government for the fiscal year that begins in October would cut the federal deficit...
WARSAW – Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has strongly criticized Hungary’s policy on the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine. Duda said that Hungary’s high dependence on Russian energy supplies has made Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban cautious. However, he added, it is hard to understand Hungary’s policies given the deaths of hundreds a...
JERUSALEM – The Negev summit between the foreign ministers of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Morocco, Israel and the United States kicked off on Monday in southern Israel. Meanwhile, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh criticized the six-party summit, saying that such gatherings were a “free reward” ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN’s World Food Program has called for $765 million in the next six months to maintain the current levels of assistance in Yemen. The global food agency said on Twitter that the level of hunger is at a record high, with 13 million people counting on the assistance. Last month, the […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia used high-precision weapons to hit a fuel depot near Lviv, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a briefing in Moscow. It destroyed an airfield and a repair plant in Lviv and a missile depot near the capital Kyiv over the past day. “In total, since the beginning of the special […]
