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 […]
ISTANBUL – Educational institutions reopened in Afghanistan after a gap of nearly seven months. Officials of the Taliban-led interim government held a ceremony to mark the new academic calendar. At a function in Amani High School in Kabul, Syed Ahmad Shahid Khel, a Taliban official, said Islam considers knowledge, and understanding “as b...
BERLIN – Germany has said that it will accelerate arms deliveries to Ukraine to help the country defend itself against the Russian army. Addressing lawmakers during a budget debate, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said further supplies of Strela anti-aircraft missiles are now on the way to Ukraine. “We are one of the largest arms suppliers ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Taliban’s decision to suspend schooling for girls beyond the sixth grade is “deeply damaging” for Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday. The decision came as Afghanistan’s educational institutions re-opened Wednesday with girls who were to begin education beyond th...
