ISTANBUL – The number of people fleeing Ukraine due to the war with Russia has reached 4 million, head of the UN refugee agency said. “Refugees from Ukraine are now 4 million, five weeks after the start of the Russian attack,” tweeted Filippo Grandi. “I have just arrived in Ukraine. In Lviv, I will discuss […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US sanctioned an Iranian national and his network of companies Wednesday on charges of aiding Iran’s ballistic missile program. Mohammad Ali Hosseini used his network to procure items for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Research and Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization, which is responsible for T...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli army forces early Wednesday detained 23 Palestinians, including a woman, in raids in the occupied West Bank, according to a Palestinian NGO. The detention campaign targeted the cities of Qalqilya, Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah and Bethlehem, the Asra Media Office said in a statement. In a related development,...
GENEVA – As the Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh is approaching its fifth year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has called for international support for the refugees escaping genocide in Myanmar and for their Bangladeshi hosts. The 2022 Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis was launched on March 29, and humanitari...
WASHINGTON- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that it authorized a second booster of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna coronavirus vaccines for older people. The agency said the second booster dose may be administered to individuals 50 years and older at least four months after getting the first booster dose of any approved [&hel...
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 […]
