Despite the many challenges his presidency has been fraught with, US president Joe Biden will restore Americans’ opitmism in his State of the Union address. Biden has had a difficult first year in office: from Donald Trump threatening US democracy to the Afghan debacle, from waves of new Covid variants to economic turmoil, and now [&hell...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US on Monday suspended operations at its embassy in Belarus’ capital Minsk and also authorized the voluntary departure of non-emergency employees and family members at the US Embassy in Moscow. “We took these steps due to security and safety issues stemming from the unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian m...
ANKARA (AA) – The US Treasury announced on Monday it has prohibited Americans from doing business with the Russian central bank, Russia’s National Wealth Fund, and the Finance Ministry. The action effectively immobilizes any assets of the Russian central bank held in the US or by US people, the Treasury said in a statement. The […...
Just before Russian President Vladimir Putin began a full-scale military assault on Ukraine, the United States launched its latest drone attack in its 15-year war with Somalia. While Russia’s aggression has drawn global condemnation, the U.S.’s actions in Somalia have largely flown under the radar. The U.S. Africa Command said Wednesday the ai...
The US urged American citizens on Sunday to consider leaving Russia “immediately” while commercial flights are still available. The US Embassy in Moscow cited the increasing number of airlines cancelling flights in and out of Russia and numerous countries closing their airspace due to Russia’s attack on Ukraine. “US citizens ...
Russia on Friday accused Washington of trying to lure Finland and Sweden into NATO. The admission of the two Scandinavian countries would have serious security consequences for Russia that would demand reciprocal steps, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a weekly press briefing in Moscow. Singling out the US, among other coun...
US President Joe Biden welcomed a decision Friday to activate land, sea and air elements of NATO’s Response Force for the first time in the collective defense history. “I strongly welcome the decision to activate NATO’s defensive plans and elements of the NATO Response Force to strengthen our collective posture, as well as the commitments [&he...
US envoy to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Russia exercised its veto power in an effort to protect Moscow’s “premeditated, unprovoked, unjustified, and unconscionable war” in Ukraine. “Russia, you can veto this resolution but you cannot veto our voices. You cannot veto the truth. You cannot veto our principles. You...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden will nominate federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be associate justice of the Supreme Court, the White House said on Friday, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on the nation’s highest court. “Currently a judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Judge […]...
President Joe Biden has no intention of sending US troops to fight in Ukraine, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Thursday. “That has not changed,” Psaki said at a press conference. She said Washington will respond to Russia with strong economic measures due to its military intervention in Ukraine. Asked about the possibility o...
