ANKARA (AA) – Russia reiterated on Friday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) decisions have “no meaning” for Moscow, “including from a legal point of view.” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s reaction on Telegram came following the ICC decision to issue “warrants of arrest&...
GENEVA (AA) – UN will do its “utmost” to ensure continuity of the Black Sea grain deal, the director at UN Information Services has said, noting that consultations are still ongoing. As the deal is ending and there is still no outcome of the ongoing consultations, Alessandra Vellucci said in the bi-weekly briefing that they [...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden said Monday that he would speak with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping soon. “Yes,” Biden told reporters when asked if he would do so, without saying when they would talk. Earlier, Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said “we would expect President Biden and Presi...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): The presidents of Iran and Belarus hailed their close ties in talks in Tehran at a time both countries are sharply at odds with Western powers, including over Russia’s war in Ukraine. Ex-Soviet state Belarus serves as a rear base for Russian troops, and Iran is accused of supplying Moscow with armed […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has said the AUKUS nuclear pact between the US, the UK and Australia is a “textbook case of nuclear proliferation,” calling on the three partners to “act in the interest of regional peace and stability.” “We urge the US, the UK and Australia to abandon their cold war mentality and zero-sum […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Moscow and Washington continue discussing issues of prisoners exchange via special channels, Russia’s deputy foreign minister has said. Speaking to Russia Today Arabic, Sergey Ryabkov said “some progress” has been made in recent months on humanitarian issues, which is a “positive moment” in Rus...
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP): Two decades after the US-led invasion of Iraq toppled Saddam Hussein, its war-weary people recount their painful memories of dictatorship, major conflict and years of violent turmoil. Some described the iron-fisted repression under Saddam, the terror and devastation unleashed by the US occupation and the chaos that ensued....
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US government announced Thursday that it targeted a total of 39 entities over sanctions evasion for Iran, in addition to five companies and one individual for supporting Tehran’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) procurement efforts. The Treasury Department said the entities constituted a “shadow banking”...
Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP): Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday vowed US support for Kazakhstan’s independence as he sought greater engagement in Central Asia, where traditional alliances with Russia have been rattled by the Ukraine invasion. Blinken will also visit Uzbekistan and meet foreign ministers of all five former Soviet r...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria will reopen its embassy in Ukraine within a week after a one-year closure, according to the country’s president. President Abdelmajid Tebboune told the state television that he has tasked Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra with overseeing the reopening of the embassy. The North African nation closed its embassy in...
