BRUSSELS (AA) – EU member states approved new sanctions against Russia late Friday with new trade bans and export controls on products and technologies that can be used for civilian and military purposes. The sanctions also have additional restrictions on countries and entities providing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Russia. In a soc...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia may be preparing to provide Iran with fighter jets as the countries continue to expand their military cooperation, the White House said on Friday. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the US further assesses that Iran is seeking to acquire additional military hardware from the Kremlin, including...
LONDON (AA) – On the occasion of the first anniversary of the Ukraine war, Britain said that it has banned the export of “every item Russia has been found using on the battlefield to date.” The new package of “internationally coordinated sanctions and trade measures” was announced by Foreign Secretary James Cleverly. The ban includes […...
MOSCOW (AA) – Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the Russian Security Council, has asserted that Moscow must push “the borders of threats” as far as possible, “even if it will be the borders of Poland.” Marking the first year since the beginning of Moscow’s “special military operation” in Ukraine, w...
ISTANBUL (AA) – NATO has reaffirmed its solidarity with Ukraine in the “heroic defense” of its nation as the alliance marked one year of Moscow’s “brutal” war on Kyiv. “We pay tribute to the lives lost, and we deplore the tragic human suffering and destruction, including of Ukraine’s residential areas and ci...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Kyiv did not surrender, but instead began to defend itself, as exactly one year passed since the start of the country’s war with Russia. “Some were afraid, some were shocked, some didn’t know what to say, but everyone felt what to do … There were queues. [...
WASHINGTON (AA) – As Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its second year, Ukrainian refugees who had to seek refuge thousands of miles away in the US are hopeful of returning to their country after “victory” and “independence.” The US has so far welcomed more than 267,000 of the millions of Ukrainians forced to flee their […]...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh said Thursday that the government’s blocking of a US-sanctioned Russian ship from entering its port which then returned home after failing to unload equipment for the country’s sole nuclear power plant would not affect relations between Dhaka and Moscow. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the state...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution Thursday calling for Russia to “completely and unconditionally withdraw” its forces from Ukraine. The move by the General Assembly came after the world body convened for an 11th emergency special session to discuss the Russian war in Ukraine. Seven countr...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – As the war in Ukraine reaches its first anniversary with no end in sight, millions have been forced to flee their homes and seek refuge in the EU and neighboring countries since the start of the conflict last February 24. The escalation of the conflict and the destruction of civilian infrastructure […]
