KHARKIV, Ukraine (AA) – Russia has withdrawn its troops from several areas in Ukraine’s southern port city of Kherson, according to the Ukrainian army. Russian forces also continue vacating positions in the northern region of Kharkiv amid Kyiv’s counter-offensive, the army said in a statement. On Aug. 29, Ukraine announced a ...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Kremlin has said that the Istanbul grain deal is only partially being implemented because while grain shipment from Ukraine via the Black Sea is being carried out, Russian grain exports are not allowed. Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Dmitry Peskov said the work is underway to prepare a meeting […]
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ukraine has taken back three settlements from Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed. Without going into specifics, Zelenskyy said in a video message that one of the reclaimed territories was in the eastern Donetsk region and two in the country’s south. He said Ukrainian forces also “regained certain ...
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP): Afghan defence minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid accused Pakistan on Sunday of providing airspace for US drones to enter his country, characterizing the incursions as a continuation of Washington’s “invasion”. Mujahid’s comments came less than a month after US President Joe Biden announced the k...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The outskirts of Libya’s capital Tripoli have witnessed in recent days a military build-up of rival forces who are jostling for power. One group is affiliated with Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and the other is loyal to Fathi Bashagha, who was appointed by the Tobruk-based parliament as prime minis...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia is preparing to hold “sham” referendums in occupied Ukrainian territories within a matter of weeks, the US has said. Moscow has instructed officials to begin preparations in areas that have fallen under its control during its war on Ukraine, including Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhia, parts of Donetsk and...
LONDON (AA) – The UK imported no fuel from Russia in June for the first time on record, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced. The UK’s overall import of goods from Russia also dropped to £33 million ($39 million) in June, the lowest since ONS records began in January 1997. Britain is among […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The Somali army claimed to have killed 17 al-Shabaab men in the country’s central region of Hiran. In a brief statement issued on Twitter on Thursday, the army said that the al Shabaab men were killed in counter-terrorism operations. The military also liberated three villages from al-Shabaab during the operation...
ANKARA (AA) – Russia has accused Kyiv of “nuclear terrorism,” claiming that Ukrainian shelling of the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant could lead to a disaster worse than the notorious 1986 Chernobyl accident. Earlier on Wednesday, the G-7 and EU voiced concern over the threats posed by Russia’s possess...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has called on the European Union to cooperate with it on a roadmap for the gradual return of Syrian refugees to their country. “Lebanon is going through an unprecedented economic and social crisis in its modern history, under which 80% of the Lebanese are living under poverty line,” the Foreign […]
