BELGRADE, Serbia – Bosnia and Herzegovina marked White Ribbon Day in honor of thousands of innocent civilians killed in the western town of Prijedor in 1992. On May 31, 1992, the Serbian administration in Prijedor ordered the non-Serb population to wear white stripes on their arms when they left their houses- an order followed by […]
ANKARA – NATO “will chart the way ahead for the next decade” at its June summit in the Spanish capital Madrid, the alliance’s chief has said. “We will reset our deterrence and defense for a more dangerous world,” Jens Stoltenberg said at a ceremony in Spain marking the 40th anniversary of the country’s accession to […]
ANKARA (AA) – US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Turkey’s presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin exchanged views on the NATO bids of Sweden and Finland in a phone call on Monday. The global food crisis, energy security, bilateral relations, and developments in Syria and Ukraine were also discussed. During the call, it was un...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia’s best-known peace activist Abdullahi Mohamed Shirwa died in the country’s capital Mogadishu early on Sunday, officials said. He was 72. Tributes pour in the wake of Shirwa’s death after illness as Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble were amon...
PARIS (AA): Lu Shaye, China’s ambassador to France, has said that NATO’s expansion eastward led Russia to launch the Ukraine war, accusing the West of trying to ‘contain’ Beijing and Moscow. “For the Chinese, the (root) cause (of the war) is NATO’s five cycles of eastward expansion … it constitutes a military and security threat [&...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia’s military campaign against Ukraine is aimed at annihilating its eastern European neighbor’s culture, US President Joe Biden said on Friday. Biden said that not only is Russian President Vladimir Putin “trying to take on Ukraine, he is really trying to wipe out the culture and identity of the Uk...
ANKARA – The Turkish and French presidents have discussed Sweden’s and Finland’s bids to join NATO, according to Turkiye’s Communication Directorate. The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that Sweden’s and Finland’s contacts with individuals and institutions affiliated wi...
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – As the Ukraine war drags on, more and more Russian professionals are moving to Dubai — the business-friendly Gulf emirate that offers an escape from the impact of Western sanctions. Entrepreneurs, lawyers and art dealers are among those flocking to the financial hub in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates...
KYIV, Ukraine – Four more children were killed in Russian attacks in Ukraine over the past day, raising the war count to 238, Ukrainian authorities have said. An 11-year-old girl was fatally injured in Kharkiv, while three children aged 14, 15 and 17 were killed in Mariupol, according to the office of Ukraine’s prosecutor general. […]...
On Monday, U.S. leaders said roughly 20 nations have pledged to provide Ukraine with new arms shipments to help defend itself against Russia’s assault. The new arms packages include “critically needed” artillery ammunition, coastal defense systems, tanks and other armored vehicles, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. Other nations have commit...
