Nearly 47 million more people worldwide are at risk of malnutrition and starvation, according to an analysis by the United Nations’ World Food Programme. That’s due to food and fuel supply disruptions because of Russia’s war in Ukraine. There are 323 million acutely food insecure people in 81 countries this year. Ukraine and Russia are [&hell...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Wednesday that 959 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered at the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol over the past day. Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, spokesman Igor Konashenkov said there were 80 wounded among them, including 51 soldiers who needed hospitalization. All...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – A total of 264 Ukrainian soldiers, including 53 seriously wounded personnel, have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the port city of Mariupol, the Ukrainian General Staff said early Tuesday. The garrison in Mariupol has completed its designated combat mission and the Supreme Military Command ha...
KYIV, Ukraine – Some 27,700 Russian soldiers have so far been killed during the war in Ukraine, the Ukrainian military has said. The Ukrainian forces have destroyed 200 Russian aircraft, 165 helicopters, 427 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,228 tanks, 2,974 armored vehicles, and 577 cannons since February 24, according to the Ukrainian General Staf...
SANAA, Yemen (AA/AFP) – The first commercial flight in six years left Houthi-held Sanaa Airport on Monday to the Jordanian capital, Amman. An airport source said 130 passengers were aboard the plane of flag carrier Yemenia, mostly patients seeking treatment in Jordan. “This is the first commercial flight to take off from Sanaa Airport in [&hel...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Albania’s parliament has rejected a resolution recognizing the genocide committed by Serb forces in 1995 in Srebrenica and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The resolution was initiated by Democratic Party MP Tritan Shehu. The opposition accused the majority led by Prime Minister Edi Rama, who all voted against the resoluti...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia’s employment of hypersonic weapons as part of its ongoing military campaign against Ukraine has not fundamentally changed the conflict, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has said. Testifying alongside Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, Austin said the Kremlin’s forces have used hypersonics “seve...
ISTANBUL – The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war is jeopardizing food security in low-income countries, especially in the Middle East and Africa, an expert said. Eren Gunhan Ulusoy, head of the International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) Eurasia, said that some countries in Africa are requesting aid as they cannot find sufficient reso...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia hopes its “special military operation” in Ukraine will lead to the end of Western world domination, foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. “We hope and expect that the completion of our military operation after achieving all the goals set within its framework will contribute to stopping t...
ANKARA (AA) – The Biden administration is pressing the Congress for the approval of the F-16 sale to Turkiye, Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. By asking the congressional leaders to approve the deal, the administration is setting up a showdown with the lawmakers, said the WSJ. According to the daily, Turkiye’s mediation efforts to [&...
