BERLIN, GERMANY: A Berlin-based refugee rights activist has harshly criticized the German government for what he said was its unequal treatment of refugees from Ukraine as opposed to those from the Middle East on racial grounds. “It’s disgusting because people who are running away from war, who are running away from bombings would be tre...
ISTANBUL (AA) – According to the Ukrainian military, nearly 21,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since Russia launched its war on Ukraine. In a statement, the Ukrainian General Staff has said that the Ukrainian army has destroyed 172 Russian aircraft, 151 helicopters, 829 tanks, 2,118 armored vehicles, 393 artillery systems, and eigh...
ISTANBUL – The Chinese president has proposed a “global security initiative” to promote “security for all” in the world. “We need to work together to maintain peace and stability in the world,” Xi Jinping told Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022. “Stability brings a country prosperity while instability leads a country to poverty,”...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – At least 30,000 Ukrainian citizens have been forcibly taken to Russia from the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol since February 24, a senior Ukrainian official said. “The stories about what happened in Mariupol, about the people who defended their homeland, will be written in educational books for 100 yea...
MOSCOW- Russia has closed consulates of Baltic states and expelled diplomats in a retaliatory move, the country’s Foreign Ministry has announced. In a statement, the ministry announced the decision to close the Latvian consulates in Saint Petersburg and Pskov, Estonia’s consulate in Saint Petersburg and its office in Pskov, and the Lithuanian ...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Russian army has taken control of Ukraine’s besieged port city of Mariupol, Russia’s defense minister said Thursday. “Mariupol has been liberated by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the forces of the People’s Militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” Sergey Shoygu said ...
GAZA STRIP (AA): Israeli warplanes bombarded two sites in the Gaza Strip early Thursday belonging to the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian organization Hamas. Warplanes targeted two sites in central and southern Gaza, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. No casualties or injuries were reported by the Pa...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A long battle of Palestinians with Syrian backgrounds has concluded, with those coming from the war-torn Middle Eastern nation winning protection rights under the UN Convention in a European country. Ghada al-Rayan, a Palestinian-Syrian human rights defender, told Anadolu Agency that the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerla...
ANKARA (AA) – US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said that high food prices could force at least 10 million more people into poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. “Today, Russia’s destruction of the Ukrainian economy and its infrastructure is a key factor affecting global commodity prices. The war further exacerbates pre-existin...
GENEVA (AA) – More than 5 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russia launched a war in the country two months ago. The UN refugee agency said the number of people fleeing Ukraine is now 5,034,439 as it joined in a call for ceasing hostilities in Ukraine ahead of Orthodox Easter. More than 2.8 million […]
