GENEVA (AA) – UN will do its “utmost” to ensure continuity of the Black Sea grain deal, the director at UN Information Services has said, noting that consultations are still ongoing. As the deal is ending and there is still no outcome of the ongoing consultations, Alessandra Vellucci said in the bi-weekly briefing that they [...
ANKARA (AA) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected criticism of the AUKUS deal with the US and UK made by his country’s former Premier Paul Keating, saying the world has changed since the 1990s. Albanese said in an interview with a local Radio 3AW Melbourne that he does not want to get into […]
HOUSTON, United States (AA) – Muslim leaders in the United States on Wednesday called for global efforts to combat Islamophobia. “It says to me that we really have a problem, a big problem, in order for the UN to come out and recognize that Islamophobia is a worldwide issue and to talk against it,” said […]
Moscow, Russia (AFP): Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of fomenting “years of confrontation” in the Asia-Pacific region after the AUKUS alliance agreed a nuclear-powered submarines deal. The AUKUS alliance is a treaty between Australia, the UK and the US. “The Anglo-Saxon world, with the crea...
LONDON (AA) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Monday that the AUKUS nuclear pact has been “great news” for both global security and British jobs. “The AUKUS partnership, and the submarines we are building in British shipyards, are a tangible demonstration of our commitment to global security. This partnership was founded on...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has said the AUKUS nuclear pact between the US, the UK and Australia is a “textbook case of nuclear proliferation,” calling on the three partners to “act in the interest of regional peace and stability.” “We urge the US, the UK and Australia to abandon their cold war mentality and zero-sum […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that “a visible hand” from the US “triggered” protests in Georgia. “The situation that triggered these popular unrest has nothing to do with the Russian Federation…. At the same time we see that someone’s hand is not ‘invisible’, ...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye is making efforts to extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative which is set to expire on March 18, the country’s national defense minister said Thursday. The deal ensures a safe passage of grain and other essential items through Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, preventing a global food crisis. National Defense Min...
ANKARA (AA) – A Turkish delegation will visit Russia’s capital next week for ‘technical talks’ ahead of a planned Turkish, Russian, Iranian, and Syrian foreign ministers’ meeting, the Türkiye’s foreign minister has said. “An offer came from the Russians to hold a meeting at the technical level in prepa...
ISTANBUL (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called on developed countries to fulfill their pledge to raise $100 billion for vulnerable nations. “The time has come for the developed countries to fulfill their obligations towards the least developed countries by providing 0.15 to 0.20 percent of their GDP in the form of devel...
