MOSCOW (AA) – The time has come for responsible decisions for the restoration of the Iran nuclear deal, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Russia proposed a “simple and understandable model” for all sides to resume fulfilling their obligations, but the US and the EU “abruptly slowed down” at the finish line and “switched [&helli...
MOSCOW (AA) – Kyiv’s initiative to deprive Moscow of UN Security Council permanent membership and to exclude it from the UN is built on a “completely perverted logic,” the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said. Following this logic, a conclusion may be drawn that all decisions of the UN Security Council starting...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has defended its decision to dump the ‘zero-COVID’ policy as the world’s most populous nation moves to fully open for international travel. Hua Chunying, the spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, said the country’s “focus” on the COVID-19 response “has shifted from ‘infection prevention’ to ‘health protection a...
NEW YORK (AA) – The US is considering new coronavirus precautions for travelers from China because of a surge in cases there, according to media reports. Bloomberg News cited US officials who raised concerns about the transparency of data coming from China about new cases. American officials said that they were considering new travel pre...
NEW YORK (AA) – Popular video-sharing app TikTok will not be allowed on official devices used by the House of Representatives and their staff, according to the House’s Chief Administrative Office. “The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed the TikTok mobile application to be a high risk to users due to a number of security risks,” [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are ready to cooperate in facing growing common challenges and security threats and resolving disagreements in the bloc. “We have to admit, unfortunately, that disagreements also arise between the member states of ...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The US has accused Russia of using weapons in Ukraine procured from North Korea and Iran – violations of UN Security Council resolutions. “The United States can confirm that the DPRK has completed an initial arms delivery to the Russian private military company known as Wagner, which paid for the equipment […...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Despite the zero-tolerance principle against all forms of discrimination at the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar, a lot of hate speech was used both on and off the field and on social media. According to a report by the US-based Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) published on Nov. 21, […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia and the US are not negotiating a possibility of a presidential meeting, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. “There are no preliminary contacts in this regard. Of course, any conflict ends at the negotiating table, and this has been repeatedly said. “And of course, first of all, we are talking [&hell...
MOSCOW (AA) – Moscow will prohibit oil supplies to countries that will join the price cap on Russian oil, a government official has said. “This decree (on retaliatory measures announced by President Vladimir Putin) implies a ban on the supply of oil and oil products to those countries and those legal entities that will require […]...
