ISTANBUL/MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the European Union’s policy on gas prices “madness” and rejected all claims against Moscow on the matter. At a meeting of the country’s Council for Strategic Development and National Projects on Thursday, Putin accused Western countries of declaring an &...
BERLIN (AA) – About one in four Christians in Germany are considering leaving church due to the sex abuse scandals, a recent survey has revealed. Mostly the members of the Catholic Church have lost faith in the clergy after the scandals in recent years, according to the Religion Monitor study of the Bertelsmann Foundation. Of […]
NEW YORK (AA) – Five Russians and two Americans were charged Tuesday with evading sanctions and money laundering on behalf of the Russian government in a 16-count indictment unsealed in a federal court in New York City. The defendants were accused of obtaining advanced electronics and sophisticated testing equipment from US companies for...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ahead of an expected trip to Beijing by the US’ top diplomat early next year, senior Chinese and American officials met for two-day talks in a city near the capital Beijing, said China’s Foreign Ministry. The Chinese side was led by Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng while the US side was represented […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – China lodged a strong protest with Japan after its ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) policy chief paid a trip to Taiwan over the weekend. “In disregard of China’s solemn stance, senior officials of Japan’s ruling party insisted on visiting Taiwan,” said a statement by the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo. Koichi Hagiuda, th...
MOSCOW (AA) – Talks between Russia and the US on the exchange of prisoners were not a step towards overcoming the crisis in bilateral relations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. “These talks were exclusively about the prisoner exchange, it is wrong to draw any such hypothetical conclusions that this may be a step towards [&helli...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Kremlin has thanked Saudi Arabia and the UAE for facilitating Thursday’s high-profile prisoner swap, as Russian national Viktor Bout returned home in exchange of American basketball star Brittney Griner. “We highly appreciate the role of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, which traditionally make a s...
GENEVA (AA) – World Health Organization (WHO) member states have agreed to start developing the first draft of a legally-binding agreement designed to protect the world from future pandemics. “Countries have delivered a clear message that the world must be better prepared, coordinated, and supported to protect all people, everywhere, fro...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A US official said Wednesday that the oil price cap imposed on Russia does not involve ships navigating through Turkish waters. The Treasury Department said Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo spoke with Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal and discussed Russia’s war against Ukraine and the implementation of the pr...
AMSTERDAM (AA) – Pope John Paul II covered up abuse by priests decades before he reached the top position in the Catholic Chruch, says a Dutch investigative journalist. The Pope ignored the sexual abuse of minors by some priests under his administration in Krakow, Poland, where he was archbishop, Ekke Overbeek said. The news in […...
