UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution condemning Russia’s illegal annexation of four regions of eastern Ukraine, with 143 states voting in favor. The move by the General Assembly came after the world body convened an emergency session Monday to discuss Moscow-backed referendums to annex Donetsk, Luh...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Facing a backlash from the US, Saudi Arabia has denied accusations that political motives were behind the decision by oil producer group OPEC+ to cut production by 2 million barrels a day. “Saudi Arabia does not politicize oil. We don’t see oil as a weapon. We see oil as our commodity. Our […]
KYIV (AA) – Ukraine has liberated an area of over 400 square kilometers (155 square miles) in the Kherson region, according to an army spokeswoman. “Our successes are quite convincing … More than 400 square kilometers of Kherson region have already been liberated from the occupiers. And we are moving forward,” the state-run...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Two Russian nationals arrived at a remote Alaskan island seeking asylum in the US, a pair of senators have revealed. The state of Alaska’s Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, said the Russians landed at a beach near Gambell, located on the northwest tip of St. Lawrence Island. Gambell is a […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – A trio of Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives has introduced legislation that would require the removal of critical US military assets stationed in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The act’s introduction came one day after Riyadh and Abu Dhabi threw their weight behind OPEC+’...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The decision by OPEC+ to reduce oil production this week has angered several US lawmakers, with some calling for halting Washington’s alliance with Saudi Arabia. OPEC+ agreed Wednesday to cut production by 2 million barrels per day. Riyadh and Abu Dhabi threw their weight behind the decision. The decision is a “cl...
MOSCOW (AA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call on NATO to carry out preemptive strikes against Russia is a call to start a “world war,” the Kremlin’s spokesman has said. “Such statements are nothing more than a call to start another world war with unpredictable monstrous consequences,” Dmitry Peskov told R...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The US envoy to the UN has accused the Russia-backed Wagner Group of exploiting natural resources in African countries to help fund Moscow’s wars in Ukraine and elsewhere. ”One of the most immediate and growing concerns in Africa is the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group’s strategy of exploiting the natural resources...
ANKARA (AA) – Australia’s main opposition leader has opposed the government’s proposed plan to bring back its citizens from a detention camp in Syria. Opposition leader Peter Dutton, after a meeting with Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) Director-General Mike Burgess, said he believed that bringing back these women and...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UN condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch Tuesday, saying it was a reckless act and a violation of Security Council resolutions. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns the launch of a ballistic missile of possible intermediate range by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK),” s...
