UNITED NATIONS (AA) – Negotiations to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can no longer be pushed off indefinitely, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process said Wednesday. “The absence of a meaningful peace process to end the Israeli occupation and resolve the conflict is fueling a dangerous deterioration ...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The US ambassador to Sudan has warned of consequences if the northeast African country allows the establishment of a Russian military base on the Red Sea coast. In an interview with the Tayyar newspaper, John Godfrey said “there are some reports that Russia is trying to implement the agreement it signed [&hel...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights office has said it is “deeply disturbed” by reports that a “large number” of people were arrested in Russia following the announcement of a partial troop mobilization. In a news conference, Ravina Shamdasani, the UN rights office spokesperson, said that there are “credible reports” that some 2,377 demons...
ANKARA (AA) – Referendums in four regions of Ukraine on whether to join Russia have no legitimacy, the NATO chief reiterated on Tuesday. “Just spoke with President Zelenskyy & made clear that NATO Allies are unwavering in our support for Ukraine’s sovereignty & right to self-defence. The sham referenda held by Russia have no legi...
TBILISI, Georgia (AA) – Over 78,000 Russian nationals have entered Georgia in the past 10 days, Georgian authorities said on Tuesday after Moscow called up reservists in the country to fight in Ukraine. While nearly 78,800 Russian citizens have entered the South Caucasian country in that period, over 62,000 have returned to their country...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The “most important challenge for Japan and the US is to maintain peace and stability” in the Asia-Pacific region, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has told US Vice President Kamala Harris. During a bilateral meeting at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on Monday, the visiting US vice president, however, said that Washington “would...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): What was a trip of a lifetime for some and a day out for others ended in one of the world’s worst maritime disasters, with victims’ families still seeking justice 20 years on. Nadine Verschatse’s eyes mist over when she recalls the capsizing of Le Joola on the night of September 26, […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has alleged that the West wants to prolong the war in Ukraine. “Despite casualties and destruction, Western countries openly declared that they want to prolong the war to deplete and weaken us,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine. “Moscow will not allow Ukraine to [&he...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany is ready to grant asylum to Russian deserters who oppose their country’s partial mobilization, the country’s interior minister said Thursday. “Deserters threatened with serious repression can as a rule obtain international protection in Germany,” Nancy Faeser told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newsp...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez railed against the six-decade-old economic embargo imposed by the US against his country, which he described as “vast, cruel and immoral” in his speech Wednesday at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. “The government of the US is reinforcing pressure on [...
