MOSCOW (AA) – Islam Khalilov, a 15-year-old Muslim boy who saved over a hundred people during Friday’s violent attack on the Crocus City concert hall in the Moscow region, says the attack “was a harrowing experience, especially amid a panicked crowd, and gunfire.” Recounting the events in an interview, the teenager described ...
Malmö, Sweden — AFP The Swedish city of Malmo is preparing to host the Eurovision Song Contest in early May under high security, amid protests over Israel’s participation. The war in Ukraine, and a heightened threat level in Sweden since August after a spate of offensive Islamophobic incidents endorsed by Swedish law spread anger a...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak has said that his country has “no slightest connection” with the attack in Moscow. “Any attempts to connect Ukraine to the terrorist attack are absolutely untenable. Ukraine has not the slightest connection to this incident,” Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on X. Ukrain...
MOSCOW (AA) – The death toll from a shooting at the Crocus City concert hall in Moscow region rose to 133 as more bodies were pulled from under the debris, the Russian Investigative Committee said on Saturday. The committee said in a statement that the terrorist attack took the lives of three children, noting that […]
United Nations, United States – AFP Russia and China on Friday vetoed a US-led draft resolution at the Security Council on a cease-fire in Gaza, joining Arab countries in saying it did not pressure Israel as Moscow accused Washington of a “hypocritical spectacle.” The United States, Israel’s main ally which has vetoed p...
Washington, United States – AFP The White House said on Friday it had no initial indication that Ukraine, which is fighting an invasion by Russia, was involved in a “terrible” attack on a concert hall in Moscow. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the United States was still gathering information after Russian...
MOSCOW (AA) – Israel’s “inadequate interpretation of the right to self-defense” is the primary reason for the escalation of the confrontation in the Gaza Strip, Russian geopolitical analyst Vitaly Naumkin says. Speaking at a news conference on Monday to explain the deliberations and outcome of the February 29-March 2 in...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umerov discussed the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine war in a phone call Monday. “Secretary Austin reiterated that the United States and our coalition of some 50 Allies and partners will continue to support Ukraine in its ongoing figh...
Kyiv, Ukraine – AFP Ukraine said Monday that it had not seen the 16 billion euros ($17.4 billion) in proceeds from two donor conferences held in Poland in 2022, early in Russia’s invasion. The announcement comes amid worries in Kyiv surrounding military and financial support, with the war entering its third year. The two events [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Brazil and Russia have underlined the importance of efforts to achieve a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, where over 30,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since early October last year. A statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Mikhail Bogdanov, Moscow’s special envoy for the Middle East and Africa, held...
