ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he will seek reelection in March 2024, a move that could win him an unprecedented fifth term in office. “I won’t hide how at different times I had different thoughts. But now is the time when you need to make a decision. I will run […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Pakistan has applied to join the BRICS economic bloc, its ambassador to Moscow said Wednesday. “We have already submitted an application. We are in contact with member countries to support Pakistan’s membership and count on Russia’s assistance,” Muhammad Khalid Jamali told Russian state news agency TASS. Jamali said Pakis...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday said that the volume of humanitarian aid provided to the Gaza Strip is “clearly insufficient.” “Today’s situation shows how catastrophic it can be to follow a path that ignores international law. We are already seeing catastrophic humanitarian consequences in the Gaza Stri...
ISTANBUL (AA) – After years of impunity for policies that rights groups have described as apartheid and building illegal settlements in violation of international laws, a veteran war crime prosecutor has expressed hope that there could now be some accountability for Israel’s actions against Palestinians. “If other countries raise the imp...
Moscow, Russia — AFP Russia has sent 25 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Egypt to be delivered to the Gaza Strip, which has been under near-total siege and relentless bombardment by Israel. Since October 9, when Israel placed the Palestinian territory under a “total siege”, only very limited quantities of basic human necessities...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has called the killings of journalists covering the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip “shocking,” and described the reaction by some international organizations as “particularly depressing.” “This is a mass death, this is not ‘killing,’ these are not ‘tragic cases,R...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Supporting Tel Aviv’s war against Gaza, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that “where there are terrorists, there are no rules.” “When we talk about laws and rules, where there are terrorists, there are no rules. Everything is beyond laws,” Zelenskyy said during an interview with NBC News on Sunday, i...
Moscow, Russia – AFP Russian police on Monday said they had arrested 60 people suspected of storming an airport in the Muslim-majority Caucasus republic of Dagestan, seeking to attack Jewish passengers coming from Israel. Dozens of protesters, many of them chanting “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest), broke through doors and bar...
MOSCOW (AA) – Deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has warned that the Israeli military’s ground operation in the Gaza Strip will lead to the “most serious bloody consequences.” In a statement on Telegram, Medvedev noted that Israel keeps postponing its ground operation in Gaza “mostly under pressure fr...
United Nations, United States – AFP The UN Security Council on Wednesday failed again to take action on the Israel-Hamas war, with Russia and China vetoing a US-led draft resolution and a text led by Moscow drawing insufficient support. The rival powers went ahead and put forward texts doomed to defeat despite what diplomats said [&helli...
