ISTANBUL (AA) – The Kremlin has said that US President-elect Donald Trump did not send Russian President Vladimir Putin an invitation to attend his inauguration in January. Speaking to journalists in the Russian capital Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said they have not received an invitation extended by Trump. Peskov’s remarks c...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) faces allegations of hypocrisy for delaying the arrest warrant requests for Israeli officials. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who spearheads the genocidal war on Gaza and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant have not had arrest warrants issued for over five months, while the warr...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Stressing that there should be “no more suffering and destruction in Palestine and Lebanon,” China’s President Xi Jinping has called on the BRICS member states to “uphold peace and strive for common security.” “We should come forward together to form a stabilizing force for peace and explore soluti...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed concern over the current escalation of tensions in the Middle East, calling Israel’s war on Palestine “one of the bloodiest in a long series of clashes” and emphasizing the need to correct historical injustices against the Palestinian people. Speaking at a meeting i...
Former White House adviser Susan Rice has raised concerns over reported conversations between former President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Rice claims those conversations could be in violation of the Logan Act. Enacted in 1799, the law prohibits unauthorized American citizens from engaging in negotiations with foreign g...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent his condolences over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other senior government officials in a helicopter crash. “Seyed Ebrahim Raisi was an outstanding politician whose entire life was devoted to serving the Motherland. He rightfully enjoyed high respect from his co...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has informed his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas in a phone conversation about steps that Moscow is taking to help de-escalate the situation in Gaza and ensure uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid to the millions of displaced survivors. According to a Kremlin statement, Putin als...
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 […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that civilian casualties will be “absolutely unacceptable” in case of an Israeli ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Speaking at a meeting of the heads of the Commonwealth of Independents States (CIS) in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, Putin said that employing heavy mil...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the deployment of US aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean Sea has a negative impact on the situation in the Gaza Strip. Speaking at the Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow, Putin questioned the purpose of sending a US military group to the region at […]