ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Germany and Pakistan on Tuesday agreed to work together to avert a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Addressing a joint press conference in the capital Islamabad after a delegation level meeting, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari were of the view ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Taliban-led interim government called its meeting with Indian officials in the capital Kabul on Thursday a “good beginning,” urging New Delhi to resume diplomatic operations in Afghanistan. Early on Thursday, a team of Indian diplomats landed in the Afghan capital for the first time since they rushed out when the US [&helli...
TRENTON, Canada – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took aim at gun control, including a national freeze on handguns, because it is “the responsible thing to do.” Speaking at a press conference, Trudeau cited the 2017 Quebec mosque shooting where six worshippers were killed and 19 wounded by a lone gunman as an example o...
Abbott Laboratories has agreed to reopen its infant formula facility in Sturgis, Michigan. Abbott Chairman and CEO Robert Ford said its re-opening will ease the nationwide formula shortage. On Monday, the health care company said its agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will ensure production resumes and is maintained at this f...
NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – Kazakhstan will hold a referendum to amend 33 provisions of its basic law which constitutes one-third of the country’s constitution, the leader of the Central Asian nation said on Friday. “We will put a resolute barrier against nepotism and paternalism, corruption and compradors,” said Kazakh President Kassy...
PARIS (AA) – This Sunday, France faces an uncertain test as voters head to the polls to elect the next president of the republic in the second and final round. Choosing between the final candidates is desolately grim for many, but for French Muslims casting their vote for either President Emmanuel Macron or far-right candidate Marine [&h...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called for more regional cooperation in the Western Hemisphere as record numbers of people are being displaced around the world. Blinken was speaking on the second day of a two-day conference on migration in Panama City, where he joined regional counterparts from 20 other [...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia on Wednesday slammed Britain’s decision to extradite WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US where he faces life in prison on espionage charges. Speaking at a weekly news conference in Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called Assange’s extradition “a blow to freedom ...
KYIV, Ukraine – Some 20,800 Russian soldiers have so far been killed in Ukraine, the Ukrainian military has claimed. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 169 Russian aircraft, 150 helicopters, 134 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 802 tanks, 2,063 armored vehicles, and 386 artillery systems, according to the Ukrainian General Staff’s latest update. ...
SANAA, Yemen – UN envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg arrived in the country’s interim capital Aden for talks with government officials. The UN envoy was accompanied by Yemeni Defense Minister Mohammad Ali Al-Maqdashi and Faraj Al-Bahsani, a member of the newly formed Presidential Council. On April 17, Grundberg held talks in the Saudi capital, Riya...
