Professional athletes who are practicing Muslims fasting during daylight hours will need extra psychological and physical stamina to get through the month of Ramadan. Muslims are one of the largest faith-based groups in the U.K. Yet, the community has traditionally struggled for representation in British sports from national teams to lower lea...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden has applauded the “overwhelming vote” in the UN General Assembly to remove Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over the war in Ukraine. “This is a meaningful step by the international community further demonstrating how (President Vladimir) Putin’s war has made Russia an internatio...
ANKARA (AA) – Ukraine on Friday accused Moscow of trying to recruit mercenaries, militants, and terrorists to wage Russia’s war against its western neighbor. “They’re looking for mercenaries from all over the world. They are sending the militants from all the terrorist groups and private armies that were established by some o...
MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign minister has accused Ukraine of presenting a “disruptive” new peace proposal, flouting terms reached at a meeting in Istanbul last week. The new proposal was presented yesterday to the negotiating group, Sergey Lavrov said in a video statement posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry website. “Yesterday the Ukrain...
GENEVA – The World Health Organization has said it has verified 91 attacks on health facilities in Ukraine since the war began on February 24. Ukraine is living in “dark days,” WHO Europe chief Hans Kluge said in a briefing from Lviv, a city near the border with Poland in western Ukraine, on the 43rd […]
ATHENS- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Greek Parliament via video link and accused the Russian army of bombing “everything” in Mariupol, a city in southeastern Ukraine. “There are thousands of people left in Mariupol, (and) the Russians have bombed hospitals, maternity hospitals, theaters, (and) everything else. Mariupol...
BERLIN – Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency intercepted communications that prove Russian forces deliberately targeted civilians in Ukraine, Der Spiegel magazine claimed. The BND has informed a parliamentary committee this week about its findings, including radio messages in which Russian soldiers and mercenaries talked about murd...
MOSCOW – Four large fuel bases were destroyed in Ukraine with high-precision weapons, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “High-precision air- and sea-based missiles hit four fuel bases in area of the settlements of Mykolaiv, Zaporozhizhia, Kharkiv and Chuhuiv, from which fuel was supplied to the Ukrainian troops near Kharkiv, Mykol...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council (HRC) after evidence emerged of apparent mass atrocities carried out by Moscow’s forces. The 93-24 vote saw 58 members states abstain. A member can be removed from the HRC following a two-thirds vote from the assembly if a [&hel...
ANKARA (AA) – The US Congress voted Thursday to revoke Russia’s “most favored nation” trade status, and banned oil and natural gas imports from Russia. After both bills passed the Senate, they cleared the House of Representatives and are headed for President Joe Biden’s desk. One suspends normal trade relations with Rus...
