JERUSALEM – Israeli President Isaac Herzog has pardoned a Ukrainian prisoner to take part in his country’s war against Russia. Herzog responded to the prisoner’s wish to fight for Ukraine “after the Ministry of Justice supported his release in the light of the extraordinary humanitarian justification.” The broadcaster said the Ukra...
VIENNA / ANKARA – The European Commission head will visit Kyiv this week to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. During her visit to the war-torn country, Ursula von der Leyen will be accompanied by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. The EU chief will meet with Zelenskyy “prior to the pledging event #StandUpForUkraine o...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina – The 1992 Bosnian War, which started with Serbian troops’ siege of Sarajevo and left over 100,000 people killed, has still its traces alive though decades have passed. Bosnia-Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia following the referendum on March 1, 1992. Shortly after the Balkan country beca...
ANKARA – According to the UN, more than 7.1 million people have been internally displaced in Ukraine since Russia began its war on Ukraine. “The main needs include cash, medicines & health services,” the International Organization for Migration said, adding that half of the displaced are women. The agency added they will ...
ANKARA – The European Union’s foreign policy chief has declared a number of Russian diplomats working in Brussels persona non grata. “Today, I decided to designate persona non grata a number of officials of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the EU for engaging in activities contrary to their diplomatic status,” Josep Bor...
ANKARA – The Latvian Foreign Ministry has said that it will close two Russian consulates and the staff has been asked to leave the country. The ministry said the consulates in Daugavpils and Liepaja will be closed and the diplomatic staff of the consulates general are declared personae non grata. It said the decision was […]
STOCKHOLM – Sweden has expelled three Russian diplomats in protest of Moscow’s alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde summoned Moscow’s ambassador to Sweden and informed him about the decision. Underlining that Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine, Linde said Sweden and the EU have strongly condemned Russ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed Tuesday for a key meeting of NATO foreign ministers, saying that recent visual evidence made it clear the mass atrocities in Ukraine were not the “random act of a rogue unit.” “It’s a deliberate campaign to kill, to torture, to rape, to commit atrocities. T...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed Tuesday to the UN Security Council to urgently adopt sweeping internal reforms after he suggested the body is incapable of achieving its principal objective. Addressing the Council directly, Zelenskyy asked the body that is charged with ensuring international peace and se...
ANKARA – Ukraine has said that some 18,300 Russian soldiers have been killed in the country as the war enters its 40th day. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has said the Russian army lost 147 aircraft, 134 helicopters and 647 tanks. At least 1,844 Russian armored vehicles, 330 artillery systems, 107 rocket […]
