GENEVA (AA): Ukraine is facing “a child protection crisis of extraordinary proportions” which may not have been seen before, a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official has said. “Hundreds of children have been killed, and many more injured. Nearly 200 attacks have been reported against health care facilities, and schools co...
LONDON (AA): The Scottish National Party (SNP) remains the biggest party in Scotland as all votes have been counted in the local council elections which were held on Thursday May 5. Scottish Conservatives have lost their second place to Labour after losing big ground. The SNP won a total of 454 council seats, consolidating their […]
NEW YORK (AA): Social media companies are failing to act on 89% of posts containing anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobic content reported to them, according to a recent report. “This report exposed that social media companies, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube, failed to act on 89% of posts containing anti-Muslim hatre...
MOSCOW (AA): Russia has no intentions to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the country’s Foreign Ministry deputy spokesman has said. Asked about the allegations by the Western media about a possibility of using nuclear weapons in the Russia-Ukraine war, Alexey Zaytsev recalled that such speculations come from the West. He added that these ...
ISTANBUL (AA): Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country that has impacted the economic growth, China said it will “unswervingly adhere” to the dynamic “zero-COVID policy” to stem further spread. After a special pandemic review meeting, the country’s top political leadership led by President Xi Jinping said China has since March “withstood...
ANKARA (AA): Charter flights carrying the presidents of Turkiye and Azerbaijan will land at Turkiye’s Rize-Artvin Airport this month — marking the first landing at the facility. The airport will be inaugurated on May 14 in the presence of Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. The air...
NEW YORK (AA): US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield will visit Turkiye’s southern border with Syria this weekend, through which much-needed humanitarian aid is carried to millions of Syrians in the war-torn country. The visit to the Cilvegozu Border Crossing, located in Hatay province, which lies opposite the Bab al-Hawa Borde...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA): Health experts have assured the people in the Democratic Republic of Congo that the Ebola pandemic is no longer a threat because the country now has an Ebola vaccine and medications. The UN radio in DR Congo reported that the Ebola vaccine and medicines have been developed and the disease, according to […]
BEIRUT (AA): Lebanon’s parliamentary elections for expats kicked off on Friday. The voting has opened in 10 countries in the first phase: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan and Iran. The second phase for the voting abroad, scheduled on Sunday, will take place in 48 other countries. Lebanese Foreign Min...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Saudi-led Arab coalition said on Friday that a plane carrying Houthi prisoners took off from Saudi Arabia to Yemen. The Saudi Press Agency quoted the coalition’s statement as saying “the first plane transporting Houthi prisoners to Yemen has left the Kingdom as part of the Saudi humanitarian initiative...
