US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Friday for Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to apologize for an earlier clash with President Donald Trump. Zelenskyy should “apologize for wasting our time for a meeting that was going to end the way it did,” Rubio said on CNN after Oval Office talks devolved into argument and raised voices. Rubio…
Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband. It was the first reaction from the PKK after Ocalan this week called for the dissolution of his Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and asked it to lay down arms after…
President Donald Trump on Saturday designated English as the official language of the United States, saying it would bring cohesion to a country characterized by immigration from around the world. The White House published an executive order by Trump which says it is “long past time” that English is declared as the nation’s official language….
Ordinary Ukrainians were dumbfounded by Friday’s raised-voice confrontation between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his US counterpart Donald Trump at the White House. “I just don’t even have the words,” said 32-year-old Roman Shkanov, an office worker. “For such a strong country to take such a weak stance and support dictatorships, basically kiss their feet…,” he said of…
Iraqi Kurdistan and the federal government have managed to settle their oil disputes, which would allow Russian companies to restart their projects in the region, TASS news agency reported Russia’s Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev as saying. One of the companies, which suspended works in the region, was Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft. It halted some operations…
Israel released 596 Palestinian inmates on Thursday and is due to free another 46 women and minors in exchange for the return of the bodies of four hostages held in Gaza, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club advocacy group said. Israel has so far released 596 prisoners in the latest swap, and “there are 46 left (to…
EU Council President Antonio Costa on Thursday said he had invited Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the special summit of EU leaders on March 6, to discuss future support to Ukraine. “The EU and its member states are ready to take more responsibility for Europe’s security,” Costa said in invitation letter to EU leaders. “We…
Russian News Agency Tass Said, The Russian leader noted that the SOF continued the noble traditions of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, carrying forward the legendary legacy of Russian special forces Russian Special Operations Forces are making a significant contribution to the progress of the special military operation, acting boldly and decisively in…
The king of Morocco has called on people to refrain from sacrificing sheep during a religious festival later this year because of a drought that has decimated livestock populations and driven up the price of meat. Millions of sheep, goats and other livestock are sacrificed across the Muslim world every year during Eid al-Adha, one…
AstraZeneca has opened a plant to produce biogas from organic waste that will ensure by the end of this year all of its research and development and drug manufacturing in Britain is powered by clean energy, it said on Thursday. The plant, operated through a 15-year agreement between AstraZeneca and UK-based biomethane producer Future Biogas,…
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday accused North Korea of being behind the theft of $1.5 billion worth of digital assets last week, the largest crypto heist in history. “(North Korea) was responsible for the theft of approximately $1.5 billion USD in virtual assets from cryptocurrency exchange, Bybit,” the FBI said in a public…
Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has called on Muslims to sight the crescent moon of Ramadan on the evening of Friday, February 28. The date corresponds with the 29th of Shaaban 1446 in the Islamic Hijri calendar. “The Supreme Court requests that anyone who sees it (the moon) with the naked eye or through binoculars informs the nearest…
Saudi Arabia condemned on Thursday recent Israeli strikes targeting Syria, accusing it of attempting to destabilize the situation in the country. The Kingdom’s foreign ministry issued a statement on X saying that Israel was attempting “to destabilize [Syria’s] security and stability in repeated violations to the international agreements and laws.” Israel on Tuesday struck southern Damascus…
Thousands of US Agency for International Development workers who have been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency are being given a brief window Thursday and Friday to clear out their workspaces Thousands of US Agency for International Development workers who have been fired or placed on leave as…
