Ukrainian prosecutors said on Saturday they were investigating allegations Russian forces executed four Ukrainian prisoners of war and said a possible suspect for the killings was in custody. “Prosecutors have initiated a pre-trial investigation… related to the deliberate killing of four prisoners of war,” read a post on the Telegram channel of the prosecutor’s office…
Vice President Kamala Harris met with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Flint, Michigan, on Friday, as her presidential campaign seeks to win back voters angry at US support for Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon, two sources said. The meeting is one of several attempts in recent days to mend fences with Muslim and…
India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will not discuss bilateral relations when he visits Pakistan this month, the first such visit in nearly a decade, for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. “I expect there would be a lot of media interest because of the very nature of the relationship,” Jaishankar said in response to a query…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday urged a halt to arms deliveries to Israel, which has been criticized over the conduct of its retaliatory operation in Gaza. “I think that today, the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to fight in Gaza,” Macron told broadcaster France Inter….
The Israeli embassy in New Delhi has requested access to the Delhi Police shooting range to train its security personnel, The Indian Express reported Saturday, citing senior security officers and unnamed sources. The security division of Delhi Police received the unprecedented request from the Israeli Embassy in form of a letter on Sept. 23, which was sent…
Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, is “concluding” his diplomatic mission, Russian agencies reported late on Saturday. “Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov is concluding his Washington assignment and heading to Moscow,” Interfax agency cited a representative of the Foreign Ministry as saying. The envoy will be returning to Moscow within…
After 76 years of occupation and other crimes by the Zionist regime, Hamas and other Palestinian Resistance groups in Gaza launched the Al-Aqsa Storm Operation on October 7th, 2023 to terminate occupation and crimes against humanity. This decision was made by the leaders of the resistance front and the people of Palestine and Gaza. However,…
Israel carried out a deadly air raid Thursday on a Hezbollah rescue facility in central Beirut, Lebanese sources said, after multiple Israeli ground troops were killed near the border. The second strike targeting the capital’s center this week follows Iran launching its largest missile attack yet on its arch-foe Israel, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Wednesday called on countries that have privately voiced willingness to recognize an independent state of Palestine to do so publicly. “To the nations that have privately expressed their willingness to do this, I urge you to take this crucial step publicly. Now is the time to stand on…
A Russian guided bomb struck a five-storey apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, late on Wednesday, starting fires and injuring at least 10 people, local officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the strike, the latest in a long series of attacks on the city, underscored the need for more help from Ukraine’s Western…
Tim Walz and J.D. Vance took victory laps Wednesday after locking horns in their US vice presidential debate, with the civil tone of the televised clash largely absent back on the campaign trail. Vance, who has earned a reputation as an aggressive, bombastic defender of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, surprised pundits with a cordial, policy-focused performance in Tuesday’s…
Russia stands alongside China on Asian issues, including the criticism of the US drive to extend its influence and “deliberate attempts” to inflame the situation around Taiwan, its foreign minister said in an interview published on Thursday. Sergei Lavrov, in an essay published in the government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta, also praised Beijing’s approach to the…
A US resident from Dearborn, Michigan, has been killed in Lebanon, the American government said on Wednesday, with the man’s friend and neighbors saying he died in an Israeli airstrike. “We are deeply saddened by the death of Kamel Ahmad Jawad and our hearts go out to his family and friends. His death is a tragedy, as…
China called on the United Nations Security Council to take “urgent actions” to de-escalate the situation in the Middle East as Israel launched fresh air strikes in Lebanon. China’s permanent representative to the UN, Fu Cong, said during a Security Council briefing on Wednesday, that it needed to make clear and unequivocal demands to stop…
WASHINGTON: The US has increased its military presence in the Middle East by several thousand troops, sending an array of fighter jets and other aircraft to bolster the protection of US forces and allies.The decision brings the total number of American troops in the region to as many as 43,000, including more than a dozen…
