Muhamad Yehia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine would be “very dangerous” and asked for more discussions between Kyiv and Washington to develop a plan for a ceasefire. Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Associated …
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US President Donald Trump has said his administration has had “very serious” discussions with Russia about the war in Ukraine
Muhamad Yehia Trump has said repeatedly he wouldn’t have allowed the conflict to start if he had been in office, even though he was president as fighting grew in eastern Ukraine between Kyiv’s forces and separatists backed by Moscow. US President Donald Trump has said his administration has had “very …
Read More »Middle East latest: Hamas frees 3 hostages, Israel releases Palestinians as part of ceasefire deal
Muhamad Yehia Hamas freed three hostages in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners in the fourth round of exchanges during the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. The six-week phase one truce calls for the release of 33 hostages and nearly 2,000 prisoners, as well as the return of Palestinians …
Read More »Thousands of Egyptians protest Trump’s suggestion of displacing Palestinians
Muhamad Yehia Thousands of Egyptians gathered in front of Rafah crossing on Friday to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal that Palestinians from the war-torn Gaza Strip be moved to neighboring Egypt and Jordan. Protesters waved Egyptian and Palestinian flags and said they were in favour of an independent …
Read More »A$AP Rocky’s assault trial begins in Los Angeles
Muhamad Yehia he trial for rapper A$AP Rocky began Friday in Los Angeles, where he’s accused of shooting at a former friend. The rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, could face up to 24 years in prison if convicted on two felony assault charges from a 2021 incident near …
Read More »Surviving hardship: Sudanese refugees struggle in Korsi camp
Muhamad Yehia According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), approximately 18,000 refugees and returnees fleeing the ongoing conflict in Sudan are in the Korsi Refugee Camp, located in a neighborhood of Birao, in the Vakaga region of eastern Central African Republic. Located near Sudan’s border, the Vakaga region has …
Read More »Mali: Several gold prospectors swallowed up in a mine collapse
Muhamad Yehia A landslide has engulfed a group of women gold miners in Mali, killing several of them, the office of the governor of the West African country’s Koulikoro region said Thursday. In a statement broadcast on Malian national television, the governor of Koulikoro, Colonel Lamine Kapory Sanogo, said that “the …
Read More »Uganda’s supreme court halts civilian prosecutions in military courts
Muhamad Yehia Uganda’s highest court declared on Friday that the trial of civilians in military courts is unconstitutional, ordering an immediate halt to any ongoing prosecutions. This decision brings relief to prominent opposition leader Kizza Besigye, who has been facing trial in the military’s general court martial. His attorney, Erias …
Read More »Protesters attack embassies in Kinshasa after increase in fighting between M23 and Congolese forces
Muhamad Yehia Hundreds of young Congolese men took to the streets of Kinshasa to express their outrage at the entry of the M23 rebels in the eastern city of Goma. They barricaded roads and attacked the embassies of Rwanda, Uganda, France, and the United States. The French embassy was set …
Read More »Rally in Ramallah against Trump’s call to uproot Gaza’s population
Muhamad Yehia Israeli-Palestinian conflict Dozens of Palestinians gathered in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on Wednesday to protest against recent comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump. On Saturday, Trump said he would like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they …
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