NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference ahead of a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Feb 13, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) BRUSSELS / KIEV – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) needs to "ramp up production" of ammunition as Ukraine's rate of usage is depleting current capacities and […]
An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, on Oct 11, 2022, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. (PHOTO / FILE / AP) Russia plans to sell more than 80 percent of its oil exports […]
In this photo taken on May 18, 2016, a soldier of the army of Somalia's breakaway territory of Somaliland stands guard during an Independence day celebration parade in Hargeisa. (PHOTO / AFP) BOSASO, Somalia – At least nine people were killed and another 14 wounded on Saturday in a sixth day of fighting in Somalia's […]
The sun sets behind the coal-fired power plant 'Scholven' of the Uniper energy company in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Oct 22, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) BRUSSELS – European countries' bill to shield households and companies from soaring energy costs has climbed to nearly 800 billion euros ($853 billion), researchers said on Monday, urging countries to be more […]
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg holds a meeting with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on Feb 8, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BERLIN — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will end his term as planned in October, a spokesperson for the alliance said, after a newspaper reported a further extension was in […]
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's top candidate Kai Wegner (left) celebrates with CDU party members after the first exit poll results for the Berlin state's repeat elections at the State parliament in Berlin on Feb 12, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BERLIN – Germany's conservative CDU party was course for a clear victory in a repeat […]
President elect Nikos Christodoulides greets his supporters during his inauguration ceremony after being elected as a new President of Cyprus, in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Feb 12, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) NICOSIA – Former Cypriot foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides was elected president on Sunday in a runoff vote, promising a unity government tasked with breaking […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds a meeting with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on Feb 8, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BERLIN — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will end his term as planned in October, a spokesperson for the alliance said, after a newspaper reported a further extension was […]
In this photo taken on June 13, 2018, Somali soldiers walk at Sanguuni military base, about 450 km south of Mogadishu, Somalia. (PHOTO / AFP) MOGADISHU – The Somali National Army (SNA) on Saturday killed 13 al-Shabab militants during an attempted raid on an army base in the southern region of Lower Shabelle. Chief of […]
Grab taken from a handout video released by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on his YouTube account on Nov 2, 2022, where he told his supporters that the world will not end on Jan 1 when rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes office, in Brasilia, on Dec 30, 2022. (HANDOUT / BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO'S […]
Polling station officers receive the ballot boxes for the second round of the 2023 Presidential Elections on Feb 10, 2023, at the Cyprus State Fair grounds in the capital Nicosia's suburb of Engomi. (PHOTO / AFP) NICOSIA- A runoff election on Sunday to select the president of Cyprus pits two career diplomats against each other […]
In this Feb 12, 2016 photo, Toronto Mayor John Tory walks the red carpet at the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario. (PHOTO / AP) Toronto Mayor John Tory resigned abruptly on Friday, shortly after the Toronto Star newspaper reported that he had an affair with a much younger staff member. […]
EU flags are seen outside the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, Jan 6, 2023. An extraordinary European Council summit convened in Brussels to discuss Ukraine, economic policy and migration wrapped up on Feb 10, 2023 with unresolved differences among leaders over key issues. (PHOTO / XINHUA) ROME – An extraordinary European Council summit convened in […]
US President Joe Biden crosses his fingers as he meets with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb 10, 2023, in Washington. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden met on Friday with Brazilian leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a reboot […]
A rain storm is seen over a corn field in Oskaloosa, Iowa on August 15, 2019. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON – The new US agriculture trade chief on Thursday told Reuters that he has given Mexico until Feb 14 to respond to a US request to explain the science behind Mexico's planned bans on genetically […]
In this photo taken on May 9, 2022, Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita attends a joint press conference with UN Secretary-General following their talks in Chisinau. (PHOTO / AFP) BUCHAREST – Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita announced her resignation on Friday, according to Moldpres, the national news agency. "The time has come to announce my […]
Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari (center) cut the ribbon to Commission the Lekki deep seaport in Lagos, Nigeria Jan 23, 2023. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Feb 9, 2023 signed an executive order setting up a council to facilitate transition to a new president who will emerge after a Feb 25, 2023 election. (PHOTO / AP) […]
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso speaks to the press after casting his vote during the local election at the Ileana Espinel Cedeño school in Guayaquil, Ecuador on Feb 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) QUITO – Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso on Thursday reshuffled his governing team and appointed four new provincial governors after the ruling party got […]
A picture shows a general view of the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev, near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on Feb 3, 2023. Egypt has stepped up mediation between Israel and the Palestinians in a bid to tamp down violence in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank and to prevent […]
Nicaraguan opposition leader Felix Maradiaga is reunited with his wife Berta Valle and daughter Alejandra, in Chantilly, Virginia on Feb 9, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) MANAGUA/WASHINGTON – More than 200 Nicaraguan political prisoners were freed and flown to the United States on Thursday, nearly all of them prominent government critics jailed in President Daniel Ortega's […]