Issued on: 07/04/2021 – 23:02Modified: 07/04/2021 – 23:00 Advertising Read more Washington (AFP) The United States committed Wednesday to move all remaining combat forces from Iraq, although the two sides did not set a timeline in what would be the second withdrawal since the 2003 invasion. The first “strategic dialogue” with Iraq under US President […]
Issued on: 28/01/2021 – 19:28 Advertising Read more United Nations (United States) (AFP) The United States on Thursday called for the immediate withdrawal of Russian and Turkish forces from Libya, after a deadline for them to leave was ignored. This appeal marked a firmer expression of US policy toward oil-rich Libya under the new administration […]
Issued on: 23/01/2021 – 07:34Modified: 23/01/2021 – 07:33 Advertising Read more Washington (AFP) The Biden administration said Friday it will review a landmark US deal with the Taliban, focusing on whether the insurgent group has reduced attacks in Afghanistan, in keeping with its side of the agreement. Washington struck a deal with the Taliban in […]
Reuters US Special Envoy on climate change John Kerry has said the country will now push for rapid action after four years of “reckless behaviour” under Donald Trump. Mr Kerry said that withdrawing the US from the Paris agreement had threatened people’s futures all over the world. One of President Biden’s first acts following his […]
Issued on: 16/01/2021 – 11:32Modified: 16/01/2021 – 11:30 Advertising Read more Kabul (AFP) The Taliban welcomed the latest withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan with the insurgents’ spokesman Saturday calling the continued reduction of American forces a “good advancement” even as fighting raged across the war-weary country. The Taliban’s statement came just hours after the […]
Russia has informed the United Nations that it plans to withdraw 300 “military instructors” sent to the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) in the run-up to presidential and legislative elections. Russia told the United Nations about its plans this week in a letter to the Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against the C.A.R., news agency reports […]
The UN Security Council reiterated a call for all foreign fighters to leave Libya in a unanimous statement on December 15 that included the backing of Russia, which has been accused of helping a military contractor send mercenaries into the country. All 15 Security Council members called for the withdrawal of “all foreign fighters and […]