Thousands of Afghans, hoping for a better future, are trying to escape the country as the Taliban seize control. VOA’s Arif Aslan visited with 30 Afghan refugees whose long, perilous trek had taken them to eastern Turkey. This report is narrated by Bezhan Hamdard.Producer and camera: Arif Aslan. …
Найкращим повнометражним фільмом конкурсної програми Одеського міжнародного фестивалю-2021 журі визнало фільм «Стоп-Земля» Катерини Горностай. Гран-прі, яке визначають глядачі, також отримав цей фільм …
European Union members will step up their advocacy of open access to the disputed South China Sea, a key world trade route, despite Chinese claims to nearly all of it as they discuss the issue with Southeast Asian countries, analysts believe.The 27 EU members, such as France and Germany, hope all countries can follow United Nations maritime rules in the South China Sea to ensure consistency with other world waterways and to protect a booming seaborne trade in goods with Asia, the experts say.China claims about 90% of the 3.5 million-square-kilometer sea, including pieces of the U.N.-prescribed exclusive economic zones …
Із початку доби і станом на 17-у годину зафіксовано два порушення режиму припинення вогню з боку противника …
Greece has erected a 25-mile fence and installed a new surveillance system on its border with Turkey as fears mount of a surge in Afghan refugees trying to reach Europe. Greece has faced recurring refugee crises since 2015, when more than a million mainly Syrian refugees swarmed through its land and sea borders to escape conflict in their homeland. Speaking from Checkpoint One, Greece’s key border post along the country’s rugged land frontiers with Turkey, Public Order Minister Michalis Chryssochoidis sounded what he called a clear and fair warning. Our borders, he said, will remain safe and inviolable. And we …
«Кількість евакуйованих громадян та час повернення в Україну уточнюється» – українські військові …
У Михайлівському Золотоверхому соборі з нагоди прибуття Вселенського патріарха Варфоломія відбулася подячна молитва …
Despite earlier reports that Turkey had dropped plans to secure Kabul’s international airport, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Turkey is ready to talk with the Taliban about what role, if any, Turkey would play in Afghanistan.“If there is a knock on our door, we will open it for dialogue,” Erdogan said Friday.Turkey has been involved in infrastructure efforts in Afghanistan, Erdogan added, and is still interested in providing such work.Turkey is also still interested in providing security at Kabul’s airport, Erdogan said Wednesday in a television interview, despite reports by Reuters Monday that plans to secure the …
«Протягом минулої доби, 20 серпня, та станом на 7 годину ранку 21 серпня порушень режиму припинення вогню не зафіксовано» – ранкове зведення …
Unidentified attackers on Thursday threw Molotov cocktails into the Netherlands home of journalist Willem Groeneveld.The motive for the attack, which took place in the city of Groningen around 2:45 a.m. local time, was not clear, but Groeneveld had previously been harassed over reporting on issues involving real estate and landlords.No one was injured in the assault, and the journalist was cited in reports as saying he woke to the sound of breaking glass and was able to put out the fire.Media organizations said they were troubled by the attack, which came just a month after veteran crime journalist Peter R. de Vries …
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, scheduled to leave office later this year after nearly 16 years, is in Moscow for one final meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Before the two leaders met for talks in the Kremlin Friday, Merkel took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Russia’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow and viewed a military procession immediately after.German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall in central Moscow, Russia, Aug. 20, 2021.Later, at the Kremlin, Putin presented the German chancellor with a bouquet of flowers …
Britain and the United States imposed sanctions Friday on men they said were Russian intelligence operatives responsible for the poisoning one year ago of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny.The two countries targeted seven Russians with sanctions and issued a joint statement warning Russia about chemical weapons.Washington separately imposed sanctions on another two men and four Russian institutes it said were involved in chemical weapons research or what it described as an assassination attempt against Navalny.Navalny was flown to Germany for medical treatment after being poisoned in Siberia on August 20, 2020, with what Western experts concluded was the military nerve agent …
«Мрія» пролетить над Хрещатиком та замикатиме повітряну колону з військових вертольотів, літаків-винищувачів, штурмовиків, бомбардувальників та військово-транспортних суден …
Флагшток впав при монтажі вранці 20 серпня, ніхто не постраждав …
Раніше сьогодні активісти повідомили, що в Києві вночі знесли історичну садибу Барбана, побудовану у ХІХ столітті …
На 22 серпня запланована третя репетиція параду військ до Дня Незалежності України, під час якої діятимуть такі ж обмеження руху транспорту, додали в КМДА …
Канцлерка Німеччини Ангела Меркель в Москві проведе переговори з президентом Росії Володимиром Путіним щодо війни на Донбасі, ситуації в Білорусі і подій в Афганістані …
Будівлю знесли на вулиці Обсерваторній …
ДТП сталася на трасі «Харків – Сімферополь» …
Afghan refugees in Turkey say they made the dangerous journey to escape living again under Taliban rule. VOA’s Arif Aslan reports from eastern Turkey, where some of the Afghans he spoke with arrived over the past few days as the Taliban were taking over the Afghan capital. Sirwan Kajjo narrates his report.Camera: Arif Aslan. …