ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye will discuss with Russia and Ukraine steps to ensure exports of Ukrainian grain to the world, the Turkish president announced. At a meeting with young people in the eastern province of Van, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would discuss the issue of a grain export corridor with Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has hailed Iran’s efforts to renew a UN-brokered truce in war-torn Yemen. “The secretary-general expressed his satisfaction at the extension of the truce in Yemen as well as his appreciation of Iran’s efforts in this regard,” said a UN statement following a phone cal...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The general secretary of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) spoke by phone on Sunday June 12 with Pakistan’s foreign minister on the rising tide of Islamophobia in India, particularly the recent insulting remarks made by two spokespersons for India’s ruling party against Islam’s Prophet Muhammad ...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Over 50 wedding guests were abducted by bandits on a road in Nigeria northwest’s Zamfara State, but later about 20 escaped, said a local official. The victims, most of them phone accessories traders, were returning from a wedding party of one of their colleague when bandits ambushed their buses along the [&helli...
Doha, Qatar – (AFP): France’s energy giant TotalEnergies will spend an estimated $2 billion for a 6.25-percent share of the giant North Field East project in Qatar. The project will help Qatar increase its liquefied natural gas (LNG) production by more than 60 percent by 2027, TotalEnergies chief executive Patrick Pouyanne said. Qa...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – A day after Argentina seized a Venezuelan-flagged cargo plane at the Buenos Aires Airport and detained its crew, Iran’s top private airline denied reports that the aircraft belonged to it. In a statement, Mahan Airlines said the plane seized in Argentina was owned by Venezuela and had nothing to do with [&hellip...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Sabiti Mufupi, 50, is proud to be an indigenous Batwa pygmy. However, there are some people who look down on him and his clansmen because they are short and in most cases small in size. Mufupi, who lives in Kasese in western Uganda, said that his tribe was displaced from their […]
ANKARA (AA) – Ten international human rights groups have criticized the dismissal of more than 55 judges by Tunisian President Kais Saied, describing the move a “deep blow to judicial independence.” “The president’s moves are an assault on the rule of law. He should immediately revoke the decree and reinstate judges he ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – At least 65 people have died in northern Nigeria’s Jigawa state from an outbreak of meningitis. Around 280 confirmed cases of the disease have also been reported in the state since the beginning of May, Malam Samaila Mahmud, the chief epidemiologist in the state Ministry of Health, has said. Mahmud added […]...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan wants to increase the bilateral trade volume with Türkiye and pave the way for Turkish businesspeople to invest in the Northeast African country, the head of Sudan’s Federation of Chambers of Commerce has said. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Nadir al-Hilali said the trade volume with Türkiye which amounts to abo...
