MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday arrived in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe, his first foreign visit since the start of a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Opening the meeting, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon said Moscow and Dushanbe are allies and have a strategic partnership. “Today...
NEW DELHI (AA) – At least 19 people have died after a residential building in India’s financial capital Mumbai collapsed overnight, officials said on Tuesday. Rescuers worked through heavy rain to scour through the rubble of the four-story building in Mumbai’s central Kurla area. Civic body BMC said 14 more people were injured in the […...
MADRID (AA) – Four-way talks between Türkiye, NATO, Finland and Sweden ended Tuesday on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Madrid. Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto and Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson discussed the Nordic coun...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Residents in remote areas of Bangladesh have started an intense struggle for potable water because of discriminatory budget allocation for those areas and an unrelenting destruction of the ecology — especially in hilly areas. Just 5.44% of the Annual Development Program was allocated for the Water, S...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least one person was killed and five others wounded when a knife-wielding man stabbed several people at an asylum shelter in southern Germany, local media reported on Monday. According to state broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), the attacker knocked on the doors at the facility in Kressbronn on Lake Constance late Sunday [&hel...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – A coalition of five Tunisian parties has condemned attacks on their supporters during a protest against a planned constitutional referendum amid a deep political crisis in the North African country. Tunisian President Kais Saied plans to hold a national referendum on an amended version of the country’s constitution on Jul...
ANKARA (AA) – As the EU considers enlargement, its foreign policy chief has suggested that the bloc reduce the scope of unanimity rule in foreign policy and reform its decision-making process through a “qualified majority vote.” Josep Borrell in a blog post on Monday said EU enlargement is back high on the agenda after the […]
ANKARA (AA) – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met on Monday with Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha to discuss the bloc’s vision to promote Islamic solidarity and joint Islamic action. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 11th session of the Islamic Conference of Tourism Ministers ...
BERLIN (AA) – Over 500 right-wing extremists are wanted in Germany, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Monday. In an answer to the Left Party’s parliamentary question, the ministry said as many as 568 far-right extremists, including 145 people who committed violent crimes, are sought by Germany as of March 31. At least 79 of [&helli...
JARABLUS, Syria (AA) – At least five civilians were injured in two separate car bomb blasts in the Jarablus district of northern Syria on Monday. According to preliminary information, terrorists detonated two vehicles filled with explosives simultaneously in Tal Ali and Salja villages in the district, which was liberated from ISIS/Daesh terror...
