ISTANBUL – Japan has revealed that a US soldier was indicted last December on charges of sexual assault. The incident that happened in the southern Okinawa province was not disclosed until now “due to its nature,” Japanese prosecutors said. Shedding light on the alleged crime, the Japanese prosecutors said the American soldier Lance Corp...
MOSCOW – Russia has commenced the second phase of its “special military operation” in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Lavrov reaffirmed that “the sole purpose of this operation is the demilitarization and de-Nazification of Ukraine, since these are two intimately linked problems.” “The operation in the...
ANKARA – Turkiye has slammed a Swedish far-right politician for burning the Muslim holy book. The Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu while commenting on the hateful incident has said, “neo-Nazi movements have led to increased Islamophobia.” Urging collaboration against any form of racism and Islamophobic rhetoric, Mevlut Cav...
GENEVA – UN officials have warned of a worsening humanitarian situation in Ukraine, with access to food and health facilities among the top concerns in a country listed among the world’s leading grain producers. At a UN press conference in Geneva, UN Information Services head Alessandra Vellucci noted the concern expressed overnigh...
KYIV, Ukraine – Some 20,800 Russian soldiers have so far been killed in Ukraine, the Ukrainian military has claimed. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 169 Russian aircraft, 150 helicopters, 134 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 802 tanks, 2,063 armored vehicles, and 386 artillery systems, according to the Ukrainian General Staff’s latest update. ...
ANKARA (AA) – Recent events caused by Israeli radical groups and security forces in Palestine were on the agenda in a phone call on Tuesday between the presidents of Turkiye and Israel. “We are deeply saddened by the fact that more than 400 Palestinians were injured and 18 people, including children, lost their lives in […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Dozens of Palestinians suffered temporary asphyxiation during clashes with Israeli army in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday, according to witnesses. The violence erupted after local residents in the town of Burqa, north of Nablus, organized an anti-settlement rally in response to a march organized by Israeli s...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said Tuesday that the government formation crisis is hampering normal life in the country. This came in a speech marking the 41st anniversary of the founding of the Badr Organization, a faction of the pro-government Hashd al-Shaabi militia. “We strive to find solutions, but unfortuna...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Hundreds of Israeli settlers on Tuesday forced their way into Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a Palestinian agency. In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department, which oversees holy sites in Jerusalem, said 622 settlers stormed the site in groups under heavy police protection and...
HAKKARI (AA): A Turkish soldier was killed during Turkiye’s newly launched cross-border operation in northern Iraq, the National Defense Ministry said late Monday. The ministry said in a statement that First Lieutenant Omer Delibas was injured in the Operation Claw-Lock area due to a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED). He succumbe...
