BRUSSELS – Turkiye will benefit the most from the EU’s $1.01 billion fund for pre-accession countries in agricultural and rural development, the European Commission has announced. The commission adopted assistance programs to support candidate countries in the field of agriculture in the 2021-2027 period, the EU executive body said...
GENEVA – The Swiss government has invoked a special residential status for Ukrainians fleeing the war in their country. Ukrainians fleeing the war with Russia will be eligible for a permit called “S” protection, a status not granted before, Swissinfo reported, and some questioned why it had not been used before. This is the first [&helli...
BERLIN – Germany has said that it will accelerate arms deliveries to Ukraine to help the country defend itself against the Russian army. Addressing lawmakers during a budget debate, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said further supplies of Strela anti-aircraft missiles are now on the way to Ukraine. “We are one of the largest arms suppliers ...
SANAA, Yemen – UN special envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg has called on the country’s warring parties to take steps to reduce violence and to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people. In a statement on Twitter, Grundberg also urged all parties involved in the war in Yemen “to engage constructively and in good faith [&hellip...
RAMALLAH, Palestine – Israeli forces rounded up 29 Palestinians, including two female students, in overnight raids across the occupied West Bank. The state news agency Wafa said 12 people were detained in raids in the town of Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, nine in Tulkarm, four in Nablus and three in Jenin. Two female students […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Taliban’s decision to suspend schooling for girls beyond the sixth grade is “deeply damaging” for Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday. The decision came as Afghanistan’s educational institutions re-opened Wednesday with girls who were to begin education beyond th...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A team of Bangladeshi scientists on Wednesday claimed discovering a new cause for diabetes, calling it a breakthrough in the prevention and treatment of the disease. The researchers said deficiency of the intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) enzyme is one of the leading causes of diabetes and people with IPA deficienc...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP A knife and car-ramming attack in southern Israel killed at least three people and wounded several others on Tuesday. Police said the attacker arrived at a gas station in the southern city of Beersheba shortly after 4:00 pm (1400 GMT) and “stabbed a woman.” “Civilians who were at the scene fir...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US’ Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Tuesday welcomed a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli President Isaac Herzog that took place in Ankara on March 9. Speaking at a UN Security Council session on the situation in the Middle East, Thomas-Greenfield said the US believe...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan / ANKARA (AA) – China is investing over $400 billion in nearly 600 projects across the Muslim world under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Chinese foreign minister said on Tuesday. Speaking at the meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign minister in Islamabad, Wang Yi said Beijing has cl...
