DHAKA, Bangladesh – The World Bank will lend Bangladesh $250 million to support the country’s reform efforts to sustain growth following the COVID-19 pandemic and to enhance resilience to future shocks, including climate change. The Bangladesh First Recovery and Resilience Development Policy Credit — the first in a series of two cr...
ANKARA – According to the Turkish National Defence Ministry, Turkish security forces have “neutralized” a total of 26 PKK militants since the launch of Operation Claw-Lock in northern Iraq. The operation successfully continues as planned, the ministry said in a statement. According to the ministry, the new operation was launched af...
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON: The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is the time of the year when Muslims all over the world cherish all that they have been blessed with. Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan in order to attain righteousness and learn self-restraint. Fasting in the Holy Month is one of Islam’s five main […]
ANKARA – Last week the Pakistani army conducted “retaliatory” strikes inside Afghanistan in Khost and Kunar provinces, allegedly against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)- a militant group. The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid condemned the attack. Shabir Ahmed Osmani, director of information said at least 41 people includin...
ANKARA – With the exit of Americans and the Afghan Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, there was a general sense of relief in Pakistan that its security woes along its western borders will be over. However, over the past many months, activity in this region has witnessed an increase, forcing Pakistan to conduct air raids inside […]
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. ...
