ISTANBUL (AA) – In a bid to restore the country’s indigenous name, a New Zealand political party is calling on parliament to change the country’s name to Aotearoa. The party has also called for officially restoring the Indigenous Te Reo Maori names to all towns and cities. The Maori are the Indigenous peoples living on […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union has urged a probe following the recent upsurge of violence in Gaza because innocent civilians, including children, were killed, an EU official said. “There is a need (for investigation) because civilians have been harmed or killed, including children,” said Peter Stano, the lead spokesperson of the EU’s diplo...
Becca Balint, a former public school teacher and current president of the Vermont Senate, notched a victory for progressives on Tuesday when she won the Democratic primary for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House. Supported by democratic socialist U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders—Vermont’s most popular and influential political figure—B...
ANKARA (AA) – Key players in the Libyan and Turkish construction sectors will gather at The Urban Expo & Forum 2022 in Istanbul on Oct. 3-4. The two-day event, which is expected to welcome more than 200 Libyan businesspeople, aims to create an environment for the two countries to sign deals for new infrastructure and […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – August 9 marks the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The day is observed annually to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. However, on that day, Israel began occupying the eastern part of Jerusalem, along with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and Syrian Golan Heights during the ...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to answer questions from New York Attorney General Letitia James about his business dealings, explaining he was invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. “I have absolutely no choice because the current administration and many prosecutors in this country have lo...
ROME (AA) – Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti said the risk of a new conflict between Kosovo and Serbia is high, as the situation in the area changed after the Ukrainian war. Arguing that Russia was behind the tensions they experienced with Serbia, Kurti noted that “before the invasion of Ukraine, the possibilities were few, […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games in the country’s central Konya province on Tuesday. “I am starting the sports activities of the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games. I congratulate all those who contributed to this on behalf of myself and my nation. Good luck,&...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia’s increasing cooperation with Iran should be viewed as a major danger to the international community, the State Department said Tuesday as Moscow sent an Iranian satellite into orbit. A State Department spokesman told Anadolu Agency the US is aware of Russia’s launch of “a satellite with significant s...
LONDON (AA) – The UK leadership candidates must address Islamophobia within the Conservative Party, according to the head of the country’s largest and most diverse Muslim umbrella organization. Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Nusrat Ghani recently said that the party is institutionally Islamophobic and her “Muslimness&...
