ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish parliament has approved a motion to extend troop deployment in Libya for another 18 months as of July 2. The motion was submitted by the Turkish Presidency in the light of a request for military assistance by Libya’s UN-recognized government on June 13. “Türkiye continues its strong support for the [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye’s parliament speaker stressed Tuesday the necessity to alleviate the heavy migration burden on certain countries, including his own, as well as the importance of ensuring fair burden-sharing. “We can only achieve solidarity by accepting refugees to our countries duly and fairly in line with the rules of internatio...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt said Tuesday talks between President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reflected a “mutual understanding” on efforts to confront dangers threatening security and stability in the region. Al-Sisi met bin Salman in Cairo where he reiterated “Egypt’s commitment to the security of th...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro has spoken with US President Joe Biden, according to his Twitter post. “On the road to a more intense and normal diplomatic relationship I have just held a very friendly conversation with US President Biden,” Petro wrote on Twitter, two days after winning the ele...
BERLIN (AA) – Russia’s interruption of natural gas shipments to Europe via the Nord Stream pipeline on the grounds of technical problems is an “economic attack,” Germany’s federal minister for economic affairs and climate action has said. Robert Habeck said the cut is part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has said that she believes the problem regarding Türkiye’s opposition to Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership will be resolved before the alliance’s summit in Madrid later this month. Marin’s remarks came at a joint press conference with her Croatian counterpart...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel said Wednesday it is building a 45-kilometer concrete wall in the occupied West Bank. A statement by the Defense Ministry said the 9-meter-high wall will replace an old security fence built around 20 years ago in the occupied territory. It will take over a year for the construction of the wall […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A deadly earthquake has killed over 1,000 people and injured nearly 1,600 in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday. “More than 1000 people were killed and over 1500 others injured in Paktika province,” Head of Information and Culture Department of the province told state-run Bakhtar News Agency. He added...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – Kuwait’s crown prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Wednesday dissolved the country’s parliament and called for early elections. “Based on our constitutional rights, we decided to dissolve the National Assembly constitutionally and to call for general elections,” he said in a televised statem...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN Human Rights Office on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the imminent amputation of the fingers of eight men convicted of burglary in Iran, urging the country’s authorities to call off their planned action. “We also call on Iran to urgently revise its criminal penalties to do away with any form […]
