ANKARA – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the killing of a veteran Al Jazeera journalist while covering an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank. Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, was shot dead while covering the Israeli raid in the city of Jenin on the morning of Wednesday May 11. Another journalist, […]
ANKARA – The South Korean president has said that the security situation in the region is “tough” after reports of North Korea resuming its nuclear program. Yoon Suk-yeol called upon senior presidential secretaries for close monitoring of the situation. “The security situation is tough. Foreign countries are worried, and there’s talk of ...
BRUSSELS – The European Commission has proposed a draft legislation aiming to protect children against online sexual abuse. The news rules require online platforms to carry out risk assessment, detect and report cases of child abuse, as well as remove effectively the critical content. The commission proposed the creation of a new organiz...
NEW DELHI – India’s top court has barred the government from using a colonial-era sedition law that critics say is used to suppress voices of dissent. Earlier this week, the Indian government informed the court that it has decided to “re-examine and reconsider” the law, known as section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IP...
A state judge on Wednesday invalidated part of Florida’s new congressional map—drawn by right-wing Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office and approved last month by the Republican-controlled Legislature—siding with plaintiffs who accused the GOP of violating the state constitution through racial gerrymandering. Judge Layne Smith of the 2nd Circ...
Human rights advocates on Wednesday called for a transparent investigation after Al Jazeera and witnesses said Israeli forces shot and killed one of the network’s reporters while she was at work. Shireen Abu Akleh, a well-known 51-year-old Palestinian-American correspondent, was wearing a helmet and press jacket that clearly identified h...
On a bipartisan basis, Congress is moving ahead with legislation packed with tens of billions of dollars in subsidies for profitable U.S. tech corporations while a smaller but desperately needed coronavirus aid measure languishes, potentially compromising the Biden administration’s ability to purchase next-generation vaccines and hamperi...
PARIS (AA) – France on Tuesday marked the national day of the abolition of slavery, but non-governmental organizations see a long road of reparation ahead. In 2006, then-President Jacques Chirac proposed May 10 as the National Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade, Slavery, and Their Abolition. It has been celebrated ever since, and...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia hopes its “special military operation” in Ukraine will lead to the end of Western world domination, foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. “We hope and expect that the completion of our military operation after achieving all the goals set within its framework will contribute to stopping t...
ANKARA (AA) – The Biden administration is pressing the Congress for the approval of the F-16 sale to Turkiye, Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. By asking the congressional leaders to approve the deal, the administration is setting up a showdown with the lawmakers, said the WSJ. According to the daily, Turkiye’s mediation efforts to [&...
