ISTANBUL – The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to hold meetings on a joint border commission and working group over a possible peace treaty. “It was agreed to convene the meetings of the Joint Border Commission, as well as Working Group on the preparation of a peace treaty in the near future,” […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Three Palestinian fishermen were detained by Israeli naval forces off the coast of the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday. Zakaria Baker of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAEC) in Gaza said the three fishermen were taken into custody while fishing off the coast of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip. […]
BURSA, Turkiye – A trainer plane crashed in a residential area in Turkiye’s northwestern Bursa province on Monday April 25. The flight instructor and trainee pilot were killed in the accident. The single-engine aircraft came down in an area with multiple residential buildings, but there were no reports of any casualties on the ground. Firefigh...
ANKARA – At least three PKK fighters were ‘neutralized’ in Turkiye’s southeastern Sirnak region as part of the country’s Eren Abluka-5 (Blockade) operation, according to the Turkish interior minister. Suleyman Soylu said in a tweet the operation to ‘neutralize’ the terrorists was carried out jointly by...
ANKARA – Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha has slammed Israeli violations in the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, saying the site is only for Muslims. The Al-Aqsa Mosque “is a place of worship purely for Muslims alone,” Taha said during an OIC extraordinary meeting in Je...
Research out Monday reveals that CEOs from 28 of the top oil and gas companies enjoyed a combined $394 million in total compensation in 2021, including “eye-popping” bonuses that together topped $31 million. The analysis from Accountable.US, first reported by The Guardian, comes as inflation-hit consumers see gas prices soaring whi...
Nearly nine in 10 young Americans want the government to address the student loan debt crisis, with a plurality—but an overall minority—supporting full cancelation, according to the results of a national survey published Monday. The survey, conducted by Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics (IOP), found that 85% of respondents u...
Despite the Biden administration’s pledges to be tougher on corporate crime than its business-friendly predecessor, a new report published Monday shows that corporate prosecutions reached a record low in 2021, continuing a decline that accelerated under former President Donald Trump. Citing data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission and th...
Rights advocates, public health experts, and media critics were among those on Monday who warned that the purchase of Twitter by mega-billionaire Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, creates a direct threat to democracy and the common good by putting the outsized power of the social media platform used by hundreds of millions worldwid...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has told the US to stop giving weapons to Ukraine, warning that its actions could intensify the conflict, Moscow’s envoy to Washington said on Monday. The US sending arms worth $800 million to Kyiv “does not contribute to the search for a diplomatic solution or settlement,” Anatoly Antonov said in an […]
