ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye killed three PKK fighters near the country’s border in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Thursday. Turkish forces targeted three PKK “terrorists” who attempted to attack the zone of Operation Euphrates Shield, an anti-terrorist military operation, the ministry said. Since 2016, ...
81 mass graves of Yazidis found in Iraq’s Sinjar since 2014: Official ERBIL, Iraq (AA) – A total of 81 mass graves of Yazidis have been found in Sinjar district in northern Iraq since 2014, said a Kurdish official on Thursday. Baravan Hamdi, Deputy Minister of the Martyrs in the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), said […]
WASHINGTON – The US Department of Justice has announced charges against five individuals for stalking, harassing and spying on US residents who have been critical of the Chinese government. The five individuals — Qiming Lin, Shujun Wang, Fan “Frank” Liu, Matthew Ziburis, and Qiang “Jason” Sun — allegedly work on behalf of Chi...
STOCKHOLM (AA) – Denmark has refused to accept those refugees from Ukraine who wanted to move to third countries. The Jutland Border Police noted in a statement that Ukrainian refugees from Germany were not admitted to the country, adding that 250 people from Ukraine have been sent back to Germany since Friday. Denmark cannot be [&hellip...
BRUSSELS (AA) – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has announced that alliance leaders will hold an extraordinary summit on March 24 to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine and NATO’s response to it. “I have convened an extraordinary Summit on 24 March at NATO headquarters,” Stoltenberg said on social media. “We will address Russia’s invasion of [...
ANKARA (AA) – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has approved a resolution demanding the immediate withdrawal of Russia from the human rights organization. A total of 216 delegates voted in favor of the decision while three lawmakers abstained. “The Parliamentary Assembly unanimously considered that the Russian Fe...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Fox News said Tuesday that veteran cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski was killed while covering Russia’s war in Ukraine. Zakrzewski and Fox News State Department reporter Benjamin Hall came under fire while in a vehicle just outside the capital, Kyiv. “It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we share the ne...
JERUSALEM – Turkiye has officially denied the claims that an ancient inscription found in East Jerusalem and brought to Istanbul during the Ottoman period will be delivered to Israel. The Times of Israel news website had reported on March 12 that Turkiye had agreed to return the 2,700-year-old Siloam inscription to Israel as a gesture [&...
GENEVA – The UN Special Envoy on Syria has appealed to all parties to work with the United Nations to end the country’s 11-year war ahead of peace talks in Geneva. “As the conflict in Syria enters its 12th year – marking another grim milestone – Syrians continue to suffer in profound ways, and the […]
Doha, Qatar – AFP Chad’s military government and dozens of opposition groups started peace talks on Sunday in Qatar as a first step towards ending a rebellion and holding elections. The landlocked African nation was thrown into turmoil by the killing of longtime leader Idriss Deby Itno in battle with rebels in the country’s n...
