BAKU (AA) – Azerbaijan has disclosed a list of foreign companies that illegally operated the country’s mines during the Armenian occupation. Ali Aliyev, the head of the National Geological Exploration Agency of the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry, said at a news conference that the mines had been illegally operated in Karaba...
ANKARA (AA) – Greece has expressed “deep concern” over the bulldozing of a plot of land by Israeli forces which belongs to the Greek Orthodox Church. “We reiterate in the strongest terms our continued support for the protection of the property rights and privileges of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem,” the Foreign Ministry said [&h...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Britain’s special envoy for the Western Balkans has expressed his country’s support for normalization efforts between Serbia and Kosovo. Stuart Peach met with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic in the capital Belgrade. ”London supports both the Berlin process, the EU-sponsored dialogue process and all ...
Nairobi, Kenya (AFP): Al-Shabaab launched a deadly attack on a Somali military base on Tuesday, just a day after the government claimed a “historic victory” with the capture of a strategic coastal town. There were conflicting reports about the death toll after the Al-Shabaab fighters stormed the camp in the town of Hawadley north o...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least four “terrorists” were killed by the Pakistan army during an intelligence-based operation in southwestern Balochistan province, the military said on Wednesday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan army, said the operation was initiated in Balochistan’s ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Türkiye has an important partnership with the US on the global stage, a spokesman for the Pentagon said Tuesday. Speaking to reporters at a press conference, Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder responded to a question on the Pentagon’s possible message to Congress on the conclusion of a deal to sell F-16 fighter jets […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel’s main conflict is with Iran. He stated this during his meeting with Betsy Korn, head of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized that the main struggle has been – and remains &#...
LONDON (AA) – Stockholm University has apologized to a Turkish student whose internship application was rejected by a Swedish professor over the country’s pending NATO membership bid. Fatma Zehra S., a third-year undergraduate studying psychology at Istanbul’s Ibn Haldun University, was accepted by the EU’s Erasmus+ program for a summer 2023 i...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The governor of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday dissolved the provincial assembly, the state-run Pakistan Television reported. Governor Ghulam Ali, who represents the federal government, approved the dissolution of the 124-member Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly led by Pakistan Tehreek...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The leaders of Egypt, Palestine and Jordan held summit talks in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Tuesday to discuss Palestinian developments. An Egyptian presidential spokesman said the talks between President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, President Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah II tackled challenges in the Palestinian cause. The spok...
