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MOSCOW (AA) – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed that Ukraine is “one of the leaders of the free world.” “We helped the West to find itself again . . . . No one is afraid of Russia there anymore,” he told parliament, or Verkhovna Rada. He urged reforms to existing international organizations which “have to ...
COLOGNE, Germany (AA) – A probe has been launched against sympathizers of the PKK group in Dortmund, police said after the group staged protests. Police said after demonstrations that were attended by 320 PKK supporters that as many as 25 people from the group had verbal arguments with the others. Police have urged witnesses to […...
ANKARA (AA) – The ebb in ties between Türkiye and China comes from Beijing’s “unease” over Ankara’s support for the Uyghurs of Xinjiang, Türkiye’s top diplomat has said. Turkish-Chinese ties have suffered over Beijing being disturbed by “our attitude on the Turkic Uyghurs. They have extradition requests for people who are our citiz...
ANKARA (AA) – A total of 950 houses and facilities were demolished and more than 113,400 dunums of Palestinian lands were confiscated by Israel in 2022, a non-governmental organization has reported. The Land Research Center, operating in Palestine, issued a report on “Israeli Violations Against Palestinian Land and Housing Rights for 202...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic late Wednesday announced the removal of barricades in northern Kosovo after being assured by the US and EU that there will be no arrests. Vucic’s remarks came after holding talks with representatives of Serbs in Kosovo. Serbia has received guarantees from the US and EU that...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan on Wednesday summoned France’s ambassador to Baku to lodge a protest against “baseless accusations” of French politicians. “On Dec. 28, 2022, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Anne Bouillon, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a...
LONDON (AA) – The G-7 countries have called on the Taliban to “urgently reverse” a ban on women working with national and international NGOs. In a joint statement, the G-7 foreign ministers and high representatives of the EU said that they are “gravely concerned” by the “Taliban’s reckless and dangerous order.” &#...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli military has confirmed carrying out dozens of airstrikes inside war-torn Syria this year. A military statement said that Israeli forces carried out airstrikes and special operations in Syria and other nearby countries in 2022 with accumulated “105,000 hours” of airtime. It, however, did not specify the nature of th...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian aviation authorities have confirmed the purchase of four Airbus A340s, wide-bodied, long-range four-engine airliners. Hassan Khoshkho, spokesman for Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO), said that the Airbus A340 “made in France” had arrived in the country “in recent days”. He stopp...
ANKARA/BURSA, Türkiye (AA) – At least 40 foreign nationals were detained in raids across Türkiye against the ISIS, according to a security source. Security forces in the northwestern Bursa province carried out simultaneous raids to nab 16 suspects who were found to be operating on behalf of the ISIS in Syria and Iraq, added the […...
