ANKARA (AA) – Azerbaijan on Sunday warned Russian peacekeeping forces deployed in Azerbaijani territory over misnaming its settlements. “It is inadmissible to mention the Karabakh economic region as Nagorno-Karabakh territory,” Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said in a statement. Calling on the command of the Russian peacekeepi...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Tens of thousands of water transport workers in Bangladesh started an indefinite nationwide strike on Sunday for acceptance of their 10-point demands, including fixing the minimum monthly wage at Bangladeshi Taka 20,000 (approximately $200). The loading and unloading of goods from nearly 1,600 lighter ships in the coun...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine on Sunday warned the upcoming Israeli government against changing the status quo in occupied East Jerusalem. Extremist politician Itamar Ben-Gvir will be Israel’s national security minister in the upcoming government under a coalition agreement struck with Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu. ...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Head of Libya’s Presidency Council Mohamed al-Menfi on Sunday met British Ambassador Caroline Hurndall to discuss the stalled Libyan elections. They discussed political developments in Libya and issues of common interest, al-Menfi’s office said in a statement. According to the statement, al-Menfi underlined keenness...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has hit out at former German footballer and coach Jurgen Klinsmann, demanding his resignation from the FIFA Technical Study Group for his comments after Iran’s 2-0 win against Wales on Friday. In a statement on Sunday, Iran’s football federation accused Klinsmann of making judgments about Iranian R...
Qamishli, Syria (AFP): Thousands of Kurds protested on Sunday in the Syrian city of Qamishli against Turkish cross-border strikes targeting Kurdish groups in the country’s northeast, an AFP photojournalist said. One week ago, Turkey began a barrage of air strikes against the semi-autonomous Kurdish zones in north and northeastern Syria, ...
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA) – Iraq said Saturday that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was invited to visit Tehran for talks with Iranian officials. A government statement said al-Sudani received an invitation from Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to visit Iran during his meeting in Baghdad with Iranian Ambassador Mohamed Kadhim al-Sadiq. Du...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – The Azerbaijani president has said that his country will do its best to protect all Azerbaijanis across the world, including those living in Iran. Speaking at an international conference at ADA University in the capital Baku, Aliyev said his country attaches great importance to establishing good relations with the...
ANKARA (AA) – The second meeting of the permanent joint mechanism between Türkiye, Finland and Sweden was held on Friday in Stockholm. The trio signed a trilateral memorandum on June 28 at the NATO summit in Madrid to address Türkiye’s security concerns about Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership. The aim of the meeting was to [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – Two Turkish soldiers were killed in northern Iraq where the Turkish army launched an operation to “clear the area of terrorists,” the National Defense Ministry said on Friday. Infantry Lieutenant Duabey Onur Ozturkmen and Infantry Private Ismail Unal were killed after separatists opened fire at the Operation Claw-Lock...
