BERLIN (AA) – The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said there is no need to set a deadline for Iran to answer questions about its nuclear program, but made clear that talks cannot go on forever. “I don’t like deadlines. Deadlines have a connotation, a repressive connotation, that I don’t like. […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan has rebuffed a French Senate resolution calling for sanctions against Baku and its withdrawal from territory liberated from Armenian occupation in 2020. The resolution was “completely far from the truth, reflects false and slanderous provisions, and having the character of open provocation, serves to unde...
ANKARA (AA) – People from different walks of life marched on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue to condemn Sunday’s terror attack which left at six people dead and 81 others injured. The unity and solidarity march brought together diplomats from several countries, representatives of different religions and NGOs, as well as tradesmen who to...
CALAIS, France (AA) – The new agreement between France and the UK to stop people trying to cross the English Channel will only increase the risks for migrants, a French NGO has warned. Under the deal signed in Paris on Monday, the British government will pay France about €72.2 million ($74.6 million) in exchange for […]
ANKARA (AA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reiterated his accusation that Russia is responsible for firing a missile that exploded in a Polish village. Insisting on blaming Russia for the missile which landed Tuesday in Przewodow, located near the border with Ukraine, Zelenskyy said, “Russian aggression took the live...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief has held Russia responsible for the “tragic” missile incident in Poland, calling the attack a gross violation of international law. “This tragic incident is a result of yet another massive wave of missile attacks on Ukrainian cities by Russia yesterday, targeting c...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Two people were shot dead Wednesday in Iran’s central city of Isfahan, hours after five people were killed in an armed attack in the country’s southwest. The latest incident took place in the Khane Esfahan area of the city when two motorcycle riders armed with assault rifles opened fire at security […]
Chandan Mori, Pakistan (AFP): Pakistani three-year-old Afshan’s trip to school is a high-wire balancing act as she teeters across a metal girder spanning a trench of putrid floodwater, eyes fixed ahead. After record monsoon rain flooded her classroom in the southeastern town of Chandan Mori, this is the route Afshan and her siblings now ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least two Pakistan Army soldiers and a suspected militant were killed in a clash in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, the military said in a statement. The gunfight, the latest in a series of clashes between security forces and suspected militants, took place in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province’...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – At least five people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a group of armed men opened fire at a crowd in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan on Wednesday evening, state media said. The incident took place at a market in the city of Izeh after dusk when assailants […]
