RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Moroccan authorities have intercepted thousands of illegal migrants in the first eight months of 2022, according to a parliamentary report. The report said that over 56,000 migrants were prevented from illegally crossing the Mediterranean into Europe in the period from January to August. “Around 12,000 migrants were rescu...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The person who left the bomb that caused the explosion on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue has been arrested, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said early Monday. “Our assessment is that the order for the deadly terror attack came from Ayn al-Arab in northern Syria, where the PKK/YPG has its Syrian headquarters,” said Soylu. He [&hell...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – Azerbaijan summoned Iran’s envoy in its capital Baku to protest against a “smear campaign” against the country and “threatening rhetoric” from high-ranking civilian and military officials. In a statement, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said it summoned Ambassador Sayed Abbas Mousavi...
GENEVA (AA) – UN experts have urged Iranian authorities to stop indicting people with charges liable to major punishments for participation in peaceful demonstrations. Eight people were charged on October 29 by the Revolutionary Court in Tehran province with crimes like “waging war against God” and “corruption on earth,” the experts said...
BERLIN (AA) – Lithuania has said the next round of European Union sanctions on Iran will focus on Tehran’s support for the Russian war in Ukraine and the ongoing crackdown on protesters. “On Monday, we will be suggesting additional listings that would be added to the Iranian sanctions list. From the European side, I think […...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden and Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, his Egyptian counterpart, emphasized on Friday the multifaceted strategic partnership the two countries. The two met on the sidelines of a key UN climate conference, which is being hosted in Egypt’s resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, during which the leaders “fir...
ANKARA (AA) – Australian authorities have claimed that the hackers behind the recent massive data breach were in Russia and announced that they would approach Moscow for further action. Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw in a statement said this is a crime that has the potential to impact millions of Australians and damage a significant...
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt (AFP): Iran’s announcement that it has developed a hypersonic missile increases international concerns about the country’s nuclear programme, the head of the UN’s atomic agency has said. “We see that all these announcements increase the attention, increase the concerns, increase the public attenti...
ANKARA (AA) – Around 40 million Azerbaijanis living abroad do not have access to education in their native language, President Ilham Aliyev said at the Turkic states’ summit. Speaking at the meeting of the Organization of Turkic States leaders in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Aliyev said: “The Turkic world does not consist only of i...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping will travel to Indonesia next week to attend the G-20 summit, his first foreign trip since being proclaimed secretary general of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) for the historic third term last month. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said in a statement that Xi will attend the [&...
