ANKARA (AA) – Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin discussed matters regarding NATO as well as bilateral and regional issues in a phone call. Akar and Austin exchanged views on defense and security issues, especially developments in Ukraine, the fight against terrorism, and talks on the US selling...
LONDON (AA) – The UK imported no fuel from Russia in June for the first time on record, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced. The UK’s overall import of goods from Russia also dropped to £33 million ($39 million) in June, the lowest since ONS records began in January 1997. Britain is among […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – China’s Defense Minister has reiterated Beijing’s position that Taiwan belongs to its mainland territory. Addressing the participants of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), China’s Defense Minister Wei Fenghe said: “Taiwan is China’s Taiwan, and the Taiwan issue is China’s internal affair.” Hailing su...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – A group of Kenyans whose ancestors were forcibly evicted from their land by British settlers during colonial rule have filed a case against the UK at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to demand justice. The group’s lawyer, Joel Kimutai Bosek, told the media that the UK has been avoiding […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has announced that it will provide relief and cash assistance to Pakistan, which has been devastated by floods. A statement issued by China’s Foreign Ministry said Beijing has decided to “provide emergency humanitarian supplies including 25,000 tents and other supplies in dire need, to be delivered as soon as possible.” “...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union on Wednesday called for the investigation of crimes committed against the Rohingya and urged for their safe return to Myanmar. In a joint statement marking five years since more than 750,000 minority Rohingya women, men, and children fled Myanmar for neighboring Bangladesh, EU foreign policy chief Josep...
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (AA) – Protests continued in Hyderabad city in India’s Telangana state against a lawmaker belonging to the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), who was arrested for making derogatory remarks about Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) on Tuesday and was released on bail. Thakur Raja Singh, the BJP member of the sta...
Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP): Pakistan opposition leaders warned Monday that authorities would cross a “red line” if they arrested former prime minister Imran Khan after he was reported under the anti-terrorism act for comments he made about the judiciary. Since being ousted by a vote of no confidence in April, Khan has held mass rall...
Cyprus (AFP): A group of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank flew abroad from an airport in Israel’s Negev desert for the first time Monday, arriving in Cyprus under a newly launched pilot scheme. An AFP correspondent said around 25 Palestinians arrived on Israel’s Arkia airlines flight from Ramon airport, near the southern Is...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has said Israel opposes a return to the nuclear deal with Iran. Lapid spoke over the phone with French President Emmanuel Macron during which he said Israel would not be obligated by the deal, according to a statement issued by his office. The Israeli premier claimed that […]
