ANKARA (AA) – At least 19 people were killed in US airstrikes on military bases housing “Iranian militias” in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Saturday. The UK-based group said the US airstrikes came after attacks on US military bases in eastern Syria. Five non-Syrians were among those killed in...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye on Saturday strongly condemned a “vile attack” on the Muslim holy book, the Quran, and a Turkish flag in Denmark. Denouncing the late Friday incident as a “hate crime,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Ankara will never accept such “vile actions being allowed under the guise of freedom of expression.” The […]...
BERLIN (AA) – A German Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday the latest talks between Iran and the E3 — Germany, France, UK — did not include efforts to resume stalled talks in Vienna to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. It was “expressly not about negotiations for the JPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action). As we […]...
Ottawa, Canada (AFP): President Joe Biden said Friday after ordering air strikes on Syria that killed pro-Iran fighters that he is not seeking conflict with Iran. “Make no mistake, the United States does not seek conflict with Iran, but is prepared to act forcefully to protect our people,” he told a news conference during a [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – The Indian parliament has disqualified Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of India’s main opposition Congress party, a day after a local court in the western Indian state of Gujarat convicted Gandhi in the criminal defamation case against India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A notification issued by the Lok Sabha, or lowe...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Crisis-hit Lebanon is “at a very dangerous moment”, a visiting International Monetary Fund delegation said Thursday, criticising slow progress on reforms needed to unlock billions in loans. Lebanon and the IMF reached a conditional agreement in April 2022 on a $3-billion-dollar loan needed to save the country...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Iran on Thursday allowed female football fans into a stadium for a national team match for the first time in more than a year. Hundreds of Iranian women cheered on the home side during the friendly against the Russian national team at the Azadi Stadium in the capital Tehran. “I came from […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Attempts to retake Crimea will be seen by Russia as a “threat to the existence of the state”, deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has said. He added that such a move would give Russia the right to use any kind of weapon, including its nuclear arsenal. Responding to […]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Saudi Arabia and Syria are in talks on resuming consular services more than a decade after the Gulf kingdom cut ties with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. “A discussion is underway between officials in the kingdom and their counterparts in Syria about resuming the provision of consular services,”...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli authorities on Friday imposed restrictions on the entry of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to Al-Aqsa. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that Israeli forces were deployed at the checkpoints leading to East Jerusalem where Al-Aqsa Mosque is located. They checked their IDs and refused to allow many o...
