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...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s Communications Director Fahrettin Altun on Friday slammed a US senator for “one-sided” claims on Türkiye’s policies. “It is sad to see U.S. Congress members and Administration officials perpetuate one-sided views of Türkiye’s policies. Skewed and deeply flawed descriptions of our gove...
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AA) – Turkmen voters will go to the polls on Sunday to elect deputies for the country’s national assembly, or Mejlis, as well as members of the national and local people’s councils and local government bodies. There are 3.49 million voters eligible to cast their ballots in the parliamentary elections. During the electio...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A weeklong meeting between a 22-member high-level delegation from Myanmar and the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s camps concluded with no significant progress, according to Rohingya leaders and Bangladeshi authorities. The representatives came to Bangladesh on March 15 and stayed for a week near the Rohingya ca...
BEIRUT (AA) – Angry protesters on Friday lit empty car tires in front of the Central Bank of Lebanon, while others tried to storm banks in the capital Beirut, amid a decision regarding deposits withdrawal. Hundreds of Lebanese staged a protest called for by the Cry of Depositors association in front of the central bank […]
ANKARA (AA) – At least 82 people were injured as a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Iran’s northwestern province of West Azerbaijan on Friday, local authorities said. In a press statement, Amir Abbas Jafari, the director general of crisis management in West Azerbaijan province, said several buildings were damaged in the earthquake in the cities...
