ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijani environmental activists have been protesting on the road connecting the cities of Lachin and Khankendi in the Karabakh region for the past 100 days. Activists began their protest against Armenia’s exploitation of natural resources in the Karabakh region on December 12, 2022, and started their 100th day o...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Monday claimed to have survived an assassination attempt during his appearance at a politically charged trial that sparked deadly unrest last week. Sonko, a fierce opponent of President Macky Sall, has been receiving medical treatment since he was allegedly sprayed with tear g...
Kuwait City, Kuwait (AFP): The Kuwait Oil Company declared a “state of emergency” on Monday following an oil spill on land, in an incident decried by environmental activists as a “recurring problem” in the energy-rich Gulf state. The emergency followed an “oil leak in the west of the country”, the state-owne...
ANKARA (AA) — Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan conveyed his “deep concern” over increasing attacks and acts of violence in the occupied West Bank in a phone conversation with Israel’s President Isaac Herzog. According to a statement by the Turkish Communication’s Directorate on Tuesday, he underlined the i...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel has announced various restrictions on Palestinians during the holy month of Ramadan with regard to entering Al-Aqsa Mosque. “Women of all ages, male children up to 12 years old, and men over 55 years old will be allowed to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan without a permit,” the coordinator of […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping on Monday said that Beijing will work with Russia to “promote a multi-polar world.” On his ninth trip to Russia since being first elected as president in 2013, Xi said: “China will work with Russia to uphold true multilateralism, promote a multi-polar world and greater democracy in international [&h...
GENEVA (AA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said that its two staff members who had been abducted on March 4 in northern Mali have been unconditionally released. “Both are safe and well,” the ICRC said in a news release. Noting that they will be reunited with their families “as soon […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Commission Monday pledged €1 billion (a little over $1 billion) for the reconstruction of regions hit by the massive earthquakes in Türkiye. “I am pleased to announce that the European Commission alone will support Türkiye with €1 billion for the post-earthquake reconstruction,” Ursula von der Leyen announced at th...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany will double its financial aid for the quake-hit regions in Türkiye and Syria to €240 million ($257 million), Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced on Monday. Speaking to reporters in Brussels ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers, Baerbock said Germany and its European partners will support reconstruction effo...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany recorded 23,083 far-right crimes last year, according to preliminary figures released by the Interior Ministry. The figures represent more than a 5% rise from 2021, when 21,964 crimes by right-wing extremists were registered. These included propaganda offences, insults on social media, threats, arson, and physical a...
