ANKARA (AA) – Ankara and Cairo have agreed to maximize the diplomatic relations that were stalled after the 2013 military coup in Egypt, according to Türkiye’s foreign minister. “We agreed to maximize our diplomatic relations. We have evaluated what steps we will take in the next process. I invited him (Egyptian Foreign Minis...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Monday discussed bilateral cooperation with his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog during a phone call. “At the initiative of the Israeli side, a telephone conversation took place between President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President of the State of Israel Isaac Herzog,” said ...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll from last month’s earthquakes in southern Türkiye has risen to 50,096, an official from the nation’s disaster agency said on Monday. Yunus Sezer, the head of the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), said 107,204 people were injured. On Feb. 6, magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes struck 11 Turki...
LONDON (AA) – Despite AUKUS, a trilateral security treaty between Australia, the UK, and the US, which made France “furious” when it was announced in 2021, London and Paris still see each other as key strategic partner, according to an international relations expert. Security, defense, and support to Ukraine as well as Englis...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India has said it summoned a senior British diplomat in New Delhi to convey its “strong protest” over actions taken by “separatist and extremist elements” against the Indian High Commission in the UK. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday, the diplomat was s...
KANO, NIGERIA – (AA): Supporters of Abba Yusuf took to the streets of Kano, Nigeria, on Monday to celebrate the victory in governorship election in the state on Sauturday. The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Abba Yusuf, as the winner. Millions of Nigerians headed to ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan on Sunday called on Armenia “to accept the reality” that emerged as a result of the 44-day conflict between the two countries and refrain from taking “aggressive steps.” “To label the return of Azerbaijani IDPs (internally displaced persons) to their homes as a ‘violation’ of the Trilateral Statement and ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian movement Hamas held talks on Sunday with Lebanese group Hezbollah on developments in the occupied territories, the movement said in a statement. A Hamas delegation led by political deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri met with Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon. “Both sides reviewed th...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – French nuclear group Orano and the Nigerien government are exploring the prospect of a uranium site in Imouraren, one of the world’s biggest uranium deposits, in the northern Arlit region. Matthieu Davrinche, director of the Imouraren company, which works with Orano and the Niger government on exploring the s...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz has welcomed the Tehran-Riyadh detente and called for economic and regional cooperation between the two countries, the Iranian president’s top aide said Sunday. In a post on Twitter, Mohammad Jamshidi, the deputy chief of staff for political affairs in the Iranian president’s offi...
