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...
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...
