ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye on Monday reiterated that it is impossible to approve Sweden’s NATO accession bid “without seeing steps taken” as promised. “With regards to the membership of Finland and Sweden, the position of Türkiye is clear and transparent,” said Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in a joint news co...
ANKARA (AA) – Acts of violence against the Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank is “unacceptable,” the French Foreign Ministry has said. In a statement, the ministry condemned the Huwara attack in which the homes of dozens of Palestinians were torched by Israeli settlers. The incident also claimed the lives of two Israelis as ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Physicians and paramedical staff from Indonesia treated over 2,000 people in earthquake-hit Türkiye, an official from the country has said. Dr. Corona Rintawan, deputy head of Indonesian field hospital, said in a written statement that around 70% of patients who were treated by the Indonesian emergency medical team, complained ...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Tensions were rising in Nigeria as authorities slowly counted more votes on Monday after a tightly contested election in Africa’s largest democracy. Results released so far show the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party has an early lead, but the two main opposition forces – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and [&...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least two Pakistan Army troops and as many militants were killed in an armed clash in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday. The gunfight took place in the northwestern North Waziristan tribal region. Confirming the killing of two soldiers, a statement from the army said: “On February 26, an exchange of fire […]...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The poisoning of schoolgirls in central Iran’s Qom city, which has snowballed into a grave public health issue in recent months, got a new twist on Sunday with an official saying it was aimed at “shutting girls’ education”. Deputy Health Minister Younes Panahi told a press conference in the northeastern ci...
HATAY, Türkiye (AA) – The US has started building a 100-bed field hospital in Türkiye’s quake-hit southern Hatay province. The hospital will be run by 34 personnel from the US Air and Naval Forces in the compound of Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Hospital in the Antakya region. The hospital will also have an intensive care […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said there would be no change in the plan to build illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Netanyahu’s remarks came following a meeting held in Aqaba, Jordan, on Sunday, with the participation of officials from Palestine, Israel, Jordan, the US, and Egypt. Netan...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli settlers went on a rampage in the West Bank town of Huwara late Sunday, setting fire to several homes and cars and injuring dozens of Palestinians. The Palestinian Health Ministry said a Palestinian was critically wounded in the head during the attack by the settlers, who were under heavy protection [&h...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least three officers were killed when a helicopter of the Somali army crashed, the African Union said in a statement. “. . . , three of the eleven passengers on board lost their lives. Eight officers have been evacuated to Mogadishu for urgent medical attention,” said a statement issued by […]
