Brussels, Belgium — AFP NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday it was important Sweden and Finland joined NATO as soon as possible, but ratifying them at the same time was not the “main question”. Parliaments in all 30 members of the military alliance must formally ratify Finland and Sweden before they can be admitted. Turk...
LONDON (AA) – British police has arrested three protesters following a clash near a hotel housing asylum-seekers in northwestern England. Merseyside police said earlier that officers are “dealing with two groups of protesters” in Prescot as they were “facilitating an initially peaceful protest and counter protest”...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco has called back its ambassador to former colonial ruler France, the North African kingdom’s Foreign Ministry announced. The termination of Mohamed Benchaaboun’s duties in Paris came in accordance with royal instructions, the ministry said in a statement without providing further details. This mov...
PARIS (AA) – French magazine Charlie Hebdo has drawn criticism from Parisians with a cartoon it published mocking Türkiye after the country was hit by two deadly earthquakes on Monday. The cartoon, posted on Twitter under the heading “cartoon of the day,” shows buildings near collapse and lying in rubble, a flipped-over car, and pi...
PARIS (AA) – Two young Muslim women who were beaten by police in France last year were taken into custody on Tuesday. University students Myriam, 24, and Maryam, 25, were assaulted by police officers in Asnieres-sur-Seine city, near Paris, on April 14, 2022. They were summoned by the court on Tuesday and subsequently taken into […...
Brussels, Belgium (AFP): The European Union is sending rescue teams and preparing further help for Turkey after a major earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, the bloc’s crisis management commissioner said Monday. “Teams from the Netherlands and Romania are already on their way,” with the EU’s Emergency Response Coordination ...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 1,762 people were killed and 12,068 others injured in 10 provinces due to two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Monday, said an official from the country’s disaster agency. Early Monday morning, a strong 7.7 earthquake, centered in the Pazarcik district, jolted Kahramanmaras and strongly shook seve...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye has experienced the “biggest disaster” in the last century after the 1939 Erzincan earthquake, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after a strong earthquake hit southern provinces on Monday morning. “Tonight at 04:17, we were shaken by the biggest disaster since the 1939 Erzincan earthquake that we...
ANKARA (AA) – The earthquake that originated in the southern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras early on Monday caused serious damage to energy infrastructure in the southern city of Kahramanmaras, the country’s energy and natural resources minister said. An earthquake of 7.4 magnitude occurred at 04.17 a.m. local time in the Pazarcik d...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A fresh earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck southern Türkiye on Monday afternoon, the country’s disaster agency said. The strong quake, which struck at 1.24 p.m, was centered in the Elbistan district of Kahramanmaras, according to the the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD). The tremor occu...
