TEHRAN (AA) – Iran summoned France’s ambassador Wednesday and handed him an official note of protest from the Foreign Ministry over the publication of “insulting” caricatures in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo of the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Nicolas Roche was summoned over the insults, according to a statement ...
ANKARA (AA) – Germany has rejected Poland’s demand for reparations to compensate for the material losses the country suffered during World War II, Polish media reported. “According to the German Government, the matter of reparations and compensation for war losses remains closed, and the German Government does not intend to enter into ne...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed strengthening the potential of trade and economic cooperation between Moscow and Tel Aviv with his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen during a phone conversation on Tuesday. “The heads of the foreign ministries discussed topical tasks on the bilateral agenda with an emphasis on ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia is planning a prolonged campaign of drone attacks on Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed, urging his forces to remain on high alert. “We have information that Russia is planning a prolonged attack with Shaheds,” Zelenskyy said in a video address, referring to the Iranian-made drones being used by Mos...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel’s foreign minister has said that Europe’s security and energy challenges give Tel Aviv the opportunity to strengthen relations with European countries. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Eli Cohen said that their priority will be the strategic relations with their “closest ally” the US. “There is no substitute for...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A Ukrainian rocket strike killed at least 63 Russian soldiers at a Russian deployment area in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Monday. The rockets were launched from six US-made Himars systems, targeting a temporary deployment area near the city of Makiivka in the Moscow-controlled part of Donetsk region...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – The new coalition in Denmark has unveiled a working agreement which includes measures on the future status of foreign residents in the country, including Syrian refugees. The coalition was formed after the last elections gave a narrow majority to the Social Democratic party of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti has called for an increased presence of NATO peacekeeping personnel in his country. Kurti said “a massive bolstering of NATO troops and military equipment” in his country “would improve security and peace” not only in Kosovo but in the entire West-Balkan re...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the implementation of the Black Sea grain deal with Ukrainian First Vice Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko in Brazil on Sunday. “We discussed our humanitarian aid and the Istanbul Grain Agreement,” Cavusoglu said on Twitter. The Turkish foreign minister was in Brazil to atte...
LONDON (AA) – Germany took the lead of NATO’s highest-readiness military force from France on Sunday. NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) was formed in 2014 at the core of a strengthened NATO Response Force after Russia’s annexation of Crimea and crises in the Middle East, placing thousands of troops on standby and [...
