BERLIN (AA) – German-Iranian ties have had their ups and downs, with a dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program largely dominating bilateral relations for the past eight years. However, there were also other problems — among them Western concern over Iran’s human rights situation and Tehran’s role in countries like Iraq, Syria, Lebano...
GENEVA (AA) – This winter is “life-threatening” for millions of people in Ukraine, as half the country’s energy infrastructure is damaged or destroyed due to the war with Russia, further straining its healthcare system, the regional head of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe has said. “The devastating e...
STOCKHOLM (AA) – Türkiye has the right to defend itself against terrorism, Sweden’s foreign minister said Monday. Türkiye “is a state that has been subjected to terrorist attacks, and all states have the right to defend themselves,” Tobias Billstrom told Sweden’s Expressen newspaper in Paris, where he was attending a donor co...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Commission has disclosed a new action plan to address the growing flow of irregular migration via the Central Mediterranean route. The plan consists of 20 measures under three main pillars aiming to boost cooperation with international organizations and partner countries, better coordinate on search and rescu...
LONDON (AA) – Sweden and Finland need to cooperate more with Türkiye and tighten their anti-terror laws to combat terrorist groups to join NATO, the alliance’s top official has said. The two Nordic countries should bolster cooperation with Türkiye in the fight against the PKK and its offshoots, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbia said Monday that it was unable to reach an agreement with Kosovo to resolve a dispute related to car license plates after a series of meetings in the Belgian capital. “Sleepless nights and certainly many difficult days are ahead of us,” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told reporters in Brusse...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran summoned the British ambassador to the Foreign Ministry on Monday after an attack by a violent group on the Iranian embassy in London. Ambassador Simon Shercliff was reminded of “the British government’s commitments within the framework of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations” and a prote...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN climate change conference COP27 “marks a small step towards climate justice,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday. At the conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, nearly 200 countries made a historic deal to establish a “loss and damage” fund to help vulnerable countries hit hard by climate...
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AA) – Bulgaria has detained five people for suspected complicity in a terror attack that killed six people in Istanbul last week. Three Moldavian nationals and two Arabs of unspecified nationality will be kept in custody for 72 hours, state-run news agency BTA reported, citing Siika Mileva, a spokesperson for the chief prosecu...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Thousands of children who lost their parents while migrating to Europe fall prey to human traffickers or the organ mafia in the countries they visit. The whereabouts of many refugee children who fled Ukraine due to Russia’s war are unknown. Although international non-governmental organizations have documented the us...
