ANKARA (AA) – The EU has added a group and two people to its list of sanctions against the ISIS and al-Qaeda terrorist organizations. “The measures target Hurras al-Din, a Syria-based al-Qaeda affiliated group, its leader Faruq al-Suri, and its religious leader Sami al-Aridi,” read a statement from the European Council. The group has been [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Turkey’s presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin exchanged views on the NATO bids of Sweden and Finland in a phone call on Monday. The global food crisis, energy security, bilateral relations, and developments in Syria and Ukraine were also discussed. During the call, it was un...
PARIS – France has demanded an urgent investigation into the death of journalist Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff, who was allegedly killed during a bombing campaign by Russian forces in Ukraine. Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, who is on an official visit to Ukraine, described the death of the 32-year-old, who worked for French news channel B...
ISTANBUL – Karanfil Grup, a Turkish company conducting cruises between Istanbul and Libya’s seaport Misrata, has created an important touristic and business link between Turkiye and Libya. Murtaza Karanfil, chairman of the board of Karanfil Group, stressed that the cruises are one of the biggest indicators that the relations betwee...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Egypt and the European Union (EU) in the coming weeks to export natural gas to EU countries, the country’s energy minister said on Monday. Karine Elharrar told the Israeli Army Radio that Israeli and European teams are working on setting cooperation between them [&helli...
PARIS (AA): Lu Shaye, China’s ambassador to France, has said that NATO’s expansion eastward led Russia to launch the Ukraine war, accusing the West of trying to ‘contain’ Beijing and Moscow. “For the Chinese, the (root) cause (of the war) is NATO’s five cycles of eastward expansion … it constitutes a military and security threat [&...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday held a ceremony to honor the 26 victims of the 1992 Ferhadija massacre in the capital Sarajevo. Relatives of the victims and politicians participated in the ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the massacre. Dozens of people laid wreaths and prayed at the monument built [&helli...
BERLIN (AA) – The family of the 1993 Solingen arson attack victims has called for stronger unity against racism and right-wing extremism in Germany. Kamil Genc, who lost his two daughters and two sisters in the racist attack, called on people to join the commemoration events on Sunday, in the western city of Solingen. The […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania will hold a meeting on the Open Balkan initiative in early June, Serbia’s president said on Friday, asserting that “great things” are in the offing. “Open Balkan is the best initiative for the peoples of the Balkans,” Aleksandar Vucic said after a virtual meeting with Albanian [&helli...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia’s military campaign against Ukraine is aimed at annihilating its eastern European neighbor’s culture, US President Joe Biden said on Friday. Biden said that not only is Russian President Vladimir Putin “trying to take on Ukraine, he is really trying to wipe out the culture and identity of the Uk...
