ANKARA (AA) – Improving Turkish-Israeli relations will strengthen regional stability, the Israeli foreign minister said on Tuesday. Yair Lapid’s remarks came during his visit to the Greek capital Athens, where he arrived on Tuesday for a meeting with foreign ministers of Greece, and the Greek Cypriot administration. Referring to the R...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye’s National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Tuesday met with his Malian counterpart Sadio Camara in Ankara and condemned the latest terror attacks in Mali. The two officials held a one-on-one meeting along with talks with delegations behind closed doors. According to the Turkish Defense Ministry, Akar and Camar...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The trial of former leader of Sudanese Janjaweed militia over atrocities in the western Darfur region opened at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Tuesday. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, commonly known as Ali Kushayb, faces 31 charges, including of war crimes, crimes against humanity, rape, intention...
NEW DELHI – Hiba Sheikh is an Indian student from the Karnataka state who is pursuing her graduation degree. She could not appear in the practical sessions of her annual exams last month, as the college authorities refused to allow students to wear hijab or headscarf. “My internal exams were on March 3 … The […]
KARACHI (AA) – Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi on Sunday approved the dissolution of the country’s National Assembly, several local media outlets reported. State Minister for Information Farrukh Habib said on Twitter that according to the country’s constitution, new elections will be held within 90 days of the dissolution of the assembly....
Tunis, Tunisia – Rached Ghannouchi, the speaker of Tunisia’s dissolved parliament was questioned over allegations of “conspiracy against state security.” Rached Ghannouchi, the 81-year-old speaker who also heads the Islamically oriented Ennahdha party, attended in response to the summons from judicial authorities of the...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied has announced plans to build a “new republic”, amid a political crisis in the North African country. “We are determined to cleanse the country and move forward in building a new republic according to the results of electronic consultations,” Saied said in a televised s...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent on Friday his “warmest wishes” to the world’s more than two billion Muslims as they prepare to mark Ramadan. The UN chief said Ramadan is a time of “compassion and empathy, a time for reflection and learning,” and added he will resume a tradition h...
Tunis, Tunisia – AFP Few Tunisians showed interest in the online poll that was organized by President Kais Saied about presidential system in the country. Saied seized power last July in what critics branded a coup, abruptly suspending the mixed presidential-parliamentary system enshrined in the North African country’s constitution...
ANKARA (AA) – In a phone call with his Israeli counterpart, the Turkish president on Friday stressed the mutual benefits of energy cooperation between the two countries. Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Isaac Herzog discussed bilateral relations and regional issues, according to a statement from Turkiye’s Communications Directorate. Er...
