ISTANBUL / BRUSSELS (AA): The fifth meeting of a permanent joint mechanism between Türkiye, Finland, and Sweden on latter’s NATO bid began in Brussels on Thursday. The meeting is hosted by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and attended by delegations from Türkiye, Finland, and Sweden. The Turkish delegation includes Foreign Ministe...
New Delhi, India (AFP): The SCO summit — which on Tuesday welcomed Iran as its ninth member — saw an apparent dig by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at arch-rival but fellow SCO member Pakistan. “Some countries use ‘cross border terrorism’ as an instrument in their policies, (they) give shelter to ̵...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA): Iran has denounced the Israeli military attack in the West Bank city of Jenin on Monday as “a criminal act” and “a clear example of state terrorism.” Nine Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank early Monday, including eight in Jenin, according to the Health Ministry. At […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki has condemned recent attacks by Jewish settlers on occupied towns of the West Bank, describing them as “organized terrorism carried out by the State of Israel.” Al-Maliki also accused the Israeli army of protecting the settlers. “The army is protecting the settlers ch...
ANKARA (AA): The fourth meeting on a permanent joint mechanism between Türkiye, Finland and Sweden will be held in Ankara on Wednesday, Türkiye’s Communications Directorate said on Monday. Finland and Sweden applied for NATO membership soon after Russia launched war in Ukraine in February 2022. Although Türkiye approved Finland’s m...
ANKARA (AA): Türkiye on Thursday called on Sweden to fulfill its commitments regarding the fight against terrorism. “A crystal clear message to our Swedish Friends! Fulfill your commitments arising from Trilateral Memorandum & take concrete steps in the fight against terrorism. The rest will follow,” foreign minister Mevlut Cav...
ISTANBUL (AA): Saudi Arabia said Monday that it had executed two Bahraini men on charges of “plotting terrorist acts.” In a statement, the Interior Ministry said the two had been convicted “of joining a terrorist cell and plotting acts that target the security of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.” The ministry said the cell was led [&helli...
Moscow, Russia (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin said during Red Square Victory Day parade on Tuesday that the world was at a “turning point” and claimed a “war” had been unleashed against Russia. He vowed victory and said Russia’s future “rests on” its soldiers fighting in Ukraine. The tradition...
ISTANBUL (AA) — Türkiye on Wednesday criticized the inauguration of the Nemesis Monument in the Armenian capital Yerevan which honors perpetrators of assassinations against Ottoman and Azerbaijani officials in the early 1920s. “We strongly condemn the opening of the ‘Nemesis Monument’ in Yerevan, which is dedicated to the per...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Forty-four civilians have been killed by armed groups in two villages in northeastern Burkina Faso, near the Niger border, a regional governor said Saturday. The provisional toll of “this despicable and barbaric attack” which targeted the villages of Kourakou and Tondobi in northeast Burkina Faso ov...
