WASHINGTON (AA) – Finland is in “open, direct, constructive dialogue” with Turkiye, the Finnish foreign minister said on Friday as Helsinki pushes its bid to join the NATO alliance. Pekka Haavisto said Finland has been in “active contact” with Ankara amid Turkish disagreements over Finland and Sweden’s membe...
ANKARA – The Turkish and French presidents have discussed Sweden’s and Finland’s bids to join NATO, according to Turkiye’s Communication Directorate. The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that Sweden’s and Finland’s contacts with individuals and institutions affiliated wi...
Niamey, Niger- AFP An increase in suspected militant attacks in western Niger has forced more and more people to flee their homes, according to the UN humanitarian agency. “Forced displacement has intensified over the first five months of 2022 because of escalating violence by non-state actors who attack civilians and security forces,...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – A series of bomb attacks killed at least 14 people in two cities of Afghanistan, security sources said Wednesday. Five deaths were reported when an explosion targeted worshippers inside Prophet Zechariah Mosque in Kabul, said police spokesperson Khalid Zadran on social media. At least nine people were killed and...
STOCKHOLM – Negotiations with Turkiye on Sweden’s membership to NATO will take some more time, the Swedish prime minister has said. Magdalena Andersson said that her meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was “good and positive.” “Sweden and Finland will continue bilateral and tripartite negotiations with Turkiye in the near...
PARIS (AA) – The security guard in front of Qatar’s embassy in Paris was killed in the early morning hours on Monday, according to local media. The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into intentional homicide after a 40-year-old male suspect forced his way into the official headquarters at around 6.30 in the morning, Frenc...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least 30 terrorists were killed in an attack on a military detachment in northcentral Burkina Faso on Saturday, according to the army. The army said five soldiers were killed and 10 others injured during the clash. The military detachment of Bourzanga in Bam province, Center-North Region, “vigorously retaliated” ...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Russia is subjecting Crimean Tartars to the same repressive policies of the Soviet era, the leader of the Crimean Tatars said Thursday. Mustafa Abdulcemil Kirimoglu, who is also a deputy in Ukraine’s parliament, was speaking to Anadolu Agency on the 78th anniversary of the Crimean Tatars’ deportation from their historical ...
ISTANBUL – Turkiye will say “no” to entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, as senior representatives of the two countries are set to visit Turkiye for talks in the coming days. The Turkish leader reiterated Ankara’s security concerns amid Helsinki and Stockholm’s NATO bids, saying that the [&hel...
BERLIN – German police have arrested three senior members of the far-left group DHKP-C. The group’s alleged Germany chief Ozgul E., and two other leading figures, were arrested following a long investigation, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. Ozgul E., who is also in Turkiye’s list of most wanted terrorists, was arrested on ...
