BERLIN (AA) – NATO is discussing Turkiye’s concerns on Finland and Sweden’s expected application to join the alliance, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday. Noting that he discussed the issue with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu during an informal NATO meeting in Berlin, Blinken underlined that NATO i...
TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisian opposition leader Ghazi Chaouachi, who is the Secretary-General of the Democratic Current, has announced on social media that he will appear before court after a judicial investigation was opened against him on charges of “disturbing public order.” “I was informed a while ago by the Bar Association of a de...
MOSCOW – Finland and Sweden joining NATO would pose a threat to Russia’s security, a Kremlin spokesman has said in response to the two Scandinavian countries making their clearest moves yet to seek membership. Apart from creating threats to Russia, NATO’s expansion eastward would “not contribute to security in Eurasia,”...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Authority (PA) rejected an Israeli request for a joint investigation into the killing of senior Al Jazeera journalist, a Palestinian official said on Thursday. “Israel has requested a joint investigation and to be handed over the bullet that assassinated journalist Shireen, we refused that,” senior PA...
ANKARA (AA) – The more than two-year COVID-19 pandemic in the US has so far claimed one million lives, said President Joe Biden on Thursday. The country “marks a tragic milestone and each was an irreplaceable loss,” Biden said in a statement. Each life lost left behind “a family, a community, and a nation forever […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will do “everything possible” to bring the Iran nuclear talks back on track and ensure full compliance with the treaty, an EU official said on Thursday. “This is the interest and the role of the coordinator (of the Iran nuclear deal) to do everything he can […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US hit a record-breaking number of drug overdose deaths last year, according to preliminary data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Wednesday. The CDC’s provisional estimate of 107,622 overdose deaths represents a dramatic 15% increase from the previous record set in 2020. In a...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – A first-of-its-kind federal study of Native American boarding schools has identified at least 53 associated burial sites with 500 deaths reported so far, a number the US government believes could grow exponentially as the research continues. The report by the Interior Department pinpointed more than 400 schools desi...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia’s employment of hypersonic weapons as part of its ongoing military campaign against Ukraine has not fundamentally changed the conflict, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has said. Testifying alongside Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, Austin said the Kremlin’s forces have used hypersonics “seve...
ISTANBUL – The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war is jeopardizing food security in low-income countries, especially in the Middle East and Africa, an expert said. Eren Gunhan Ulusoy, head of the International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) Eurasia, said that some countries in Africa are requesting aid as they cannot find sufficient reso...
