MADRID (AA) – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said that the alliance must diversify its energy suppliers as Russia uses energy “as a weapon.” “The war in Ukraine shows the danger of being too dependent on commodities from authoritarian regimes. The way Russia is using energy as a weapon of coercion highlights the need t...
MADRID (AA) – Türkiye, Finland and Sweden signed a memorandum Tuesday on the Nordic countries’ bids for NATO membership following four-way talks in Madrid. Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto and Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson met to discuss the issu...
SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (AA) – Reaffirming their unified stance in support of Ukraine, the Group of Seven economic powers have vowed to impose “severe and immediate economic costs” on Russia for its war on Ukraine. Leaders of the seven countries wrapped up their summit in Germany hours after a Russian missile strike on a shopping […]...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday arrived in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe, his first foreign visit since the start of a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Opening the meeting, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon said Moscow and Dushanbe are allies and have a strategic partnership. “Today...
GENEVA (AA) – Countries need to provide the necessary material and legal conditions to enable health personnel to assess, report and document torture and cruel or inhumane treatment, human rights experts from the UN’s three anti-torture mechanisms have said. Experts issued their statement for the International Day in Support of Vic...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US on Friday repatriated a Guantanamo Bay prisoner to Afghanistan after a federal court ruled the US “no longer has a legal basis to detain him.” The Pentagon announced the transfer of Asadullah Haroon al-Afghani from Guantanamo Bay prison after the US District Court of Columbia’s ruling that there was n...
ANKARA (AA) – European leaders have granted candidate status to Ukraine, a historic move that paves the way for the war-ravaged country’s EU membership. EU leaders meeting in Brussels also approved Moldova’s candidate status and announced that Georgia is next in line once it meets certain conditions. European Council President Charles Mi...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace have discussed the latest developments in Ukraine, as well as regional defense cooperation. Wallace, who is visiting Türkiye at the invitation of Akar, was welcomed with a military ceremony at the Turkish National Defense Ministry, according ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss hailed relations between her country and Türkiye during a meeting Wednesday with Vice President Fuat Oktay in the Turkish capital Ankara. “Türkiye is an important partner for the UK. We are key European NATO allies,” Truss wrote on Twitter following the meeting. “I met Vice President @fuatokt...
ISTANBUL (AA) – History has repeatedly proven that “sanctions are a boomerang and a double-edged sword,” China’s President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday. “To politicize the global economy and turn it into one’s tool or weapon, and willfully impose sanctions by using one’s primary position in the international financial and monetary systems will...
