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Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged nations to set rules for the use of artificial intelligence (AI), saying there is a need to minimize the tremendous threats to international peace and security posed by AI. He acknowledged that AI can accelerate progress on nearly 80% of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Blinken note...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has named Richard Grenell, a foreign policy adviser and former ambassador to Germany, as his envoy for “special missions.” Trump announced the appointment on his Truth Social platform. “Ric will work in some of the hottest spots around the world, including Venezuela and North Korea,̶...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Kremlin has said that US President-elect Donald Trump did not send Russian President Vladimir Putin an invitation to attend his inauguration in January. Speaking to journalists in the Russian capital Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said they have not received an invitation extended by Trump. Peskov’s remarks c...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says his country is in possession of “dozens” of nuclear warheads, according to state media. “I had nuclear warheads deployed here. More than a dozen of them. Many people dismiss it as a joke, saying that ‘nobody brought anything.’ We did,” Lukashenko said during a Q&A with em...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Kremlin on Monday confirmed that deposed head of the Syrian regime Bashar al-Assad and his family were given asylum by Russia. “Of course, such decisions cannot be made without the head of state. It is his (Russian President Vladimir Putin) decision,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow. Noting th...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has named former Senator David Perdue to serve as ambassador to China. Trump highlighted Perdue’s “valuable expertise to help build our relationship with China,” citing his decades-long business career as a key asset. “As a Fortune 500 CEO, ...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has collected more evidence and information in the past 18 months than it has in the 20 years since it was founded. ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan emphasized the court’s recent intense efforts during his address at the 23rd session of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC’s Rome […...
ISTANBUL (AA) – After two weeks of tense negotiations, COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan’s capital, concluded with an agreement on a new climate finance target: $300 billion annually by 2035. Despite the agreement, many developing nations, including Cuba and India, slammed the $300 billion annual pledge, calling it “too little, too late.” ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UK, France, Germany and the US welcomed Saturday the adoption of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors resolution on Iran’s Safeguards Agreements. “The resolution responds to Iran’s continued failure to provide the IAEA the information and cooperation needed to clarify long outsta...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that US President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to “work very hard” to settle the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine deserves attention, but Moscow will wait for concrete proposals. “We will wait for their proposals. When we are asked about this, we always emphasize...
