BRUSSELS/ISTANBUL (AA) – The EU’s spokesman for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has expressed the 27-member bloc’s regret over a US executive order authorizing sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) for issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The EU expresses its r...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China on Friday said it regretted Panama’s exit from the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and slammed the US for “coercive” tactics. Beijing “strongly opposes US’ coercive pressure tactics aimed at smearing and undermining the cooperation under BRI framework and regrets Panama’s decision not to renew the BRI Mem...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Russian foreign minister has accused Western nations of attempting to push Russia, China and Iran into secondary roles in Syria, warning that such efforts are not driven by good intentions. Speaking at the 14th Middle East Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow, Sergey Lavrov said these moves reflect the [...
WASHINGTON (AA) – New Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth visited US troops on the southern border Monday. On his first trip as Secretary of Defense, Hegseth visited Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, where troops are helping to control immigration, and the US-Mexico border to witness efforts by the US military to fortify barriers. “It was [&he...
The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists or BAS moved it forward by one second, warning of increasing global dangers. The clock was created in 1947 by scientists including Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer. It symbolises how close humanity is […]
Tourism roared back in 2024, nearly matching pre-pandemic levels. A United Nations report has found that 1.4 billion international tourists traveled last year, just 1% below 2019’s record. Key regions, including the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, surpassed pre-pandemic arrivals. The Middle East led the recovery, with 95 million visitors, up ...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticized tech billionaire Elon Musk for supporting the far-right political parties and movements in Europe. “We have the freedom of speech in Europe and in Germany, everyone can say what he wants,” Scholz told an international audience at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. “What we ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China wants a “consistent” approach to climate change as the US pulled out of the Paris agreement. The world “must follow a consistent approach in addressing climate change and improve the consistency of environmental and climate policies,” Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “C...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan has opened its largest airport, in Gwadar, southwestern Balochistan province. The first commercial flight of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) landed at the Gwadar International Airport which was welcomed by Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, Balochistan Governor Jafar Khan Mandokhel and Chief Minister Sarfaraz A...
ANKARA (AA) – The mother of an American journalist who went missing in Syria in 2012 has urged President Donald Trump to help reveal her son’s fate. Debra Tice arrived in Damascus on Sunday, for the first time in 10 years as the toppled regime of Bashar al-Assad refused to renew her visa or to […]
