-Company said the action was taken to prevent the spread of medical misinformation through its platform. ANKARA, Turkiye (AA) – Social media platform YouTube has announced that it will remove content that contradicts guidelines from local health authorities or the World Health Organization. The company said the action was taken to preven...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he does not exclude the possibility of the integration of the AUKUS grouping into the NATO military alliance for Western dominance in the Asia-Pacific region. Addressing the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security via video link, Putin said Western countries resist the...
TORONTO (AA): An operation to empty a decaying oil tanker off the coast of Yemen helped avoid a catastrophe for both people and the environment, according to the UN secretary-general. Antonio Guterres “welcomes the news that the ship-to-ship transfer of oil from the FSO Safer to the Yemen replacement vessel has been safely concluded toda...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) chief on Wednesday highlighted the significance of religious respect and communal unity during a gathering with diverse religious leaders in the Thai capital Bangkok. In an effort to promote understanding and unity among various religious and cultural groups, OIC Secretary General H...
Niamey, Niger (AFP): West African leaders will hold a summit on the crisis in Niger this week after the country’s military rulers defied an ultimatum to restore the elected government. In its first official reaction since Niger ignored the deadline of midnight on Sunday to reinstate democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum, the EC...
ISTANBUL (AA): In a significant diplomatic boost for Palestine, Australia Tuesday declared it would revive use of the term “occupied Palestinian territories” in its official communications. This change “is consistent with UN Security Council resolutions, it is consistent with the approach taken by key partners including the United ...
GENEVA (AA): Climate change is not a distant future threat but is already affecting daily weather patterns and forcing people to migrate, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said. Omar Baddour, the head of the WMO’s Climate Monitoring Division, told the media in a written statement: “Climate change interconnects directly or indirec...
GENEVA (AA): For the first time in 20 years, a global decrease in the number of human trafficking victims was seen due to COVID-19 restrictions, according to a report from UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). “Pandemic-related restrictions on movement and business operations may have at least temporarily reduced some forms of traffickin...
Chennai, India (AFP): Environment ministers from G20 nations failed to agree on peaking global emissions by 2025 and other crucial issues to address the global climate crisis at their meeting in India on Friday. No breakthrough was possible on several key points ahead of this year’s COP28 climate talks, with negotiations also failing to ...
ANKARA (AA): Muslims worldwide have unanimously condemned the desecration of the Quran in Denmark and Sweden, asserting that these attacks cannot be justified in the name of “freedom of expression.” In response to the rising offensive and Islamophobic actions perpetrated by radicals in Western countries, Muslims from all over the w...