ISTANBUL (AA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s President, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has said his country is seeking a truce between Ukraine and Russia. This came in a phone call on Monday between the UAE leader and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The two leaders discussed bilateral ties as well as the Ukraine’s...
Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories (AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has sharply criticised Australia’s decision to stop recognizing Israel-occupied West Jerusalem as the capital of the Zionist state, reversing a decision by a previous right-wing government. Lapid described the move as a “hasty response”, addi...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that China has become “more aggressive abroad,” but Washington and Beijing still need to cooperate to solve big problems. Blinken said “what we’ve seen in recent years is the emergence of clearly adversarial aspects to the relationship — competitive aspects...
ANKARA (AA) – Facing charges of racism, the EU foreign policy chief on Monday passed up the chance to make amends, instead brushing off the controversy as something normal. Asked how he is holding up after controversial remarks calling Europe a “garden” and the rest of the world a “jungle,” Borrell told reporters that he […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Some 71 million people have fallen into poverty due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, according to the UN Development Program (UNDP). The impact of the war on food and energy prices is expected to increase the number of poor in the world. According to the UNDP report on the effects of the […]
LAHORE, Pakistan (AA) –Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said the US president’s statement about his country being one of the most dangerous is “strange,” and that he has discussed it with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. He said this while addressing a press conference in Karachi. President Joe Biden...
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden has called Pakistan “one of the most dangerous nations in the world” as the country has “nuclear weapons without any cohesion”. He made the remarks while addressing a Democratic congressional campaign committee reception on Thursday. A transcript of the address, published on the White House’s website, quoted Bid...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The decision by Saudi-chaired OPEC+ to dramatically cut global oil production is tantamount to “moral and military support” for Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine, the White House has said. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the decision is “certainly” a form of econ...
ANKARA (AA) – South Korea’s military has reported that early on Friday, North Korea fired a single short-range ballistic missile towards the East Sea. The launch was detected at 1.49 a.m. local time, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “While stepping up our monitoring and vigilance, our military is maintaining a full rea...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Commission on Wednesday released its annual report on EU candidate country Türkiye as part of its 2022 Enlargement Package. The package, which includes the EU Commission’s latest evaluations on candidate countries Türkiye, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo, was announced...
