UNITED NATIONS (AA) – The UK will continue to stand in lockstep with Ukraine in defiance of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons, Britain’s top diplomat said in an exclusive interview. ”We have seen this escalatory aggressive rhetoric coming from Vladimir Putin. What he should understand, what the ...
RIYADH (AA) – Saudi Arabia has said it has brokered a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine. The Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday 10 prisoners were released following successful mediation efforts by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The released prisoners included five British citizens, one Moroccan, one Swedish, one Croatian, and t...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has slammed what it called “provocative” transit by the US and Canadian warships through the Taiwan Strait. Shi Yi, a senior colonel of the Chinese military, said in a statement that the US navy destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) and Canadian navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH-331) sailed through the Taiwan Strait […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that reform within the UN and strengthening its functions are a must to restore its credibility in the wake of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Urging the world body to reaffirm the importance of the rules-based international order, Kishida also criticized Russia for threatening the possib...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia’s war on Ukraine has taken the world back “to the age of imperialism and colonies,” French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. “What we’ve seen since Feb. 24 is a return to the age of imperialism and colonies. France rejects this and will determinedly work for peace,” Macron said in his […]
MOSCOW/ANKARA (AA) – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a partial mobilization in Russia. “I consider it necessary to support the proposal of the Defense Ministry and the General Staff to declare partial mobilization in the Russian Federation,” he said in a televised address to the nation. With a relevant decree ...
NEW YORK (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met the president of the World Jewish Congress in New York on Monday. The meeting with Ronald Lauder took place at the Turkevi Center in Manhattan. It was closed to the media. Earlier, Erdogan met with representatives of various Jewish organizations, including the Conference of Presi...
MOSCOW (AA) – Moscow and Beijing held two-day consultations on strategic security in China, the Security Council of Russia said in a statement on Monday. The Russian delegation, headed by Nikolay Patrushev, secretary of the council, traveled to the city of Nanping to meet the Chinese delegation led by Yang Jiechi, a high-ranking Chinese ...
ANKARA (AA) – Greece has engaged in what is being considered a “hostile act” against NATO ally Türkiye during a NATO mission over the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean seas. On the August 23 “harassment” (radar locking) by a Russian-made S-300 air defense system stationed on the Greek island of Crete, expert and diplomat...
ISTANBUL (AA) – There are 50 million people trapped in modern slavery, as one in every 150 people are “either forced to work against their will or in a marriage that they were forced into,” a UN report has revealed. The International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Walk Free, an [&h...
