ANKARA (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday called for “opposing the pursuit of one’s own agenda at the expense of other countries’ legitimate rights and interests.” Speaking at the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Xi ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Just as Earth’s ozone layer is slowly recovering from a hazardous hole found in it nearly 40 years ago, this recovery is being impeded by the impact of climate change, said Jonathan Shanklin, a meteorologist at the British Antarctic Survey and one of the scientists who first discovered the ozone hole. Marking […]
Samarkand, Uzbekistan (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed “growing ties” with Tehran as he met Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of a regional summit. “On the bilateral level, cooperation is developing positively,” Putin said, as Moscow looks to use the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation sum...
Samarkand, Uzbekistan (AFP): Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping have gathered with other Asian leaders in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand for a regional summit aimed at challenging Western global influence. Xi and Putin will be joined by the leaders of India, Pakistan, Turkiye, Iran and several other countries f...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN refugee agency has said countries are bound by “international obligations” to prevent the deaths of migrants at sea. “Search and rescue at sea, and timely disembarkation are international obligations and are crucial to prevent further loss of life,” Shabia Mantoo told Anadolu Agency when asked for comments on the dea...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about expanding a recently-brokered deal that opened Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to grain exports. Putin has threatened to restrict what is known as the Black Sea Grain Initiative after it was signed in July to allevi...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran signed a memorandum of commitment Wednesday for its permanent membership in the powerful regional grouping the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian announced in a Twitter post late Wednesday that he signed the document for his country’s full membership in the organiza...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Indonesia and Norway have signed a new agreement for the protection of rainforests. The deal was signed by Norwegian Climate and Environment Minister Espen Barth Eide and his Indonesian counterpart Siti Nurbaya Bakar in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta. According to the deal, Norway will send Jakarta an initial $56 million pay...
ANKARA (AA) – By opening fire on a ro-ro ship in international waters, Greece engaged in banditry, said the spokesman of Türkiye’s Justice and Development Party (AK Party) on Monday. “The last time they opened fire on a ro-ro ship, let’s put it clearly, this is brigandage. This can’t be called an accident or unintended […]...
MOSCOW (AA) – Germany crossed “the red line” when it started supplying lethal weapons to Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechayev has said. In an interview with the Russian daily Izvestia, Nechayev recalled that Germany bears moral and historical responsibility for the crimes of Nazi Germany, committed in Russia...
