ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump unveiled a series of high-profile appointments Tuesday night on Truth Social. With a mix of loyal allies and seasoned professionals, Trump’s picks reflect his administration’s priorities of asserting US interests globally and overhauling domestic policy frameworks. – Kimberly Guilfoyle e...
ATHENS (AA) – Greece’s New Left party placed a banner in the yard of the parliament building in solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon. “Peace Now! Solidarity with Lebanon, Freedom for Palestine,” read the banner that was held by five lawmakers. “The far-right government of Israel pursues genocide in Gaza with the terrorist attacks and de...
Nicosia, Cyprus – AFP Turkish Cypriots in north Cyprus hope to end their international isolation, their leader Ersin Tatar said in an interview, as the Mediterranean island marks fives decades of religio ethnic division. “Every day, we are working for recognition,” said the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus...
A protest, held in front of the Greek Embassy in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, marked the 80th anniversary of the massacre committed by Greece against Cham Muslim Albanians. Protesters, carrying Cham symbols and Albanian flags, denounced the massacre and human rights violations that occurred during and after World War II. The Cham re...
Lalamusa, Pakistan — AFP A year after the disappearance of his brother in one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, Suleman Tariq wants answers. But, like other young Pakistanis, he is also determined to make it to Europe. Dozens of families gathered at a wedding hall in the Punjabi town of Lalamusa to mark […]
ATHENS (AA) – Israel’s relentless attacks on Gaza, which have continued since October 7 of last year, as well as NATO, EU, and US policies regarding the plight of Palestinians, were protested on Saturday noon in the Greek capital city of Athens. The rally was organized by the Palestinian Community of Greece and Stop the […]
Chania, Greece – AFP Washington’s top diplomat Antony Blinken said Saturday that he wants to make sure the conflict in the Middle East “doesn’t spread”, as he held meetings in Turkey and Greece. Blinken, on a new tour of the Middle East, met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Crete on Saturday, a few hour...
ATHENS (AA) – The current humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip due to relentless Israeli bombardment is a “nightmare,” according to a top official of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, who said the organization is equally apprehensive about “what is coming.” “Due to the very strict siege on Gaza, most of the [&hell...
Derna, Libya – AFP A week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, the international aid effort to help the grieving survivors slowly gathered pace Sunday. Search-and-rescue teams wearing face masks and protective suits kept up the grim search for bodies or any sur...
LEFKOSA, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (AA) – The number of attacks on mosques under the Greek Cypriot Administration has radically increased, according to an official of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TNRC). “Attacks have increased in recent years and pose a danger,” Ibrahim Benter, general manager of the Cyprus Foundati...
