ISTANBUL (AA) – The US, UK and Australia have expanded their engagement under the AUKUS pact with at least four other nations with which they share “close bilateral defense partnerships.” AUKUS, a defense pact under which Canberra will get nuclear-powered submarines, is “exploring opportunities to improve interoperability” with Japan in ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – New Zealand’s spy chief said Thursday he was “considering” a request to probe the country’s possible role in Israeli war on Gaza which has killed more than 41,000 Palestinians since last October, public broadcaster Radio New Zealand reported. The confirmation by Brendan Horsley, who is inspector-general of intelligence and secu...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Australia, Canada and New Zealand have called for an “urgent” cease-fire in Gaza, which has been under attack by Israel for about ten months. In a joint statement, the three nations said the situation in Gaza is “catastrophic.” “The human suffering is unacceptable. It cannot continue,” the statement said. Crit...
ANKARA (AA) – New Zealand has announced further sanctions on Russia and Iran over the Ukraine war. Announcing the news, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said New Zealand’s latest sanctions target Russians involved in the country’s military-industrial complex as well as actors providing military assistance to Russia. “These new sanct...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Amid the ongoing onslaught by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza, a petition has been moved in the New Zealand parliament seeking support for the people in the besieged coastal enclave. “We call for the New Zealand government to fulfill its international legal obligations, and to demonstrate moral leadership to the rest of [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – New Zealand has joined the US and the UK in enforcing sanctions against illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank amid escalating violence against Palestinians. In a statement, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced travel bans on a number of Israeli settlers who have committ...
ANKARA (AA) – The Australian white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2019 posted online that he “wanted to attack important places” about four years before the shootings. The independent news website The Conversation shared a report this week analyzing the posts of the...
Sydney, Australia – AFP The leaders of Australia, Canada and New Zealand on Thursday warned Israel against a potentially “catastrophic” ground offensive in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, amplifying a growing chorus of international concern. Urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “not to go down this path”, th...
