ANKARA (AA) – World leaders paid tribute to former US President Jimmy Carter, highlighting his lifelong dedication to peace, democracy and humanitarian causes. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban highlighted Carter’s contribution to Hungary during a challenging time. “By returning the Holy Crown to the people of Hungary at the en...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US on Friday said hospitals should not be “active scenes of combat and conflict” after Israeli army’s burning of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza Strip, and forcibly removing its patients and medical staff, causing several deaths. “Hospitals should not be active scenes of combat and conf...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino has rejected US President-elect Donald Trump’s assertion that Chinese soldiers are controlling the Panama Canal, calling the claim “nonsense.” “There are no Chinese soldiers in the canal. You are free, the whole world is free to visit the canal if you please,” Mulino said at a news [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US President-elect Donald Trump has petitioned the Supreme Court to delay the sale of TikTok by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or face a nationwide ban, according to officials. “In light of the novelty and difficulty of this case, the court should consider staying the statutory deadline to grant more breathi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The White House has confirmed that a ninth US telecommunications company was breached as part of an extensive Chinese hacking campaign targeting critical infrastructure in the US and other nations. The cyber-espionage group referred to as “Salt Typhoon,” also known by aliases such as Earth Estries, Famo...
Legal action could be taken against the U.S. and Germany for supplying 99% of Israel’s weapons. Speaking to Anadolu, U.N. special rapporteur Ben Saul revealed 69% of Israel’s arms come from the U.S. and 30% from Germany. He said both nations are under obligation as per international law to prevent violations of humanitarian law. Citing [&helli...
Eric Trump, son of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, sparked uproar with a social media post showing an altered image of his father seemingly “buying” Canada on Amazon. The image, captioned “We are so back!,” also referenced Greenland and the Panama Canal, echoing Trump’s past remarks about integrating these regions into the U.S. Tensions b...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decried the latest US sanctions on four local firms for their alleged involvement in the country’s ballistic missile program, asserting that the move has “no justification.” “The sanctions placed upon our National Development Complex (NDC) and other entities have no ju...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Former US Representative Matt Gaetz violated state laws by engaging in sexual misconduct with a minor and using illegal drugs during his time in Congress, according to a final House Ethics Committee report. The 37-page report alleges that Gaetz paid women, including a 17-year-old girl, for inappropriate encounters and u...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – President Joe Biden has announced the commutation of 37 out of 40 federal death row sentences to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. “Today, I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole,” said Biden in...
