ANKARA (AA) – A Turkish soldier was killed in northern Iraq where the Turkish army launched Operation Claw-Lock to rid the area of terror elements, the National Defense Ministry has said. Abdullah Bayram was killed after PKK fighters opened fire in the operation zone, according to the ministry. The ministry expressed condolences to Bayra...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden has described as “horrifying and heartbreaking” the deaths that occurred on Tuesday of 50 migrants whose bodies were found inside a tractor-trailer in the state of Texas. “Our prayers are with those who lost their lives, their loved ones, as well as those still fighting for their lives. [&he...
GENEVA (AA) – The UK and World Health Organization have launched a new health and climate change platform to help countries realize pledges made at last year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). The Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate Change and Health (ATACH) held its first meeting on June 27 in its quest to achieve [...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US will provide nearly $55 million in aid to those impacted by an earthquake last week that struck eastern Afghanistan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. The humanitarian assistance will go through the US Agency for International Development, the top diplomat said in a statement and added that the new ...
ISTANBUL (AA): An Egyptian criminal court sentenced 10 convicts from the Muslim Brotherhood group to death Tuesday for carrying out attacks against police and facilities in the case known as the Helwan Brigades. The court was headed by Mohammed Shireen Fahmy and included a sentence in absentia for Yahya Moussa, a leader in the Muslim […...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel’s prime minister on Tuesday thanked Türkiye’s president for Turkish intelligence’s efforts to thwart attacks on Israelis in Türkiye. “I especially thank President (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan and his people for their cooperation in thwarting attacks on Israelis in Turkey,” Naftali Bennett wrote on Twitter. Benn...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday arrived in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe, his first foreign visit since the start of a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Opening the meeting, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon said Moscow and Dushanbe are allies and have a strategic partnership. “Today...
NEW DELHI (AA) – At least 19 people have died after a residential building in India’s financial capital Mumbai collapsed overnight, officials said on Tuesday. Rescuers worked through heavy rain to scour through the rubble of the four-story building in Mumbai’s central Kurla area. Civic body BMC said 14 more people were injured in the […...
MADRID (AA) – Four-way talks between Türkiye, NATO, Finland and Sweden ended Tuesday on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Madrid. Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto and Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson discussed the Nordic coun...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Residents in remote areas of Bangladesh have started an intense struggle for potable water because of discriminatory budget allocation for those areas and an unrelenting destruction of the ecology — especially in hilly areas. Just 5.44% of the Annual Development Program was allocated for the Water, S...
