ISTANBUL – China’s foreign minister in a meeting with UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet called for refraining from “politicizing human rights.” Wang Yi met with the visiting UN high commissioner for human rights in Guangzhou, northwest of Hong Kong. Bachelet is on a week-long visit from May 23-28 to China where sh...
On Tuesday, U.S. officials said they are “appalled” by “jarring” photographic evidence of China’s alleged rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs. State Department spokesman Ned Price said new reports add to “an already damning body of evidence” documenting the Chinese government’s atrocities in Xinjiang. Price said Chinese authorities continue ...
On Monday, Khurram Parvez, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Umar Ata Bandial, and Hoda Khamosh were listed among Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People of 2022”. The annual listicle highlights those around the globe recognized for changing the world. Parvez is chairperson of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances, and was arreste...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov said Wednesday that relations with Turkiye “will bring great achievements for our nations.” This came after his meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in West Jerusalem. “It was a pleasure to meet his excellency Mevlut Cavusoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Re...
LAHORE, Pakistan (AA) – Clashes were reported in many cities of Pakistan as authorities ordered security agencies to take action against followers of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan who is asking the government to announce a date for fresh elections. Khan, who was removed after a parliamentary no-trust motion last month, announced a ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – A series of bomb attacks killed at least 14 people in two cities of Afghanistan, security sources said Wednesday. Five deaths were reported when an explosion targeted worshippers inside Prophet Zechariah Mosque in Kabul, said police spokesperson Khalid Zadran on social media. At least nine people were killed and...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – A Taliban spokesman in the Qatari capital of Doha told Anadolu Agency on Tuesday that negotiations between the Afghan interim government along with Turkiye and Qatar have not stopped. Mohammed Naim Wardak from the group’s political office said an agreement signed with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) concerned ground ope...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has said it is “appalled” by “jarring” photographic evidence of China’s widespread rights abuses against its minority Muslim Uyghur population. “This new reporting further adds to an already damning body of evidence of the PRC’s atrocities in Xinjiang,” State Depart...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid received his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. The meeting, which is expected to last for more than an hour, will be followed by a joint press conference by the two top diplomats. Earlier on Wednesday, Cavusogl...
Jerusalem, PALESTINE – (AFP): A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in clashes that erupted during a Jewish pilgrimage to the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said Wednesday. The ministry identified the youngster as Ghaith Yamin, 16, who died of a head wound “after being shot by Israeli forces&...
