ANKARA (AA) – Former German forward and football pundit Sandro Wagner has apologized for his disparaging remark during a 2022 FIFA World Cup match when he characterized a traditional Qatari men’s garment as “bathrobes.” “It was an ill-considered saying with an inappropriate remark that I would be better off not sa...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday reaffirmed his election campaign pledge to reform the country’s citizenship and immigration laws. Speaking at a gathering in Berlin, Scholz said the Social Democrat-led coalition government is planning to modernize laws to build a more inclusive and democratic society. “Today 9 millio...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US on Monday backed Türkiye’s right to self-defense following this month’s terrorist attack in Istanbul, but emphasized the need for de-escalation in Syria. “Turkey continues to fall victim to terrorist attacks, whether its near that border or elsewhere inside the country. And they have a right to ...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s president highlighted Monday that the global economic downturn has deeply affected the economies of West African countries and resulted in dire economic hardships for the region’s residents. Muhammadu Buhari was speaking at the opening of the 2022 Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja. B...
ANKARA (AA) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday underlined the importance of the Black Sea for the security alliance. Speaking at a press briefing following his meeting with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the capital Bucharest, Stoltenberg said that the alliance has been consolidating its presence from the Baltic to...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – Palestine’s UN Envoy Riyad Mansour labelled Israel’s incoming government likely to be led by Benjamin Netanyahu as “fascist” on Monday. “There will be fascists holding cabinet positions in the Israeli side,” Mansour told reporters. “The attacks against the Palestinian people...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Millions of people in Bangladesh lost their homes and livelihoods this year due to the effects of climate change, which is causing an unstoppable internal migration, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday. Over 7.1 million Bangladeshis were displaced by climate change in 2022, said the WHO, assessing the...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan announced on Monday that it had transferred the bodies of 13 Armenian soldiers to Yerevan. “On Nov. 28 of this year, 13 bodies belonging to Armenian servicemen discovered as a result of the search operations in the area were examined with the participation of the employees of the Military Prosecutor’s Off...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Russia has “unilaterally postponed” nuclear disarmament talks that were slated to be held this week in Cairo, Egypt, the State Department said on Monday. The meeting of the New START Treaty’s Bilateral Consultative Commission was to begin on Tuesday in Egypt, but the Kremlin informed the Biden administration...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian judicial authorities on Monday questioned Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi over terror links accusations, according to his lawyer. “Ghannouchi was questioned Monday morning,” Mukhtar al-Jamai told Anadolu Agency. He said the questioning session had originally been scheduled for Sept. 21, but was postponed until N...