TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has rejected US claims that Tehran made new “extravagant demands” during indirect talks in Doha to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. Speaking during a joint press conference with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Tehran, Amir-Abdollahian said Iran’s dem...
NUKUS, Uzbekistan (AA) – Uzbekistan has announced that the situation in the protest-hit autonomous region of Karakalpakstan has been brought under control. In a statement issued in Nukus, the capital of Karakalpakstan, Hamidjan Dadabayev, the deputy commander of the Uzbekistan National Guard, said the situation in the region is “complete...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Five people were killed in protests Thursday demanding the reversal of the military takeover in Sudan, according to a local medical group. The fatalities occurred as security forces used violence against protesters in Omdurman, the Central Committee of the Sudanese Doctors said in a statement. It said dozens of dem...
MADRID (AA) – Türkiye, Finland and Sweden signed a memorandum Tuesday on the Nordic countries’ bids for NATO membership following four-way talks 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 met to discuss the issu...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s army said Friday it had given civilians two weeks to evacuate areas in the northern and southeastern regions ahead of a military offensive against terrorists blamed for recent deadly attacks. “A delay of 14 days will be accorded to residents to relocate to safer zones,” army spokesperson Yves Di...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Leaders of three Western Balkan countries – Serbia, Albania, and North Macedonia – have criticized the European Union for moving slowly on their membership process. At a news conference after the EU-Western Balkans summit in Brussels, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic vowed that his country ‘will exert ever...
ANKARA (AA) – Talks on Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership bids will continue, and the forthcoming summit in Madrid is not an endpoint, a Turkish official has said. “As we have said before, the NATO summit (in Madrid) is not an endpoint for us, so those negotiations will continue. That’s what we told our interlocutors [&hell...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye will discuss with Russia and Ukraine steps to ensure exports of Ukrainian grain to the world, the Turkish president announced. At a meeting with young people in the eastern province of Van, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would discuss the issue of a grain export corridor with Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
JERUSALEM – Israel is upgrading its F-35 fighter jets to be capable of hitting Iranian targets without need of refueling, according to The Jerusalem Post newspaper. The paper did not provide further details about the Israeli move, but said the upgrading is part of Israeli preparations for any “future strike against Iran’s nuclear c...
LONDON (AA) – Seven in 10 British Muslims have experienced some form of Islamophobia in the workplace, according to a new poll released on Tuesday. The survey showed some 69% of Muslims currently employed in the UK faced some sort of Islamophobic behavior during work-related engagements. These included interactions with customers, client...
