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...
SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (AA) – Reaffirming their unified stance in support of Ukraine, the Group of Seven economic powers have vowed to impose “severe and immediate economic costs” on Russia for its war on Ukraine. Leaders of the seven countries wrapped up their summit in Germany hours after a Russian missile strike on a shopping […]...
MADRID (AA) – NATO would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said. Stoltenberg’s remarks came at the High-Level Dialogue on Climate Change and Security. Noting that NATO has the responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, he said that for this ...
ANKARA (AA) – The US Treasury Department has announced that it has prohibited Russian gold imports and imposed sanctions on 70 Russian entities and 29 individuals. The move applies to gold of Russian origin but does not include gold located outside of Russia. Gold is Moscow’s biggest non-energy export and Russia is fourth in the [&...
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 [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In response to the latest announcement by the G7 nations regarding the launch of a $600 billion global infrastructure initiative, China has said that the G7 nations should bring “real money and projects that actually benefit the people.” “What the international community wants to see is real money and projects that actual...
The use of torture is prohibited by the United Nations convention that also opposes other cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment. Yet, many countries still employ methods of torture, including beatings, waterboarding, rape, sleep deprivation and solitary confinement. To increase global awareness of the problem, the U.N. designat...
Elmau Castle, Germany – (AFP) The G7 group of rich democracies on Sunday announced an attempt to compete with China’s formidable Belt and Road Initiative by raising some $600 billion for global infrastructure programmes in poor countries. The Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, unveiled with fanfare by US Presiden...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye, NATO, Sweden and Finland will hold a quadruple leaders’ summit in Madrid this week as part of a pivotal NATO summit. Turkish officials have held two meetings with their Swedish and Finnish counterparts so far to discuss the two countries’ NATO membership applications. Türkiye’s presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin ...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye has criticized a series of decisions by an EU summit on the Aegean and Mediterranean. The decisions, adopted at the end of a two-day leaders’ summit in Brussels, are “prejudiced, lack vision, and are disconnected from reality”, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Citing several Greek ...
