ANKARA (AA) – A senior French officer warned Australia that owning nuclear-powered subs bought from the US and UK will be “much more difficult” than the plan it scrapped to build a new fleet of conventionally powered boats, local media said on Friday. French Vice Adm. Nicolas Vaujour, chief of operations of the joint staff [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – Russia supports the processes for global peace and order based on international law, true multilateralism, and the central role of the UN, the Russian top diplomat said on Thursday. Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Foreign Ministers’ Council along with his Chinese counterpart W...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping has warned his US counterpart “not to play with fire” on Taiwan, as he held a “candid” phone conversation with US President Joe Biden on bilateral relations. “Those who play with fire will perish by it,” Xi told Biden regarding Taiwan, according to a statement posted on the [&helli...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Canada’s top health official said Wednesday that an “urgent global response” is needed to combat monkeypox. “Our understanding of this virus is still evolving, and this declaration makes clear that the situation requires urgent global response,” Theresa Tam said at a news conference. C...
ANKARA (AA) – Russia has warned of “retaliatory measures” if Russian citizens are denied Schengen visas. Calling a possible ban on Schengen visas for Russians “emotionally driven,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Kremlin hopes an initiative by Finland towards that end is not implemented. Moscow will “react very neg...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has pushed back efforts to intervene in Myanmar, saying Beijing adheres to a “policy of non-interference.” “China adheres to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs (of other nations),” said Zhao Lijian, spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, referring to Myanmar. He was replying to a question w...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Malaysia represents a zone of peace, freedom and neutrality, said Anwar Ibrahim, the country’s top reformer and politician, strongly suggesting against taking any side in global bloc politics. However, he added, his country cannot ignore China. Ibrahim, an academic-turned politician, was discussing the return of the so-called “...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin discussed last week’s deal to reopen Ukrainian ports for grain exports. The discussion, which took place during a phone call came after Türkiye, the UN, Russia, and Ukraine signed a deal on Friday to reopen three Ukrainian ports – Odesa, Chernomorsk, [&hel...
ANKARA (AA) – Despite some positive developments towards reducing carbon emissions, global efforts need to be accelerated, as progress has been too limited and slow, according to the president of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP26. In an email interview with Anadolu Agency, Alok Sharma stressed that ...
ANKARA (AA) – The Syrian regime on Wednesday severed diplomatic relations with Ukraine, according to the country’s Foreign Ministry. “The Syrian Arab Republic has decided to break diplomatic relations with Ukraine in conformity with the principle of reciprocity and in response to the decision of the Ukrainian government,” a foreign ministry of...