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European politicians must stop exploiting migrant crisis: Rights activists
Germany’s new measures to reduce irregular migration have prompted sharp criticism from refugees and human rights activists. The government has introduced temporary border checks this week at crossings with Poland and the Czech Republic, stopped the voluntary intake of refugees arriving from Italy and announced plans to tighten deportation...
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Embattled US Senator Menendez’s decades of trying to block Turkiye at every turn
US Senator Bob Menendez has come under the limelight recently amid growing calls for his resignation after federal prosecutors charged him and his wife with taking bribes from three businesspeople in New Jersey – his own state. Amid the allegations of corruption, his long-standing anti-Turkiye stance has also been...
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France ‘does not accept’ fourth generation migrants asking for their rights: Expert
The root cause of the opposition to Islam in French society stems from a reluctance among descendants of colonisers to accept the assertive voices of descendants of those who were colonised, according to eminent French political scientist, Francois Burgat. The sons of the colonisers do not want to accept...
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India-Middle East-Europe Corridor: Expert gives 3 reasons for Turkiye inclusion
Including Turkiye in the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) will have more benefits than risks, especially in the backdrop of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), according to an international relations expert. The three main reasons are logistical and economic factors, in addition to ease in commerce, all of...
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Will the UN high mass make a difference?
This week marks the beginning of the traditional high-level debate in the framework of the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. World leaders will meet to discuss a number of issues ranging from peace and security, to climate change, development and global governance. Of course, the...
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France’s obsession with Muslim women’s bodies
The Fifth French Republic is continuing to be haunted by racism. Following the death of Nahel M., which sparked protests throughout France this summer, the hijab ban for pupils in public schools is now being surpassed by yet another regulation of the education minister that reveals the infinite obsession...
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Libya floods: 'Everything swept away in the blink of an eye'
“We heard a big explosion, then water was everywhere, sweeping everything in the blink of an eye,” survivors from the Libyan city of Derna recounted the disaster caused by the Mediterranean Storm Daniel, which struck the east of the country at dawn last Sunday. At least 6,000 people have...
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In Pakistan, flood-proof houses give hope against climate change
Prem Kumar was one of the countless Pakistanis whose homes were washed away by unprecedented floods that left behind a trail of death and destruction in a third of the country last year. Swirling floodwaters destroyed houses and farmlands in his Ram Nagar village, nestled in the suburbs of...
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‘Removing a part of me’: France abaya ban revives painful memories for Muslim women
Sometime in 2006, Maria De Cartena decided that she wants to wear a hijab, the Islamic headscarf. But every morning, staff at her high school in Lyon, France, would force the then-13-year-old to remove it. They would stand at the entrance to make sure she does not step onto...
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Bibby Stockholm plan: ‘UK government stoking xenophobia to deter refugees’
The threat of Islamophobia is not only directed at Muslims but at the very idea of humanity itself, which is much more plural and heterogeneous, according to Salman Sayyid, an expert on the issue of Islamophobia. In an interview with Anadolu’s Strategic Analysis Department, Sayyid spoke about the UK’s...
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Palestine refugee camps witness to historic resistance, Israel aggression
The Israeli army, on 5 September, carried out a massive military operation at the Nour Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem city, northern Occupied West Bank, leaving one Palestinian dead and several others injured, and badly damaging the camp’s infrastructure. The Israeli military has been regularly targeting certain refugee camps...
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A significant field of diplomacy: Trans-boundary water politics
One of the most pressing issues of the 21st century is the management and allocation of the limited freshwater resources in the world. Since an important number of those water resources are trans-boundary, crossing the political boundaries of more than one nation, the complexity of the problem has increased...
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‘Kindness can change lives’: Afghan refugee gives back as successful UK doctor
Waheed Arian’s life has been shaped by the kindness and compassion of strangers. Now a successful doctor, he arrived in the UK as a 15-year-old refugee from Afghanistan, thousands of miles away from home, in an unfamiliar land. When he needed a roof over his head, a refugee let...
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Pakistan cable car rescue hero hails courage of survivors
Until last week, Sahib Khan was living an ordinary life in a small town nestled in the mountains of north-western Pakistan. He was running a cable car business in a region where that mode of transport remains the quickest – if not the safest – one. A phone call...
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Salwan Momika: Quran burnings for freedom or money?
Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee living in Stockholm, has recently been making headlines over his repeated acts of desecration of the Quran, causing a diplomatic row between many Muslim countries and Sweden. Salwan Sabah Matti Momika has triggered a spate of criticism and condemnation from around the world, refusing...
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Saudi Arabia wants enhanced partnership, cooperation with Turkiye
Saudi Arabia’s relations with Turkiye have entered a phase of partnership, according to the Kingdom’s Industry Minister. In an exclusive interview with Anadolu, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Bandar Alkhorayef,, said Saudi Arabia has confidence in Turkish investors to build an economic base on which the two countries...
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FACTBOX – Recent coups in Africa
Africa has witnessed eight coups in the last three years, with the latest military take-over announced in Gabon, Wednesday, only a month after a military intervention in Niger ousted the president. Senior military officers in Gabon staged a coup in the Central African country on Wednesday, saying they seized...
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Burning holy books could be criminalised without major free speech impact
Denmark has legal options to ban Quran burnings in the country “without any profound limitations on freedom of speech,” according to a prominent Danish law scholar. Along with neighbouring Sweden, Denmark has been at the centre of the ongoing wave of attacks on the Muslim holy book in Europe,...
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FACTBOX - What is BRICS and who are its members?
The BRICS group of major emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – will hold its 15th heads of state and government summit in Johannesburg between 22 August and 24 August. Here are some key facts about the bloc and its members. What is BRICS? The acronym BRIC,...
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People in need of humanitarian aid worldwide surge to over 363m
A total of 324.3 million people, worldwide, were in need of humanitarian aid last year, a number that rose to 363.3 million as of this month with the effects of war, climate change and the lingering socio-economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. This year’s Global Humanitarian Assistance Report by...
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US-Iran prisoner swaps: Key exchanges in history
The US and Iran, last week, reached a tentative agreement which will see the release of five Americans from a Tehran prison and several Iranians detained in the US. The deal, announced last Thursday, will also transfer to Qatar $6 billion of Iranian state assets frozen in South Korea....
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Anadolu spots Saudi Consulate building in Jerusalem used before 1967
Strategically situated in Wadi Al-Joz, the Consulate building stands adjacent to the semi-official headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, known as the Orient House, which Israel closed down in 2001...
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2 years of Taliban rule: Where does Afghanistan stand?
15 August marks two years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, with the country and its people facing a myriad of challenges. Observers believe Afghanistan’s persisting problems are rooted in a political “standoff” that stems from differences in the value systems – those of the Taliban and...
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The Middle East plays a vital role in global oil production
Countries in the Middle East, which possess 48.3 per cent of the world’s oil reserves, play a vital role in global oil production. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, Oman and the United Arab Emirates were among the top crude oil producers last year, according to London-based analysis and consultancy...