Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that his country never truly considered Turkey as a strategic ally but only as a close partner, amid growing tensions between the...

Armenian soldiers have targeted Azerbaijani journalists reporting on attacks against civilians in the city of Tartar, Anadolu has reported. The journalists were recording video footage of a school hit...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that his country will give Greece the “response it deserves” over the countries’ dispute in the eastern Mediterranean. “We will continue...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced on Wednesday that Moscow welcomes normalisation deals between Arab nations and Israel, insisting that they should not harm Palestinian interests. “We support Israel’s normalisation...

Spokesman for the Turkish presidency Ibrahim Kalin has announced: “If Egypt reveals a willingness to act with a positive agenda on regional issues, Turkey would not leave it unanswered.” This came in an interview with a local...

The My Return international campaign continues to garner widespread support across several countries around the world, with signatures on the petition demanding Palestinians’ right of return to their homeland reaching 500,000.

A source in Egyptian state TV told the New Khaleej that authorities have issued new instructions to the media to water down criticism of Turkey. The source, who spoke on condition of...

Eight states, including the UAE, have signed an international pact for moon exploration, NASA said yesterday. The pact, called the Artemis Accords, is intended as a framework for best...

The sister of jailed Saudi activist Loujain Al-Hathloul has called on European golf players to boycott the upcoming tournament in Saudi Arabic. In a letter sent to the Independent newspaper, Lina...

Saudi Arabia failed in its bid to join the UN Human Rights Council for the next three-year term, while China and Russia were elected to the Geneva-based body. Other...

A spokesman for the Greek government, Stelios Petsas, said yesterday that his country will not participate in exploratory talks with Turkey as long as the Turkish survey vessel Oruc...

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas yesterday called on Turkey to refrain from more provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean. “If the new Turkish exploration operations for gas actually take place...

The representative of the World Food Program (WFP) for Turkey, Nils Grede, said the relief aid provided by the programme to Syrian refugees in Turkey has been a major...

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil voiced his support Tuesday for the Azerbaijani army’s operation in Upper Karabakh, a region occupied by the Armenian military. The 31-year-old German citizen of Turkish descent...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday calls for a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh are reasonable but must include an Armenian withdrawal from Azeri lands, and he floated holding...

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Tuesday he believed that only a change in Turkey’s stance on Nagorno-Karabakh could prompt Azerbaijan to halt military action over the tiny...

Turkey’s foreign minister angrily dismissed European Union calls to withdraw troops from northeast Syria on Tuesday, accusing it of double standards and trying to lecture Ankara on human rights...

Manufacturing giant JCB is to be investigated by the British government following claims that machinery built by the company is used by the Israel Defence Forces to demolish Palestinian...

Greece will build a permanent refugee camp on Lesbos by summer 2021 to replace the facility that burned down last month, the migration minister said yesterday. Notis Mitarachi said...

A London-based newspaper has apologised to the Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament, Rached Ghannouchi, for publishing “false allegations” against him more than a year ago, Anadolu has reported. In...

The Iranian Foreign Ministry yesterday welcomed two proposals for dialogue with Gulf states under the auspices of Russia and China. “China and Russia have proposed plans for dialogue with...

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement announced on Sunday that Russia is ready to host a meeting for leaders of the Palestinian factions. “During our visit to Moscow,” said Hamas...

Former Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, said the French initiative proposed by President Emmanuel Macron is the last chance to stop Lebanon from collapsing and to rebuild Beirut. In...

The unemployment rate in Turkey held steady at 13.4 per cent in the period from June to August, compared to 13.9 per cent during the same period last year,...

Egyptian MP Samir Ghattas has declared that Cairo will not host meetings for Palestinian factions without a detailed reconciliation or election plan. Speaking to Al-Watan Voice yesterday, Ghattas said: “The indicators...

Israeli media revealed that police officers from Morocco made a secret visit to Israel and agreed to establish a cooperation and hand over fleeing criminals. The Israeli Channel 12 reported that...

A Turkish foundation built 600 new houses for families in the Idlib region in northwestern Syria, the group announced on Monday, reports Anadolu Agency. Ihsan Acik, the Turkey Diyanet Foundation’s...

A Turkish company on Monday signed a 14-year contract in Somalia to operate and rehabilitate the port of its capital city, Mogadishu, local media reported on Monday, reports Anadolu...

Human trials of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine, named Sputnik V, will be held in the United Arab Emirates, the second country after Belarus to take part in the programme of...

The Turkish navy yesterday announced plans to send the research ship at the centre of an energy rights row with Greece to the Eastern Mediterranean again, AFP reports. According to a...

Tunisian divers have discovered an almost intact World War 1 era French submarine, the Ariane, which was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1917. The Ariane was spotted last...

The Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu asked his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to press Armenia to adhere to the ceasefire. According to diplomatic sources, Cavusoglu stressed the need to...