Europe & Russia

Germany's coalition government has approved new arms export deals to Saudi Arabia, despite the ban imposed as a result of its involvement in the war in Yemen. According to...

Turkiye is preparing to take the Cyprus issue to the UN General Assembly in order to remove the obstacles to recognition of the breakaway state in the north, Reuters...

Iran has threatened to "take action" against celebrities who have in recent days supported the demonstrations sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini. Iran has been shaken...

The Turkish intelligence service has been conducting negotiations with the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus to define a "road map" on several issues, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Turkiye will deploy more troops to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to protect Turkish Cypriots, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said yesterday, Anadolu news agency reported. Speaking at a...

For the first time in its long history, NATO's unity is under threat as a result of the rift between two of its members; Turkiye and Greece and their...

The French Ambassador to Morocco, Helen Le Gall, said Thursday she was ending her tenure in the North African nation, Anadolu News Agency reports. The diplomat said her 3-year...

Turkiye is set to reinforce its military presence of 40,000 troops in northern Cyprus with more arms and equipment, following the United States' lifting of an arms embargo off...

French-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri has gone on hunger strike in protest against his administrative detention by Israel. This cruel and unjust practice means that prisoners can be held indefinitely...

The government in France has announced that it is closing another mosque. Media reports yesterday said that the closure of the Obernai Mosque in the Bas-Rhin region is because...

“We don’t wish to be visible during a tournament that has cost thousands of people their lives."

An International Economic Summit featuring experts from across the world began in the Turkish metropolis, Istanbul, on Thursday to discuss the major shifts that have hit the global economy...

A coalition of Muslim NGOs will be highlighting state sponsored Islamophobia across Europe during a conference organised by what is billed as the world's largest regional security intergovernmental organisation,...

A high-level Turkish security delegation arrived in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Tuesday to discuss cooperation in securing the 2022 World Cup due to begin in November. "Within the...

Spain yesterday summoned the Iranian ambassador to Madrid to protest against the police crackdown on protesters following the death in custody of a 22-year-old lady. The Ministry of Foreign...

Algeria's state-owned Sonatrach oil company announced on Wednesday that its gas production is expected to increase by 10 billion cubic metres in 2023, Anadolu has reported. The announcement was...

Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association agreement states, "Relations between the Parties, as well as all the provisions of the Agreement itself, shall be based on respect for human...

Local leaders in Amsterdam have taken an important step to encourage scrapping the burqa (face-covering clothing) ban in the Netherlands, which came into force in 2019, Anadolu News Agency...

Turkiye's Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank said on Tuesday that his country is ready to be a wind energy hub for Europe and Central Asia. Varank's remarks were...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday pledged to solve the problem of the shortage of production requirements resulting from the restrictions on imports within two months, adding that he...

Turkish banks have completely ceased the facilitation of transactions through the Russian payment system MIR, following significant pressure and the threat of sanctions from the United States. According to...

Pope Francis will visit predominantly Muslim Bahrain from 3 – 6 November to attend an international conference, the Vatican announced on Wednesday, Reuters reports. The Vatican said the Pope...

The European Union (EU) and Spain have donated €28.5 million ($28.5 million) towards the payment of social allowances for Palestinian families, based in the occupied West Bank and the...

The UK's Shadow Foreign Secretary has proposed that British citizens abroad receive a statutory right to Foreign Office consular assistance, reports The Guardian. The UK government is currently not...

A semi-orchestrated campaign has been seen in Lebanon over the past week calling for the terms of the 1989 Taif Agreement to be implemented. It has involved government heads,...

US Ambassador to Khartoum, John Godfrey, yesterday warned the Sudanese government of the repercussions of allowing Russia to build a military base in the Red Sea, the Anadolu news...

Egypt has topped the list of arms importers from France in 2021 thanks to an order of 30 Rafale fighter jets, making the Middle East the largest arms buyer...

One Turkish police officer was killed, late on Monday, and another was injured after a bomb exploded near a residence that houses police in the Mezitli district of Mersin...

The agriculture ministers of Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Syria have agreed to support an initiative to boost food security in the region. According to the Jordan News Agency (Petra),...

Turkiye's Foreign Ministry summoned the German ambassador to Ankara, on Tuesday, to protest over comments made by a senior German politician who likened President Tayyip Erdogan to a "little...

Russia is likely to propose that OPEC+ reduces oil output by around 1 million barrels per day at its next meeting in October, a source familiar with the Russian...

The global food crisis is a result of the West's "predatory policies," Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. "The West is provoking a global...