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Unless Sweden and Finland decide to support Turkey on 'fundamental issues'; Erdogan says he will not take a positive approach to NATO expansion

The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Jens Stoltenberg, said it was "important" to address Turkiye's concerns on Finland and Sweden's applications to join the alliance....

Sweden's foreign minister today hit out at "disinformation" about Sweden and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), after Turkey accused the Nordic country of giving support to the militant group,...

A Finnish Member of Parliament has called for a boycott of Turkish kebabs, holidays and cars, as Turkiye continues to insist that Finland and Sweden should not gain NATO...

Turkiye will say "no" to entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday, as senior representatives of the two countries are set to visit...

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said yesterday that her country and neighbouring Sweden want to join NATO "as soon as possible". Following a meeting with her Italian counterpart, Mario...

The United Nations said yesterday that Israel's expulsion of 13 Palestinian communities in  the occupied West Bank in order to conduct military exercises is "inhumane and illegal." This came during a visit by UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Samer Abdel Jaber,...

Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan, said on Monday that Swedish and Finnish delegations should not bother coming to Ankara to convince it to approve their NATO bid, Reuters reports. Sweden's...

The potential NATO membership of Sweden and Finland got off to a bad start late last week with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying that he does not have...

Finland's President Sauli Niinisto confirmed on Sunday that his country would apply for membership of the NATO military alliance, in a historic policy shift prompted by Russia's invasion of...

Fifteen European countries, on Friday, urged Israel to stop plans for more illegal settlements in the West Bank, according to an official statement, Anadolu News Agency reports. "We are...

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has thrown Sweden and Finland's potential NATO membership into doubt, just as both countries are on the cusp of applying to join the alliance...

A member of Finland's parliament has introduced a proposed legislation which seeks to ban the import of goods originating from territories under Israeli occupation. The proposed act aims to cover all...

Finland announced a €7.65 million grant ($8.63 million), Tuesday, to UNICEF to strengthen educational services for children in Somalia, Anadolu News Agency reports. "Finland is extremely pleased to start...

A Finnish Christian missionary group has cut ties with Palestinian children's rights NGO which Israel labelled a terrorist organisation, the charity's executive director said, citing concerns about possible banking...

Turkey did not invite the ten Western ambassadors who called on the release of a detainee to the Republic Day ceremony, revealing Ankara's ongoing displeasure with the envoys. After...

Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Holland, Norway, Poland and Sweden released a joint statement on Thursday insisting that Israel halt its plans to expand settlements in...

The plan to expel ten Western ambassadors from Turkey was averted due to Ankara's secret diplomatic talks with the United States, it has been revealed. After ten Western ambassadors—from...

Germany has donated €25 million ($29.4 million) to the education sector in Palestine in support of its development including school renovations, new equipment and staff employment. The Palestinian Minister of Education,...

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to a statement issued by a number of countries at the UN Human Rights Council criticising Cairo's human rights records by issuing...

Germany and Finland have repatriated 23 citizens from camps in northern Syria holding the relatives of suspected Daesh fighters, returning them on humanitarian grounds. Five women and 18 children...

Over the past few days, 99 vulnerable asylum applicants have been relocated to Finland and Germany, as part of the European Union's ongoing support to frontline Member States, the...

The European Union, Finland and Italy donate €17 million ($18.6 million) to the Palestinian Authority (PA), supporting the payment of medical referrals to East Jerusalem hospitals, the Office of...

Finnish customs officers have rejected 104,000 kilogrammes of oranges from Israel after discovering traces of Bromopropylate, a pesticide banned in the EU, on the produce. Authorities say they rejected...

European border restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus will affect plans to transfer hundreds of children out of "dire and dangerous" refugee camps in Greece, a senior official for...

The Israeli military hosted an international conference on "military doctrine" last week, with dozens of delegates from 30 armies attending, reported the Jerusalem Post. The event was organised by...

The Kurdish-led administration that runs much of northeastern Syria is planning to organise a local tribunal to try Daesh fighters held captive in the region, a representative of its...

Israeli police on Thursday detained five Finnish citizens, including a member of parliament, for allegedly attempting to cross the fence separating Israel and the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to...

Finland will try to repatriate children of Finnish mothers who travelled to Syria to join Daesh "as soon as possible", Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Monday, reports Reuters....

An Iranian tanker at the centre of an angry confrontation between Iran and Washington sailed for Greece on Monday after it was freed from detention off Gibraltar, as Washington...

A German official has confirmed that his country has no intention of granting new arms export licenses to Saudi Arabia following the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The...

Iran backs UN-sponsored peace talks in Yemen, state media reported earlier today, with Tehran stating that it was ready to help find a political solution to the conflict. "Iran...