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Despite a recent shocking event, in which 19 migrants were found frozen to death on the Turkey-Greece border, Athens continues its inhumane policy of pushing back migrants, thereby risking their lives. The coast guard rescued 45 migrants off Izmir province’s Karaburun, Foça and Çeşme districts, Turkey, Feb. 7, 2022 (AA Photo) Despite a recent shocking […]

Emmanuel Macron heads to Kyiv on Tuesday, a day after his long meeting with Vladimir Putin, as the diplomatic drive continues to defuse tensions in the military standoff between Russia and Ukraine. The French president is due to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Ukrainian capital before heading to Berlin to see Olaf Scholz, upon […]

MOGADISHU, Somalia  Somalia and Turkiye enjoy a special relationship, including trade, which encourages the Somali business community to travel to Turkiye to import everything from clothing to medicine. If one visits Somalia’s biggest markets in Bakara, Hamarwayne, and Suuq Bacaad in the capital, it would be easy to realize that the Turkish textile industry enjoys […]

Authorities in North Korea arrested a dance instructor and several of her students after she used foreign media to teach them “capitalist” dance moves, sources in the country told RFA. In late 2020, North Korea passed the draconian Elimination of Reactionary Thought and Culture Act, which punishes citizens for a wide variety of offenses, mostly […]

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday that the country will reopen its borders to tourists from Feb. 21 after remaining closed for almost two years, ending one of the world’s strictest and longest-running pandemic travel restrictions. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference in Canberra, Australia, Feb. 7, 2022. […]

All eyes will be on Emmanuel Macron on Monday as he meets with Vladimir Putin in Moscow later on Monday, as diplomatic efforts intensify to try to ease tensions over Russia’s military build-up on the Ukrainian border. French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Fort of Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern […]

There were scenes of wild celebrations on the streets of Dakar after Sadio Mané finally delivered a first African Cup for Senegal, and Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah could do nothing about it but stand and watch Senegal fans in Dakar celebrate their team’s victory against Egypt in the African Cup of Nations soccer final played […]

On the first day of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Saturday, while the athletes were in the heat of the competition, President Xi Jinping was also busy warmly welcoming the heads of state and officials from international organizations, as the Beijing Winter Games also serve as a major platform for advancing multilateralism, shining […]

A 5-year-old boy who was trapped for four days in a deep well in Morocco has died, the royal palace said Saturday. Moroccan King Mohammed VI expressed his condolences to the boy’s parents in a statement released by the palace. Parents of 5-year-old Rayan walk towards the tunnel as their son’s body was being retrieved, […]