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Turkish Airlines aircraft parked at Istanbul Airport on the second day of the two-day curfew declared by Turkey’s government in an attempt to control the spread of coronavirus, Istanbul, Turkey, April 19, 2020. (AP File Photo) Turkish Airlines (THY) suspended flights to Brazil, South Africa, Nepal and Sri Lanka as part of measures against the […]

After extending the COP26 climate negotiations an extra day, nearly 200 countries meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, adopted on Saturday an outcome document that, according to the UN Secretary-General, “reflects the interests, the contradictions, and the state of political will in the world today”. “It is an important step but is not enough. We must accelerate climate […]

Over the last year, hundreds of thousands of people in Ethiopia have died and more than two million people have lost their homes. Because of the last year, there are currently more than 100,000 children at risk of starving to death. In total, more than 5.2 million people need emergency help. Ethnic groups in Ethiopia are fighting over […]

MOGADISHU, Somalia At least three people were killed and several others wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his car into a security convoy in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, officials said. The attack took place at a busy intersection near Villa Baidoa, the Somali military’s second headquarter in Mogadishu. Abdifatah Hassan, a police officer […]

Israeli suspects and the Turkish national are escorted by police after being arrested for taking pictures of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s residence in Istanbul’s Çamlıca on Nov. 12, 2021 (DHA Photo)  An Israeli couple and a Turkish national are facing espionage charges after being arrested for taking pictures of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s residence from […]

The body of a young Syrian man has been found in Poland near the border with Belarus, Polish police said on Saturday, amid mounting international tension over a migrant crisis the European Union says has been orchestrated by Minsk. Migrants walk along the barbed wire fence at the Belarus-Poland border on Friday, November 12. © Leonid […]

An election banner calling the on the Turkish minority in Bulgaria to vote for Movement for Rights and Freedoms candidate Mustafa Karadayı in presidential elections, Bulgaria, Nov. 11, 2021. (AA Photo)  Acandidate of Turkish descent for the first time will run in Bulgaria’s presidential elections set to take place Sunday. The Movement for Rights and […]

The country’s human rights abuses, and past purchases of Russian equipment, are among the concerns in Washington. President Joe Biden meets with Indonesian President Joko Widodo during the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, on Nov. 1, 2021, in Edinburgh, Scotland. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo The State Department is mulling the sale of armed drones to Indonesia, […]

MINSK, 11 November (BelTA) – Nearly all the kids in the camp have caught a cold, the nights are very cold, a 14-year-old refugee, who is stuck in the spontaneous camp near the Polish border together with his family, told BelTA. A large group of migrants moving towards the Belarusian-Polish border was noticed not far […]

FW de Klerk, the last president of apartheid South Africa and a key actor in the country’s transition to democracy, has died. Former South African State President F. W de Klerk speaks during an interview on January 27, 2020 in Cape Town. Gallo Images/Die Burger/Jaco Marais Former South African State President F. W de Klerk […]