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Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) Angela Merkel (right). Photos: DPA. Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday warned that Germany could ban future campaign events by Turkish politicians on its soil unless Ankara stopped “Nazi” jibes aimed at Berlin. Merkel stressed that such insults must stop – “no ifs, no buts” – and that Germany reserved the right […]

US President Donald Trump and Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi.  WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump and administration officials will receive Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and a delegation in Washington on Monday, marking the PM’s first visit to the US capital since Trump’s inauguration in January. Abadi landed in the United States early Monday […]

One of the robots that will be used. Photo: Uniti Sweden The Swedish startup which crowdfunded a sustainable electric “car of the future” has announced it will produce its vehicles in a ground-breaking new facility manned by robots. In December, The Local wrote about Uniti Sweden’s use of crowdfunding to finance a prototype electric city […]

ALATAW Pass, China’s largest land port, is expected to process more than 1,000 of imported finished automobiles this year, more than any other regular land port in China. The port, which started to import cars in September, has processed 283 parallel imported cars, including 138 in the first two months this year, according to Zhu […]

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met with a group of religious eulogizers and cantors on Sunday, which marked the auspicious birth anniversary of Hadhrat Fatemeh Zahra (PBUH), the daughter of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). During the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei described the lifestyle and course of action taken by that venerable […]

IHA Photo Bulgarian Interior Minister Plamen Uzunov has said Sunday that the 270 kilometer wire mesh border fence with Turkey would be completed by May. Bulgarian Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Stefan Yanev and Minister Uzunov are responsible for supervising the border and informed reporters about the work of border police during a press […]

A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has called for the UN to place the port of Hodeidah under its supervision. It has denied involvement in the deaths of 42 Somalis killed in an attack on a refugee boat nearby. Some 42 refugees, who were carrying official UN refugee agency (UNHCR) documents, were killed while travelling […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking in Turkey on Saturday. Photo: DPA Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday launched a scathing personal attack against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, accusing her of using “Nazi measures” in an intensifying dispute between Ankara and Berlin. Tensions flared after German authorities refused to allow some Turkish ministers to campaign […]

In an exclusive interview with Daily Sabah, EU Minister Ömer Çelik said Ankara’s EU bid depends on developments that will take place in the EU in 2017, saying that the bloc did not keep its promises to Turkey regarding the migrant deal. He added that Turkey cannot be expected to prevent people from migrating to […]

Mogadishu, Amisom– The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat visited Somalia today, on his first field visit since assuming office four days ago. H.E Mahamat, who was accompanied by the AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Amb. Smail Chergui and other senior AU officials, was met on arrival at Aden Adde […]