A working group comprising Türkiye, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan was established Monday on the Trans-Caspian East-West Corridor. Also called the Middle Corridor, the network of railways and roads starts in Türkiye and covers Georgia, Azerbaijan, the Caspian...

SPAIN MADRID – NATO's Madrid summit to kick off with participation of heads of states and governments. MADRID - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to brief press members on summit, Stoltenberg to deliver...

Madrid on Monday continued to blame human trafficking mafias for the deaths of dozens of migrants who tried to cross the land border from Morocco into Spain. In a press conference, Isabel Rodriguez, spokesperson of the Spanish government, lamented the loss...

Russia hit on Monday a shopping center with more than 1,000 people in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. "The invaders hit a shopping mall ... the mall is on fire, it's impossible to imagine the number of victims,"...

Russia on Monday expelled eight Greek diplomats over the latter's "confrontational course" towards Moscow.  In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said it summoned Greek Ambassador Ekaterini Nassika and expressed a decisive protest over the confrontational...

In response to the latest announcement by the G7 nations regarding the launch of a $600 billion global infrastructure initiative, China on Monday said that the G7 nations should bring 'real money and projects that actually benefit the people.” ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a visit to Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe on Tuesday in a first foreign trip since the start of the war in Ukraine. The visit was announced by his spokesman Dmitry Peskov at a press briefing in Moscow on Monday....

Sweden takes Türkiye's concerns on terrorism seriously, the Swedish foreign minister told local media on Monday.  Speaking to state television, Ann Linde said negotiations on Stockholm's NATO bid continue with Ankara. Sweden, along with Finland,...

The Chinese government on Monday donated 10 million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to Ethiopia. Signing the handover document were Ethiopian Health Minister Lia Tadesse and Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia Zhao Zhiyuan. '…Part of the 10 million...

The death toll in rebel attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the weekend shot up from seven to 24 as more bodies were found, a civil society group said on Monday. Some 15 more people remain missing after attacks in North Kivu province's...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met on Monday with Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha to discuss the bloc's vision to promote Islamic solidarity and joint Islamic action. The meeting was held on...

Residents in remote areas of Bangladesh have started an intense struggle for potable water because of discriminatory budget allocation for those areas and an unrelenting destruction of the ecology -- especially in hilly areas. Just 5.44% of the Annual Development...

At least one person was killed and five others wounded when a knife-wielding man stabbed several people at an asylum shelter in southern Germany, local media reported on Monday. According to state broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), the attacker knocked on the...

Internally displaced people (IDPs) in camps across South Sudan are demanding more food aid to address unprecedented levels of hunger after the UN World Food Program (WFP) suspended assistance due to critical funding shortages. According to the latest report...

Leaders of NATO's member countries and key partners are set to meet in Madrid to discuss issues facing the alliance during a three-day summit beginning on Tuesday. Russia's war against Ukraine has shattered peace in Europe as it caused far-reaching...

African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat called late Sunday for an "immediate investigation" after the deaths of dozens migrants trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Melilla. "I express my deep shock and concern at...

At least five people were killed and over 500 injured after a grandstand collapsed during a bullfight in Colombia, local authorities said Sunday. A three-story section of the wooden stands lined with spectators fell during the traditional Corraleja bullfight...

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to Ukraine, vowing to continue 'financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support … for as long as it takes.” After discussions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...

TÜRKİYE ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to hold separate meetings with Wolfgang Sobotka, president of Austria's National Council, and Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian at the Presidential Complex. ANKARA - President Erdogan...

Around 1,500 anti-NATO protesters took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday, just two days ahead of the 2022 NATO Summit. Chanting "No to war" and calling Spain's progressive government "imperialist," the protesters, mainly from the far-left of the political...

Qatar is most likely to host the upcoming talks between Iran and the US, mediated by the European Union, to close the remaining gaps in efforts to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal. Nour News, affiliated with Iran's top security body, said in a statement...

The UK's anti-terrorism strategy, dubbed Prevent, is facing criticism from a UN special rapporteur for "targeting Muslim communities" ahead of a controversial independent review. Fionnuala Ni Aolain, the UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection...

The Russian armed forces hit three Ukrainian military facilities with high-precision weapons, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Sunday. Igor Konashenkov, the ministry spokesman, said that the Ukrainian military training centers were targeted in Chernihiv,...

Türkiye neutralized five YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Sunday. The terrorists were preparing to attack areas of Türkiye's anti-terror operations, Peace Spring and Olive Branch, the ministry said on Twitter....