The World Bank on Monday revised up its global economic growth forecast for 2023 to 2%, from its previous projection of 1.7% in January.However, the economic slowdown from stronger growth last year will raise debt issues for developing countries, Pres…
Optimism is running high about reaching a peace agreement between Yemen’s warring rivals to end the 9-year deadly conflict in the country.On Saturday, Saudi and Omani delegations arrived in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, for talks with Houthi rebels on re…
A shooting at a bank in the US city of Louisville, Kentucky left four people killed with eight others injured, including two responding police officers, authorities said Monday.The shooter was confirmed dead at the Old National Bank in downtown Louisv…
What to make of the dozens of classified US Defence Department documents – maps, charts and photographs – now circulating on the internet?Complete with timelines and dozens of impenetrable military acronyms, the documents, some of them marked “top secr…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group’s 2023 Spring Meetings began Monday, facing global challenges stemming from high inflation and slower economic growth.”Three years since the (coronavirus) pandemic started, uncertainties a…
In three questions, Can Kasapoglu analyzes the significance of Trkiye’s new largest warship, the TCG Anadolu, with its capabilities and potential contributions to the Turkish navy.Why is the TCG Anadolu important?The TCG Anadolu is a special warship t…
A landlocked country in the Caucasus with Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, and Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia boasts a history longer than most European countries.After independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Armenia quickly became drawn …
French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on Europe’s independence from the United States in its Taiwan policy.Macron responded to reporters after his three-day visit to China, French newspaper Les Echos reported Sunday.The president said that Europe …
TV remains the most popular source of information, though not among the young.Facebook and Telegram are the main platforms for political discussion. Online media are largely free and are growing in influence, especially among the young.However, some in…
Russia on Monday said the UK wants to turn Ukraine into ‘a scorched and deserted’ land by supplying Kyiv with shells containing depleted uranium.’Britain, supplying depleted uranium ammunition to Ukraine, wants to turn its territory into a scorched an…