ISTANBUL: The UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said Saturday that children in the Gaza Strip spend eight hours a day carrying food and water, forcing families to resort to using seawater for daily tasks.
‘Children in #Gaza can spend 6-8 hours…
ISTANBUL: Japan unveiled a collaborative initiative with Cambodia on Saturday to share expertise and technology for landmine removal with countries such as Ukraine, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa announced the Japan…
WASHINGTON: Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus is in the US on Saturday to attend a NATO Parliamentary Assembly Summit and will meet other leaders.
Kurtulmus was welcomed at Dulles International Airport by Trkiye’s Ambassador to Washington Se…
ANKARA: South Korean authorities confirmed more cases of African swine fever at a pig farm in a southeastern county as Prime Minister Han Duck-soo instructed officials to take ’emergency’ containment measures, Seoul-based Yonhap News reported on Sunda…
ISTANBUL: Hezbollah announced Saturday that it targeted a site in the occupied Lebanese hills of Kafr Shuba and acheived direct hits.
The Lebanese group said on Telegram that it targeted the Rasat al-Alam site with rocket weapons.
It added that the …
ANKARA: Australian police arrested an influential minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG) on the charge of domestic assault offense, local media reported on Sunday.
The PNG’s Minister for Petroleum Jimmy Maladina was arrested in Sydney near famed Bondi be…
ISTANBUL: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) called Sunday for an ‘independent investigation’ into an Israeli attack that killed at least 16 Palestinians at a school housing displaced people in the central Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army cla…
ISTANBUL: Here’s a rundown of all the news you need to start Sunday, including Egypt hosting an international conference to address the crisis in Sudan; Masoud Pezeshkian, a veteran reformist lawmaker being elected the new president of the Islamic Rep…
ANKARA: Even as exit polls suggested a surge in support for the left in Sunday’s second round of French elections, far-right party leader Jordan Bardella hailed ‘breakthrough’ results for the National Rally (RN), which led the first round on June 30.
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ISTANBUL: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that a Gaza cease-fire plan backed by US President Joe Biden will enable the release of hostages ‘without harming the other aims of the war.’
In a statement by his office, Netanyahu said…
