September 2024

ANKARA: After being elected Sri Lanka’s new president, Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake made a call for unity on Sunday across the country’s various communities. Running for the National People’s Power party, Dissanayake secured 55.89% of the vote in the runoff election held Saturday as no candidate could secure the 50%

WASHINGTON: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday attended a Gaza contact group meeting in New York. The meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Arab League Contact Group came on the margins of the 79th session of UN General Assembly. No further details were shared on the

WASHINGTON: Gaza contact group has been “doing everything to stop Israel’s genocide” in the Gaza Strip, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told a meeting Sunday, according to Turkish diplomatic sources. Fidan attended the meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Arab League Contact Group on the margins of the

ISTANBUL: Trkiye on Sunday expressed deep sorrow over a recent deadly mine accident in Iran. “We are saddened by the loss of many lives and injuries as a result of a mine accident in the city of Tabas in South Khorasan province of Iran,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in

ISTANBUL: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Sunday condemned an Israeli raid of Al Jazeera’s office in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah and the subsequent closure of the bureau. In a post on its X account, the press freedom organization said Israeli soldiers stormed the Qatar-based media group’s office

ANKARA: McLaren’s Lando Norris from the UK dominated Sunday’s Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, finishing the race at least 20 seconds clear of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Norris won the 62-lap Singapore Grand Prix held at 4.94-kilometer (about 3.1-mile) Marina Bay Street Circuit as he saw the checkered flag first