ISTANBUL: An expansion of the war in Lebanon hinders efforts to reach a cease-fire, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Sunday. ‘I’m just back from Lebanon where people live in fear and anxiety,’ UNRWA Commission-General Philippe Lazzarini said on X. ‘Hundreds of thousands of people, the vast
ISTANBUL : Russia claimed on Sunday that it took control of another village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. According to a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry, the Russian forces captured the village of Mykhailivka, located almost 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) southeast of Pokrovsk city, a major front in Moscow’s
ISTANBUL: On Oct. 10 and 11, the Israeli army attacked the bases of the United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) in Lebanon, sparking outrage among the international community, including the United Nations (UN), the top European Union (EU) figures, and many states. Italy, which under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s tenure has
ANKARA: Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus on Sunday met with United Arab Emirates (UAE) Federal National Council Speaker Saqr Ghobash. The meeting came on the sidelines of the 149th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union held in Geneva. Kurtulmus said that the main agenda of his last meeting with Ghobash
CYPRUS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST FOR THE SEA AREA OF CYPRUS (A) FOR THE PERIOD FROM 0600 13/10/2024 UNTIL 0600 14/10/2024 Area covered is 8 kilometers seawards. Winds are in BEAUFORT scale. Times are local times. Atmospheric pressure at the time of issue: 1013hPa (hectopascal) Slack pressure gradient is affecting
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday that he will be going to a tripartite dinner in New York with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar next Tuesday with the required readiness and cautious optimism for a positive outcome. President Christodoulides was speaking upon his arrival
