ANKARA: Sri Lanka has formally decided to apply for BRICS membership, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath announced Monday. Speaking to the diplomatic corps in the capital Colombo, Herath said the country will submit its membership request at the upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, scheduled for Oct. 23-24. Sri Lanka’s secretary
ISTANBUL: At least four Palestinians were killed and 40 others injured in an Israeli strike on tents housing displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip early Monday, according to local media. A fire erupted in the tents in the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, located in the central city of
The project of conservation and new use of the old Municipal Market of Nicosia was awarded in the ‘Highly Commended’ category at the SHARE 2024 Architectural Awards of Central and South-Eastern Europe. According to a press release by the Municipality of Nicosia, the award ceremony took place recently in Athens
Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides arrived in London Monday noon, where he will hold an official meeting with the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in the afternoon at 16:45 (London time). A written statement by Government Spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis says that upon his arrival the President of the Republic was received
ISTANBUL: Iran said Monday that it halted indirect negotiations with the US due to current regional tensions. Speaking during a visit to the Omani capital Muscat, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Oman has played a positive role in facilitating dialogue between Tehran and Washington, in which came to be
ANKARA: Israel is ‘undermining’ the UN and its peacekeeping force in Lebanon to give itself free rein, Ireland’s foreign minister said on Monday, ahead of the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg. Israel’s attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon aim to “drive the eyes and ears out of South
