ISTANBUL: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday met in the capital Ankara with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. No further information was given about the meeting. Earlier, Aboul Gheit was also received by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential complex in
ISTANBUL: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday presented his ‘victory plan,’ a blueprint aimed at ending the war with Russia that continues since February 2022, to the parliament. Speaking at the Verkhovna Rada in the capital Kyiv, Zelenskyy outlined five points that formulate the plan, the first of which is
The general manager of State-owned company Sogei, Paolino Iorio, who was arrested Monday as part of a major graft probe allegedly received bribes for over 100,000 euros, according to Rome prosecutors. State attorneys requested the validation of his arrest on Wednesday. Iorio was arrested on Monday night together with a
The migration issue must be managed centrally by the EU, Deputy Minister of Migration and International Protection Nicholas Ioannides said on Wednesday, stressing that ‘together with support, synergies and collaborations we should all be able to manage this massive issue.’ In his statements to journalists, Ioannides, who participated on Wednesday
ISTANBUL: Trkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that implementing a comprehensive arms embargo against Israel is a must to increase pressure on Tel Aviv to stop the wars in Gaza and Lebanon. ‘President Erdogan stressed that imposing a comprehensive arms embargo (against Israel) is necessary to increase pressure,’
ISTANBUL: At least 23 people were killed and 31 injured late Tuesday in a series of violent airstrikes on several towns and regions in southern and eastern Lebanon, according to official figures. Lebanon’s official news agency reported that the strikes in the south targeted the districts of Nabatieh, Bint Jbeil
