“The administration plans to push forward … to put Ukraine in the strongest position possible,” a senior administration official said on condition of anonymity before its term ends in January. Trump has been critical of Biden’s assistance for Ukraine, fueling concern about the future of support for President Volodomyr Zelenskiy’s government under a Republican-controlled White […]
The ministry said that the mayors in the cities of Mardin and Batman and Halfeti — a district in the Sanliurfa province — were removed from their positions. The three from the pro-Kurdish DEM party were elected in the March local elections when opposition candidates won in numerous towns and cities across Turkey, including Istanbul. […]
The envoys of the Kyrgyz Republic, the State of Palestine, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Uzbekistan, Kenya, and the Republic of Turkiye, a press statement issued here read. The president received credentials from Ambassador-designate of Kyrgyz Republic Avazbek Atakhanov, Ambassador-designate of State of Palestine Zuhair Mohammad Hamdallah Zaid, Ambassador-designate of Democratic People’s Republic of […]
President ADB Masatsugu Asakawa stated this during a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad. The ADB president reaffirmed the bank’s commitment to support infrastructure development and climate-resilient initiatives in Pakistan. Masatsugu Asakawa also commended the recent signs of economic recovery and stabilization in Pakistan. On his part, President Asif Ali Zardari called for […]
The Biden administration said in February 2023 that it planned to write regulations barring the fees as officials pressured airlines to voluntarily not charge them. In May, Congress passed legislation that President Joe Biden signed into law directing a ban on the practice. Biden has repeatedly clashed with air carriers, calling for new, stricter consumer […]
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been a fierce critic of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, started discussing that war during a speech praising his country’s defense industry. “We must be solid so that Israel can’t do these ridiculous things to Palestine. Just like we entered Karabakh, just like we entered Libya, we might do similar to […]
Consumer prices began slowing after reaching a peak of 75.45 percent in May. “The disinflation process has begun,” Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek wrote on X. Turkey has been battling a cost-of-living crisis that prompted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to drop his opposition to interest-rate hikes to combat inflation. The central bank began to raise its […]
Li is embarking on a six-day tour of New Zealand and Australia, key trading partners that have both expressed concerns over China’s expanding influence in the South Pacific. Naturally, we don’t always see eye-to-eye with each other on everything, Li told reporters after a bilateral meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. But such […]
President Raisi, the foreign minister, and all the passengers in the helicopter were killed in the crash,” the senior Iranian official told Reuters, asking not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter. Iran’s Mehr news agency confirmed the deaths, reporting that “all passengers of the helicopter carrying the Iranian president and foreign […]
This is a difficult and very disappointing statement to hear from a president to whom we have been grateful since the beginning of the war,” Gilad Erdan told Israeli public broadcaster Kan radio, in Israel’s first reaction to Biden’s warning. Israel shelled Rafah on Thursday as US President Joe Biden offered his starkest warning yet […]
