ANKARA, Turkey: The administration of US President Joe Biden will ask Turkey to host a senior-level meeting between Taliban and Afghan officials in coming weeks...
WASHINGTON DC, USA: US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has warned that the Taliban could make rapid military gains across Afghanistan when American and NATO...
BERN, Switzerland: Switzerland has voted in favour of banning face coverings in public, including the burka or niqab worn by Muslim women. Official results from...
CANBERRA, Australia: Australia has suspended its defence cooperation programme with Myanmar amid concern about the “escalating violence and rising death toll,” Foreign Affairs Minister Marise...
ROME, Italy: Italy invoked European Union powers to block the export of 250,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Australia on Thursday, in a dramatic escalation of...
ANKARA, Turkey: An army helicopter crashed in southeast Turkey on Thursday, killing 11 military personnel and injuring two others, the defence ministry said. The Cougar-type...
WASHINGTON DC, USA: US Vice President Kamala Harris has assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a call that the United States would oppose to...
CAIRO, Egypt: About 50 women’s organisations in Egypt have published a statement laying out basic principles regarding women’s legal rights amid growing controversy over a...
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar: At least 38 people were killed after Myanmar’s security forces opened fire on protesters in towns and cities across the Southeast Asian nation....