The World Bank has hiked its estimate for the cost of Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction from Russia’s war to minimum $411 billion in the next decade, Anadolu Agency reports ...
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will tell United States legislators that the Chinese-owned video app would never share users’ data with Beijing amid a growing push in the US to ban the platform outright, according to Al Jazeera ...
A powerful earthquake jolted parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan and India on Tuesday evening, according to Anadolu Agency. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter of the magnitude 6.5 tremor was in Afghanistan’s Jurm region. The National Seismic Monitoring Center in Pakistan initially gave a reading of 7.7, which the Pakistan ...
A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping has ended, lasting for almost four-and-a-half hours, according to TASS. The two leaders met on Monday, on the first day of the Chinese president's visit to Moscow. The meeting started at 4:36 p.m. Moscow time ...
A strong earthquake has shaken Ecuador and Peru, killing at least 14 people, damaging homes and buildings, and sending panicked residents into the streets, according to Al Jazeera. The US Geological Survey reported a magnitude 6.7 earthquake on Saturday in Ecuador’s ...
The death toll from powerful earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye last month has risen to 49,589, the country’s vice president said on Saturday, according to Anadolu Agency. Speaking at a news conference, Fuat Oktay said that 6,807 foreign nationals were also ...
The Assistant Secretaries-General to the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) were elected during the 49th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, held on 16-17 March 2023 in Nouakchott, Mauritania, under the theme of “Moderation: Key to Security and Stability” ...
Türkiye and Egypt will raise diplomatic relations to highest level "as soon as possible," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday, according to Anadolu Agency. Speaking in Cairo, where he was visiting upon the invitation of his counterpart Sameh Shoukry ...
Pakistan police have raided the Lahore home of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan who is on his way to the capital, Islamabad, for a court appearance, according to Al Jazeera. Khan was summoned by the court in relation to a state gift case in which he is set to be indicted ...
North Korea claims that about 800,000 young people have volunteered for military service to fight against the United States and other enemies, the country’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmum has reported, according to Aljazeera ...
More than 85% of the world's bird, mammal, and amphibian species live in mountains, particularly in forest habitats, but researchers report in the journal One Earth on March 17 that these forests are disappearing at an accelerating rate, according to Science Daily. Globally, we have lost 78.1 million hectares ...
In what is a historic day for Türkiye and possibly for global fighter jet history, the Turkish developed and made TF-X National Combat Aircraft (MMU) fifth generation stealth fighter jet left its hangar late Friday, according to an announcement made by the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) Chairperson Ismail Demir ...
The death toll from a coal mine explosion in Colombia nearly doubled to 21 after the bodies of ten miners were found on Wednesday, according to Yahoo. Rescue teams had been scrambling to pull out the miners, who were trapped underground ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to discuss the conflict in Ukraine during their talks in Moscow, Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov said on Friday, according to TASS. "Of course, the conflict in Ukraine will be discussed," he said. "We highly appreciate the reserved ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to Russia from March 20-22 at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin press service said in a statement on Friday, according to TASS ...
Russia appreciates peacekeeping activities and mediation by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media on Friday, TASS reports. "Undoubtedly, we appreciate Mr. Erdogan’s efforts, his peacekeeping activities ...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday faced the gravest challenge to his authority since the so-called Yellow Vest protests after his government’s decision to push through a contested pension overhaul without a vote prompted violent unrest overnight, according to Reuters ...
Banks borrowed a combined $164.8 billion from two Federal Reserve backstop facilities in the most recent week, a sign of escalated funding strains in the aftermath of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure, according to Business-standard ...
Montenegro's President Milo Djukanovic on Thursday issued a decree dissolving the parliament, paving the way for a new parliamentary election in the Adriatic country months after he refused to give a mandate to a new government, according to Reuters ...
North Korea launched a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from Pyongyang International Airport on Thursday as a direct response to “provocative and invasive large-scale drills by the U.S. and south Korea” this week, according to state media, according to NK News ...
