Human Rights Watch sharply criticized Egyptian authorities on Monday for a series of “arbitrary” arrests of political opponents of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi ahead of next month’s presidential election, which the watchdog considers “unfair”, reported Associated Press. [ More … ]
Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged talks to resolve ongoing disputes with Turkey on German lawmakers’ visits to troops stationed in Turkey as part of NATO missions. In an interview with public television ARD on Sunday, [ More … ]
EU Foreign Affairs head calls for lowering tensions following dispute between Qatar and Arab states led by Saudi Arabia The European Union has called on Gulf countries to “deescalate the tensions and to engage in [ More … ]
Millions of refugees have fled their countries and homes to escape oppression, persecution and natural disasters in search of a better life, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said at the opening of the [ More … ]
The Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Friday has called on the government and opposition parties to commit to a rational political practice after the formation of the new government during this week. Al-Bashir, who addressed the [ More … ]
The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has released his much-anticipated annual report entitled “The Situation Concerning Western Sahara.” The report commends Morocco’s decision to withdraw from the Guerguerat region and calls on the Security [ More … ]
Turkey blasts Bulgarian move to limit ballot boxes in Turkey for its March 26 elections as ‘contrary to the European system’ Turkey Thursday urged Bulgaria to halt measures meant to limit the political rights of [ More … ]
King Salman in a speech in Jakarta on Thursday urged unity against terrorism and threats to internal security. “The challenges facing the Islamic nation, particularly, and the world generally, topped by the phenomenon of extremism and [ More … ]
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim dismissed claims Yes vote would end up dividing Turkey Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has urged people to vote in favor of changing Turkey’s constitution in the upcoming April 16 referendum. [ More … ]
Turkey’s top security board has indirectly urged the United States that “supplying weapons to terror organizations” would only “help terror gain strength and spread it,” in an apparent reference to Washington’s policy of allying with [ More … ]
Turkish Defense Minister Işık says bilateral ties may get affected if asylum requests of ex-soldiers linked to July 15 are accepted Germany should not accept the asylum requests of 40 former Turkish soldiers allegedly linked [ More … ]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recently sent a letter to the president-elect of the United States Donald Trump urging him to abstain from moving the United States embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Palestinian [ More … ]
Russia must make Syrian regime avoid violating ceasefire, Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu says during visit to UN HQ Turkey’s foreign minister has called on Russia to keep the Syrian regime to its pledge of complying with a [ More … ]
The United States State Department defended Israeli human rights group B’Tselem in an interview with Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Monday, saying the US was “troubled” by the recent attacks on the group by Israeli Prime [ More … ]
-Egyptian authorities claim Kamal, 61, and his aide were killed in a shootout – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood group has called for an international investigation into the killing of a senior group leader in a police [ More … ]
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