Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan received his first prison visit in 43 months on October 23, his nephew said, the same day a deadly blast…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 23 touted the creation of a new "multipolar world order" at the BRICS summit, a gathering of world leaders…
Global growth is expected to ease slightly to 3.2%this year and remain at that level in 2025, the IMF announced October 22, while warning that…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on October 22 condemned late preacher Fethullah Gulen and his followers as traitors and vowed to pursue them globally, following…
US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who was accused by Ankara of organising a failed 2016 coup, has died in exile in the United States aged…
The Turkish government defended a proposed tax on credit cards on October 15, saying it was needed to fund the arms industry and protect the…
Iran and Iraq will both stage funerals for Revolutionary Guard General Abbas Nilforoushan, killed in an Israeli air strike alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, the…
Hundreds of women protested in Turkey October 12 against a wave of murders of women, the latest rallies in response to a recent double slaying…
Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius but under what US President Joe Biden called a "historic…
The UN Security Council extended on September 30 its authorization of the multinational policing mission in crime-ravaged Haiti, but without any call to transform it…
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said October 1 he was released after years of incarceration only because he pleaded guilty to doing "journalism", warning that freedom…
Controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to break his post-prison silence in an address to the Council of Europe next week, his organisation revealed September…
UN members adopted a blueprint for the future September 22 to tackle the myriad wars, environmental threats and technological challenges facing humanity that was hailed…
Turkey's energy minister announced September 18 a 10-year deal to receive liquefied natural gas from French firm TotalEnergies as the country, heavily dependent on Russia,…
The US and British top diplomats began a visit September 11 to Ukraine, where they will discuss further easing rules on firing Western weapons into…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called September 9 for a "fair trade order" during a visit to China where he met leader Xi Jinping and…
The UN General Assembly on August 13 officially launched a new data-driven “vulnerability” index that would help small island states and developing nations gain access…
Global youth unemployment is at its lowest level for 15 years, the United Nations said on August 12, though not all regions have yet recovered…
More than 40 athletes at the Paris Olympics have tested positive for coronavirus, highlighting a new global rise in cases as vaccination coverage plunges, the…
Opponents of deep sea mining suffered a serious setback on August 2 when they failed to take a first step toward an international moratorium on…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met counterparts from Japan, Australia and India on July 29, with the group expected to issue a joint statement…
Boeing will plead guilty to fraud as part of a deal with the US Department of Justice over two fatal 737 MAX crashes, according to…
Gilead could bring the AIDS pandemic towards an end if the US pharmaceutical giant opens up access to its game-changing new HIV drug, the head…
Airlines were gradually coming back online July 20 after global carriers, banks and financial institutions were thrown into turmoil by one of the biggest IT…
Children's rights are being increasingly eroded by the rise in armed conflict around the world, including the wars in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine, aid group…
