The quakes were Turkey’s worst seismic event in decades, rocking an area around the city of Gaziantep that is home to millions of Turkish citizens, displaced Syrians and refugees.The first earthquake struck at 4.17 a.m ... It was like a nightmare. I woke up the kids. I told them to stay calm.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are keeping Ukrainian troops tied down with fighting in the eastern Donbas region as Moscow assembles additional combat power there for an expected offensive in the coming weeks, Ukrainian officials said Monday ... “The battles for the region are heating up,” Donetsk Gov ... In Luhansk, Gov ... 24 ... The U.N ... .
On the evening of 15 October 2022, when the street protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini were at their peak, 25-year-old Dorsa* was stopped at a checkpoint while driving through a city in the country’s northern Gilan province... Dorsa was with her sister and two male friends ... Finally, she was taken to another room ... He then left.” ... .
Iraq will discuss with Washington this week how to pay dues owed to Russian oil companies despite sanctions, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said on Monday. "We will discuss this problem with the American side ... Russian investments in Iraq are believed to be worth more than $10 billion, mostly in the oil industry ... Reporting by Reuters ....
By Kim Won-soo. The Japanese government has announced a new security policy aimed at acquiring counter-strike capabilities and doubling its defense expenditure over the next five years. This is a significant departure from Japan's long-held policy of limiting its security posture strictly to self-defense ... Two opposing views exist ... Security Council ... .
News that Tbilisi is moving forward with the purchase of Russian-made subway cars has been met with outrage in Georgia, where dealings with the northern neighbor have become particularly controversial amid the Ukraine war ... At the time, City Hall officials said the EBRD had approved Metrovagonmash as the supplier ... Read more ... 1 ... 1 ... EBRD confirmed on Feb.
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has committed summary executions and forced recruitment of civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said today. The Congolese army is responding to the M23’s offensive by collaborating with ethnic militias with abusive records ... The Rwandan government has denied supporting the M23 rebels.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling buildings and killing at least 568 people. With hundreds injured, the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched the rubble in cities and towns across the area ...Millions of Syrian refugees live in Turkey ... The U.S ... ___ ... .
PopeFrancis has said some in the conservative wing of the Roman Catholic Church had exploited the death of the former pope, Benedict, in an unethical way for their own gains. Speaking to reporters aboard the plane returning from a trip to Africa on Sunday, Francis also rejected claims by some conservatives that Benedict, who died on Aug ... (credit ... .
It is a "significant intervention in the tradition of the national church" to want to abolish Great Prayer Day in Denmark. This is the opinion of the country's 11 bishops , who have sent a joint statement to the Minister of the Church, Louise Schack-Elholm ... The biggest protest in a decade ... Protesters came from countryside ... Facebook ... Home page ....
That Turkey is a “vital strategic ally” of the west is the sort of truism on which people such as Joe Biden and Jens Stoltenberg, Nato’s secretary general, are raised ...Geography doesn’t change. Turkey wields significant influence at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East ... Erdoğan rejects and circumvents Ukraine-related sanctions ... .
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In a current plenary debate on migration, the Hungarian Fidesz MEPKinga Gál confronted the EU Commission after Commission President von der Leyen had once again spoken out in favor of a European redistribution mechanism for migrants. Strasbourg... The Hungarian Fidesz ruling party has no time for such plans ... There’s only one solution. Keep illegals out.
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