UNESCO’S DRAFT RESOLUTION ON DISCRIMINATION INCLUDES TERM ISLAMOPHOBIA

Sun 21 May 2023: The inclusion of the term Islamophobia in a UNESCO draft resolution on discrimination and racism is a positive step for all Muslim communities and humanity at large, Türkiye’s First Lady Emine Erdogan has said. The Turkish first lady in a tweet on Friday said the development, which was made possible at […]

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PUTIN CONGRATULATES RUSSIA TROOPS CAPTURING BAKHMUT; “FOR TODAY, BAKHMUT IS ONLY IN OUR HEARTS,” ZELENSKYY

Sun 21 May 2023: Russia has claimed complete control of Ukraine’s Bakhmut, with President Vladimir Putin applauding his soldiers and the mercenary Wagner Group on their capture of the completely leveled eastern city. The Russian announcement came just hours after Kyiv stated the combat was still going on while accepting the situation was “critical.” The […]

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TURKEY, SAUDI ARABIA SKIP REGISTRATION FOR G20 MEETING IN DISPUTED SRINAGAR, CHINA STAYS AWAY

Sat 20 May 2023: Three days before the G20 tourism working group meeting begins in Srinagar on Monday, three countries – China, Turkey and Saudi Arabia – had not registered till Friday. A PTI report from Beijing quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin as saying: “China firmly opposes holding any form of G20 meetings […]

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FBI MISUSED INTELLIGENCE DATABASE IN 278,000 SEARCHES, COURT SAYS

Sat 20 May 2023: A U.S. court found that the FBIimproperly searched for information in a U.S. database of foreign intelligence 278,000 times over several years, including on Americans suspected of crimes, according to a ruling released on Friday. The decision by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence […]

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ICC WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR KHAN ‘WANTED’ IN RUSSIA OVER WAR CRIMES CHARGES AGAINST PUTIN

  ICC Chief Karim Khan visited Bucha in Ukraine in April, 2022. Sat 20 May 2023: Russian media reported on Friday that Moscow had issued an arrest warrant for the ICC prosecutor who had filed a warrant in March for the detention of Russian President Vladimir Putin on accusations of war crimes. Karim Khan, the […]

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RADIOACTIVE CLOUD MOVING TOWARD WESTERN EUROPE, RUSSIA CLAIMS

Sat 20 May 2023: On Friday, a senior Russian official claimed that Poland had experienced an increase in radioactivity and that a radioactive cloud was heading toward Western Europe, Anadolu Agency reported. Speaking at a meeting in Russia’s northwestern city of Syktyvkar, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev said the cloud formed after […]

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PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN MEETS WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OĞAN AHEAD OF TURKISH RUNOFF

Fri 19 May 2023: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday met with the presidential candidate of ATA (Ancestral) Alliance, Sinan Ogan. The meeting was held in Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul and took about an hour. Millions of voters went to polls on Sunday to elect the country’s next president and the members of its […]

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