ANKARA SLAMS LIZ TRUSS’S PLAN TO SEND UK ASYLUM SEEKERS TO TURKEY

Mon 18 July 2022: Turkiye has slammed plans by the British prime ministerial candidate, Liz Truss, to send refugees to the country from the UK, as Ankara continues to deal with the strain of millions of refugees and an increasingly heated political and social climate. According to the Times newspaper on Saturday, the British Foreign Secretary and […]

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UKRAINE PRESIDENT ZELENSKY SACKS TWO TOP OFFICIALS CITING TREASON CASES

Mon 18 July 2022: In a significant move, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the two top government figures, citing hundreds of cases of alleged treason and cooperation with Russia. Iryna Venediktova, the general prosecutor, and Ivan Bakanov, the head of domestic security in Ukraine, are the individuals who have been fired. Ukrainian efforts to prosecute […]

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TURKISH PRESIDENT DUE IN TEHRAN TO MEET IRANIAN, RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS

Mon 18 July 2022: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay an official visit to Iran on July 18-19 at the invitation of his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi, the Turkish Presidency said on Sunday. Erdogan and Raisi will co-chair the seventh meeting of the Türkiye-Iran High-Level Cooperation Council in Tehran on July 19, the presidency […]

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IMRAN KHAN CALLS FOR EARLY ELECTIONS AFTER LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN PUNJAB

Mon 18 July 2022: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has again called for an early national election after his party seized control of the state assembly in Punjab, the country’s most populous province. Twenty seats were up for grabs in the Punjab by-election, which was seen as a popularity test for the former international cricket star dismissed by […]

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DEATH TOLL FROM TRIBAL CLASHES IN SUDAN’S SOUTH RISES TO 60

Sun 17 July 2022: Tribal clashes in Sudan‘s southern Blue Nile state, on the border with Ethiopia, have killed 60 and wounded 163 people since erupting nearly a week ago, the state’s health minister said. “Thirteen of the wounded are in a serious condition and will be transferred to hospitals in Khartoum,” Jamal Nasser told AFP by phone from […]

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UKRAINIAN WAR ILLUSTRATES THE END OF WESTERN DOMINANCE AS CHINA RISES, BLAIR SAYS

Sun 17 July 2022: The Ukraine war shows that the West’s dominance is coming to an end as China rises to superpower status in partnership with Russia at one of the most significant inflection points in centuries, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said, Reuters reported. The world, Blair said, was at a turning point in history […]

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