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Anadolu Agency’s Morning Briefing – Dec. 13, 2021

Japan urged South Korea on Sunday to give an “appropriate response” to resolve the wartime compensation issue in bilateral relations.

More than 7,000 mercenaries from Russian private military contractor Wagner are still operating in Libya, the head of the country’s High Council of State said Sunday.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was set to visit the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, marking the first official visit by an Israeli premier to the Gulf nation.

Israeli authorities decided Sunday that the family of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will no longer receive security protection.

Red Bull’s driver Max Verstappen on Sunday became the F1 world champion for the first time after winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a last lap move sealing the victory.

Mercedes’ last hope to secure driver championship by appealing Max Verstappen’s win in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was dismissed by the FIA on Sunday.

The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing over half a billion people into extreme poverty, the worst economic disaster since the 1930s, the World Health Organization and the World Bank said Sunday.

Four Hamas members were killed Sunday in an armed attack during a funeral at a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, the group said.

Over 3,350 Iraqis who were stranded on the border between Belarus and Poland have been brought back home, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry announced Sunday.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for COVID-19 after he started feeling unwell earlier in the day, his office announced Sunday.

– Developments in Turkey

Leave aside prejudice but do not leave information vacuums but produce “engaging and evergreen content” for a good communications strategy, experts said Sunday.

The effects of algorithms on human rights were discussed Sunday in a panel at Stratcom Summit 2021 in Istanbul.

Stratcom Summit 2021, a two-day international strategic communications event in Istanbul, ended Sunday, with a variety of topics addressed over the weekend.

Turkey has underlined its determination to strongly support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Turkey’s foreign minister hosted his Bangladeshi counterpart in the capital Ankara on Sunday.

Turkey offered its condolences Sunday to the people and government of Italy after several houses collapsed overnight in a Sicilian town following a gas explosion.

Source: Anadolu Agency