Lebanon’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has vehemently condemned on Tuesday the assassination of Russia’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Andrei Karlov, in Ankara. “This is a cowardly terrorist act that we utterly deplore. Targeting diplomats to send desperate po…
IMF chief convicted of negligence charges in France
PARIS : The head of the International Monetary Fund was convicted on Monday of negligence in a corruption case linked to events eight years ago when she was France’s finance minister.Monday’s court ruling is largely symbolic as Christine Lagarde will n…
QATAR-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGIC COMMITTEE KICK OFF
TRABZON, The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan co-chaired the Second meeting of Qatari-Turkish Supreme Strategic Committee, which was held in the Turkish city of Trabzon on Sunday.At the out…
Putin says ambassador murder is ploy to wreck Syrian peace process
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the killing of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey was a provocation to try to spoil Russia-Turkey ties and derail Moscow’s attempts to find, with Iran and Turkey, a solution for the Syria crisis. In televised com…
Russian Ambassador to Turkey Assassinated in Ankara
A gunman believed to be an off-duty policeman shot and killed Russia’s ambassador to Turkey Monday night in Ankara.Ambassador Andrey Karlov was making a speech at the opening of an art exhibition when a man dressed in a suit approached the podium and o…
Hezbollah condemns assassination of Russian ambassador to Turkey
Hezbollah vehemently condemned, in a statement on Monday, the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, considering the shooting as a “huge offense” to the world security and stability. “We are fully confident that this terrorist op…
THOUSANDS PROTEST PKK TERROR ATTACKS IN TURKEY
ANKARA, Thousands of people across Turkey on Sunday gathered in rallies condemning the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorism in the wake of recent deadly attacks, China’s Xinhua news agency reported quoting local NTV.The protests came after a suicid…
U.N. council condemns ‘terrorist attack’ on Russia envoy in Turkey
The United Nations Security Council condemned on Monday what it called a “terrorist attack” in Ankara that assassinated the Russian ambassador to Turkey. “The members of the Security Council reiterated the need to bring the perpetrators, organizers, fi…
Proposed Powerful Executive Presidency Spurs Fears for Turkish Democracy
ISTANBUL Over the weekend, Turkey’s ruling AK Party submitted to parliament a package of 21 constitutional reform proposals that would end the country’s nearly century-long parliamentary rule and replace it with a powerful executive presidency.The dr…