Foreign Affairs

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, one of the two remaining Democratic presidential hopefuls, termed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) a “dictatorship” during Sunday’s televised debate against former vice president Joe Biden.The Vermont senator’s remarks came a…

Turkish diplomats in northern Iraq on Monday commemorated a 1988 chemical attack on the city of Halabja which killed or injured thousands of local Kurds.In a Twitter post, the Turkish Consulate in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish Regional Government (…

Presidential polls in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) set for April 29 will be postponed due to coronavirus, the country’s prime minister announced on Monday.”We’re in consensus about postponing the presidential elections. We have also s…

Iran called people to spend Nowruz, the country’s new year ceremony, in their homes this year amid mounting losses due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Abbas Salehi implored people to take the precaution in order …

Greece’s first female president was sworn in on Friday in a scaled-down ceremony due to the coronavirus outbreak.Katerina Sakellaropoulou was welcomed at the parliament by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Parliament Speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas …

President Donald Trump is expected to announce a national emergency later Friday in an effort to combat the spread of the new coronavirus within the U.S., according to multiple reports.Trump is expected to invoke the Stafford Act, by which the Federal …

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went into isolation Thursday while his wife awaits results of a coronavirus test.Sophie Gregoire Trudeau returned late Wednesday from a speaking event in the U.K. and began to exhibit mild flu-like symptoms.She is…

A former Turkish deputy prime minister who was responsible for the economy announced the establishment of a new political party Wednesday.Ali Babacan announced the launch of the Democracy and Progress Party at a ceremony in the capital, Ankara.“Our top…

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu questioned his Greek counterpart late Wednesday over the situation of refugees at their border.In a post on Twitter, Cavusoglu responded to a tweet by Nikos Dendias by citing a report in The New York Times abou…