Pro-Kurdish MPs to meet Erdogan after Ocalan talks
Lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish DEM party were to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday for talks described by...Geostrategy
Britain reestablishes full Syria ties as FM David Lammy visits Damascus
In 2011, Britain was among the first countries to acknowledge rebel groups as the official Syrian government after then-president Bashar...Geostrategy
IMF agrees on rise in funding, extra Africa board seat
The IMF announced member nations agreed to increase their contributions to the global lender and give sub-Saharan Africa a third...The quotas, which are based on the size of a country's economy, determine how much funding a nation should provide to the IMF.
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank President Ajay Banga used this week's meetings to urge members to step up funding.
UAE, South Korea ink MoU to enhance air transport relations
ABU DHABI, UAE - The United Arab Emirates, represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), has signed a Memorandum...This MoU includes an agreement to increase the number of national carrier flights between the two countries to 21 flights per week.
The signing of this MoU followed discussions held in Seoul on October 12 and 13, 2023, with representatives from both countries' aviation sectors.
More than 1,300 buildings destroyed in Gaza: UN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the bombardment is "just the beginning" as Israel seeks to retaliate against Hamas after...UN's humanitarian agency said "5,540 housing units" in those buildings were destroyed and nearly 3,750 more homes were so badly damaged they were uninhabitable
At least 1,900 Gazans -- most of them civilians and including more than 600 children -- have been killed in missile strikes on the densely populated enclave
Prepared for action against Israel when time comes: Hezbollah
Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem spoke as Hamas and Israel traded heavy fire for a seventh day, after hundreds of Hamas...A Reuters journalist was killed and six others were wounded in southern Lebanon in cross-border shelling
In Beirut on Friday, more than 1,000 Hezbollah supporters rallied for Gaza, carrying Palestinian flags
UN chief stresses ‘even wars have rules’ as Israel bombs Gaza
Describing the situation in Gaza as having reached a dangerous new low, UN Chief Antonio Guterres said that there was...Close to 1,900 people in Gaza have been killed in the waves of missile strike by Israel
The secretary general exhorted all parties to do everything possible to achieve these steps
Protesters in New York call for a ‘free Palestine’
Calling for an end to "Israeli occupation" and the "liberation" of the Palestinian territories, protesters took up multiple blocks in...In Brooklyn, dozens of protesters were arrested on Friday night as they held a sit-in blocking traffic after demonstrating in front of the home of Chuck Schumer, a Democrat
Called by the organization Jewish Voice for Peace, which has urged elected officials to stop genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the protest drew a mass of protesters
Saudi Arabia puts normalization talks with Israel on hold: reports
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia has reportedly decided to suspend peace talks with Israel and the United States, Bloomberg...Although the talks have not been terminated, they are temporarily frozen until the violence in the region subsides, reports said
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, also engaged in a conversation with Iran's president this week
Putin expected in Beijing, more dependent than ever on China
The Russian leader's strategic dependence on China has only grown since his invasion of neighbouring Ukraine thrust his country into...Beijing is hosting representatives of 130 countries on October 17-18 to mark a decade of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
But all eyes will be on Putin, who last month told Beijing's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Saint Petersburg he had "gladly accepted" Xi's invitation
Russia calls for Israel-Hamas cease-fire at UN
With Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip showing no sign of any let up, and death toll touching 1,900 people,...Russian ambassador said there were positive responses to the draft resolution among some member states.
Chinese ambassador said that there was an "emerging consensus" on the humanitarian concerns
Israeli blockade of Gaza reminiscent of Nazis, says Putin
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Israel risked waging an "unacceptable" siege in Gaza comparable to...The measures taken against Gaza Strip by Israel is comparable to the siege of Leningrad during World War II, Putin told journalists.
"We understand what that entails. In my opinion, this is unacceptable. More than two million people live there," he added.
