From cars to champagne: Trump’s expanding tariffs trigger trade war fears
Paris, France -- From champagne to steel and now cars: it is getting harder to keep up with US President...Economy Geostrategy
Turkey protesters defiant despite nearly 1,500 arrests
The protests erupted on March 19 after the arrest of Istanbul opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of a graft...Geostrategy
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi to visit China: state media
On his upcoming trip, Raisi is expected to hold private talks with Xi, and delegations from both countries are due...Iranian president will set out for Beijing on Monday evening in response to an official invitation by Chinese President Xi Jinping
Ebrahim Raisi will also take part in meetings with Chinese businessmen and Iranians living in the country
In Turkey families race against time to identify quake victims
Monday's 7.8-magnitude tremor struck Kahramanmaras in the country's southeast, unleashing catastrophe in the region and Syria, killing at least 28,000...Families -- who cannot reach their loved ones during the rescue work -- check one by one bodies either in bags or wrapped in blankets.
Turkish Health Minister said on Friday he hoped the missing bodies would be identified and said the government was doing everything it could
UN relief chief fears Turkey-Syria quake deaths to top 50,000
UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said the death toll from the massive earthquake will "double or more" from its current...Officials and medics said 24,617 people were killed in Turkey and 3,574 in Syria. The confirmed total now stands at 28,191
Turkey's disaster agency said more than 32,000 people from Turkish organizations are working on search-and-rescue efforts
Thousands protest in Israel against PM Netanyahu’s reforms
Opposing the controversial legal reforms being pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing governemnt, thousands of Israeli protested in central...Netanyahu returned to power following elections in November, at the head of a coalition with extreme-right and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties
A Palestinian was shot dead on Saturday during a clash with Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, south of Nablus
UN urges ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Syria to help quake aid
The call came as rescue workers continued their search for survivors in the rubble of the 7.8 magnitude quake that...At the session, the council will hear from UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths, who is to visit Turkey and Syria this weekend
The rebel-held areas of Syria near Turkey's border are in a particularly dire situation since they cannot receive aid from government-held parts of Syria
UN estimates 5.3 million people in Syria homeless after quake
The earthquake is estimated to have made some 5.3 million people in Syria homeless, which rocked the region this week,...Nearly 23,000 people have died across Turkey and Syria because of the quake, one of the worst disasters to hit the region
The quake killed more than 3,300 in Syria, according to health ministry figures and a rescue group
IEA calls special meeting as gas crisis ‘not over’
IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said the measures taken following Russia's invasion of Ukraine helped European nations whether Russia cutting...The meeting, to be held on Wednesday by video conference, is the first such special IEA ministerial meeting recent history
It will also include ministers from several non-IEA member nations and will look at the global repercussions of the cuts to European gas supplies
Iranians celebrate 44th anniversary of Islamic revolution
this year, many flag-waving people travelled on foot to converge on the capital's iconic Azadi (Freedom) Square, despite chilly temperatures....State television said the celebrations were held in 1,400 cities and towns across the country, airing footage of large rallies in Isfahan, Mashhad, Shiraz, and Tabriz
For the past two years, the 1979 overthrow of the Western-backed Shah was commemorated mainly in vehicles and on motorcycles due to Covid restrictions
UAE and Japan to boost collaboration in skill development
The two sides reaffirmed their keenness to advance bilateral cooperation in the fields of human resources and skill development.The two sides reaffirmed their keenness to advance bilateral cooperation in the fields of human resources.
The meeting also reviewed the legislation and procedures regulating the UAE labor market.
Children found alive as Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 22,000
In the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, one of those hit hardest, the stench of death clung to the air. But...In the 105th hour, rescuers pulled 18-month-old Yusuf Huseyin from the debris in the southeastern city of Antakya.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the Security Council to authorize the opening of new cross-border humanitarian aid points between Turkey and Syria.
