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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) honoured on Tuesday journalists in war zones for their work under pressure and in dangerous conditions by naming the recipients of their annual Press Freedom Awards. The award in the category “Impact” was given to Ukrainian journalist Natalja Humenjuk, who, through her organization The Reckoning Project, has documented war crimes and focused on Russia’s responsibility for the deportation of Ukrainian children. This work led, among other things, to arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court against Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the presentation of the Press Freedom Awards in Washington, Wael al-Dahduh, head of Al Jazeera’s…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Tuesday that Ankara’s priority was keeping calm borders and that Syria’s Assad regime needs to engage in a real political process to de-escalate events in its north. “Erdoğan stated that Türkiye, in accordance with its national security and interests, is taking steps to prevent the PKK terrorist organisation and its extensions from taking advantage of the developments and would take (further) steps,” the Turkish presidency said in a readout of a phone call. Erdoğan also told Sudani during the call that Türkiye valued Syria’s territorial integrity, unity and…

Iran will consider any request from its Syrian ally for troops to help tackle a sweeping rebel offensive in the north, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday. “If the Assad regime asks us to send forces to Syria, we will study their request,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an excerpt from an interview published on his official Telegam channel.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan discussed the “sharply escalated” situation in Syria in a phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the presidential sources said on Tuesday. The Syrian regime should engage in political dialogue amid the ongoing clashes with rebels, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during a phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, according to presidential sources. “Türkiye backs Syria’s territorial integrity, works for lasting peace. The Syrian regime must engage in a political solution,” Erdoğan told Putin. Erdoğan called for “room for diplomacy in the region, and underscored that the Syrian regime should engage in the…

The UN special rapporteur on human trafficking said Monday that she was alarmed by reports of failures in the identification of possible trafficking victims, especially women and children, in Samos, a Greek island in the Eastern Aegean. Siobhan Mullally expressed her concern in a letter to the Greek government about the situation of victims and potential victims of trafficking at the Closed Control Access Centre on Samos, which opened in 2021. “Reception conditions at the Centre, which now accommodates up to 5,000 people, despite its 3,000 limit, are reportedly inadequate and fail to provide its occupants with a safe, dignified…

“We are closely following developments that erupted suddenly in our neighbor Syria over the past few days,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a statement on Monday during a press conference with Montenegrin President Jakov Milatović. ‘As Türkiye, we are ready to do whatever we must to extinguish the fire in our region today, as we did yesterday,’ Erdoğan added. Keynotes from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s speech: “We are closely monitoring the sudden developments in our neighboring country, Syria, over the past few days. As Türkiye, we are ready to do whatever is necessary to extinguish the fire in…

Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday said that armament in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific region is on the rise and warned that this could bring the world to the “edge of the cliff, brink of a nuclear war danger.” Stressing that the global system is facing three conventional wars simultaneously, all of which have global repercussions, Fidan said that Türkiye is “just at the center of these wars.” “The stability in the Middle East, South Caucasus and the eastern Mediterranean, as well as the Black Sea is a primary goal for us,” he said at TRT World Forum…

Military cooperation with North Korea is “expanding,” according to Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, who met with North Korean counterpart No Kwang Chol in Pyongyang on Friday. “We look forward to close and fruitful cooperation with our Korean comrades,” Russian TASS news agency quoted Belousov as saying. Moscow is “committed to implementing” all agreements reached with Pyongyang, he added. The Russian defense chief arrived in Pyongyang following North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui’s recent visit to Moscow, where she met with both her counterpart and President Vladimir Putin. During her trip, Choe pledged that Pyongyang would “powerfully support and assist…

An interesting incident on the International Space Station (ISS) this weekend alarmed the astronauts. The unmanned Russian cargo vehicle Progress, newly docked to the station, arrived with an unexpected odor and small droplets floating in the air. The vehicle, which was carrying food, water, clothes, medical supplies, and scientific equipment, emitted an unusual smell during its descent. Due to this smell coming from the cargo module, the astronauts quickly closed the hatch and activated the air purifiers. Subsequent checks the following day reported that the air quality had returned to normal. Crew is safe A statement from the official ISS…

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that if the West transfers nuclear weapons to Ukraine, Russia will respond with all available weapons. Speaking at a news conference in Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana, Putin vowed to prevent the “appearance” of nuclear weapons in Ukraine. “In this case, (Ukraine gets nuclear arms from the West), we will use everything, I want to emphasize this, all means of destruction at Russia’s disposal. That’s it… we will not allow this,” Putin told reporters, commenting on possible future actions by Russia if Kyiv receives nuclear weapons. “We do not rule out the use of…