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Escalating geopolitical rivalries are heightening the risks of violent confrontations between nuclear-armed states, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoygu warned on Friday. In an interview with Russian state news agency TASS, Shoygu said Western nations are engaging in “ideological and value-based aggression” against Russia and Belarus. He emphasized that these efforts extend beyond economic sanctions, with the West also attempting to destabilize the internal political systems of both nations. “Amid escalating global conflicts and intensifying geopolitical competition, the risk of violent confrontations between major powers, including those possessing nuclear capabilities, is increasing,” Shoygu warned. He criticized the West for continuous…

Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday welcomed his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame in an official ceremony held at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, National Defense Minister Yasar Guler, the head of the national intelligence organization MIT Ibrahim Kalin, and other officials were present at the ceremony. Following the one-on-one and delegation-level meetings, an agreement-signing ceremony will be held. The two presidents are also expected to hold a joint news conference.

The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye on Thursday trimmed the policy rate by 250 basis points, matching market forecasts. The benchmark one-week repo rate was lowered to 45% from 47.5%. The bank said the tight monetary policy would remain in place until price stability is achieved through a sustained reduction in inflation. “Accordingly, the policy rate will be determined in a way to ensure the tightness required by the projected disinflation path taking into account realized and expected inflation, and the underlying trend,” it said. The bank stressed that it would make cautious decisions on a meeting-by-meeting basis,…

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said Thursday that US forces are expected to maintain their presence in Iraq under the new administration of President Donald Trump as tension continues to spike in the Middle East region. “I think my belief is that they will be there,” he said during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The top diplomat said that the complex geopolitical landscape of the Middle East has significantly evolved since Trump’s first term in office. “The whole situation in the Middle East is different than the first, let’s say, Trump administration. Now, we are…

Ahmed Al-Shara, the new leader of Syria, made his first exclusive statements to Turkish television on A Haber. In an interview with A News Broadcast Coordinator Orhan Sali and A Haber Correspondent Rüya Akkuş, he addressed Türkiye-Syria relations. Here are the keynotes underlined by Ahmed Al-Shara during the exclusive interview: A New Era Begins in Syria “It has been only a short time since we entered Damascus. As you know, the Assad regime has massacred many people and wronged the Syrian people. Syria faced the threat of division due to Western interventions. We want to coexist with the Kurdish people…

Ukraine praised U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday for threatening to impose tariffs and sanctions on Russia if it refuses to make a deal to end the war in Ukraine and said the comment sent a “strong signal”. Trump, who has repeatedly said he wants to halt the fighting in Ukraine without saying how, appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to “stop this ridiculous war” and threatened to impose punitive measures if no deal is reached. “We do really welcome such strong messages from President Trump and we believe that he will be the winner. And we believe…

Researchers have been attempting to explain fast radio bursts (FRBs), which are extremely short and powerful energy bursts coming from deep space. Possible causes for these events include black holes and even alien technologies. Scientists hope to understand under what extreme conditions these powerful signals arise by tracking them back to the galaxies they originate from. Now, researchers have successfully identified the source of one of these bursts. However, the galaxy from which the signal came is extremely old, dead, and has a strange shape. Previously detected FRBs only came from much younger galaxies, so this new discovery shakes our…

After being offline for just 12 hours in the U.S., TikTok’s nationwide ban was postponed by President Donald Trump, giving the app 75 days to find a buyer. This move allows the new administration time to make an appropriate decision. According to the recently approved ban by the Supreme Court, TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, must transfer ownership to a non-China-based company to address security concerns over data collection and propaganda spread through the app’s algorithm. Trump suggested that selling even 50% of the company might suffice to prevent the ban. Potential buyers include YouTuber MrBeast and tech billionaire Elon Musk.…

After being offline for just 12 hours in the U.S., TikTok’s nationwide ban was postponed by President Donald Trump, giving the app 75 days to find a buyer. This move allows the new administration time to make an appropriate decision. According to the recently approved ban by the Supreme Court, TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, must transfer ownership to a non-China-based company to address security concerns over data collection and propaganda spread through the app’s algorithm. Trump suggested that selling even 50% of the company might suffice to prevent the ban. Potential buyers include YouTuber MrBeast and tech billionaire Elon Musk.…

The UN chief on Wednesday issued a stark warning about the growing challenges facing humanity, highlighting the climate crisis, ungoverned artificial intelligence, and geopolitical divisions in an address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that the world is grappling with a “Pandora’s box of troubles,” pointing to escalating conflicts, economic disparities, rising inequalities and assaults on human rights, and outdated governance systems ill-suited to tackle contemporary challenges. “We are living in an increasingly rudderless world,” he said, lamenting the lack of effective collaboration and foresight among global leaders. ‘ISRAEL FUNDAMENTALLY INTERESTED IN WEST BANK’…