Author: Anadolu Agency
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday said the plan to relocate Palestinians to Egypt, Jordan, or any other third country is “unacceptable.” Erdoğan reiterated the rejection of the plan to displace Palestinians during a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, said the country’s Communications Directorate. Both the leaders also discussed bilateral relations, as well as regional and global issues. On the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Erdoğan underlined Türkiye’s continued efforts to end the war and establish a fair and lasting peace, said the directorate on X. “As a country that has successfully brought both sides to the negotiating table…
German opposition leader Friedrich Merz declared victory after his Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won nearly 29% of the votes in Sunday’s federal election, securing a clear lead over other parties. “We have won this election,” Merz told jubilant party members during a celebratory speech at party headquarters and called on his political rivals to move past the heated election campaign. “The world is not waiting for us, and it is not waiting for lengthy coalition talks. We must now quickly regain our ability to act,” the conservative leader said. Merz emphasized that quickly forming a stable coalition government was crucial for…
China called for “complete and effective execution of the ceasefire agreement” and a two-state solution in Palestine, according to an official statement Saturday. Beijing “opposes the forced displacement of the Palestinian people, and hopes for the complete and effective execution of the ceasefire agreement. Gaza is an integral part of Palestinian territory, and its future should be determined by the will of the Palestinian people,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty during a phone call on Saturday. His remarks came as a ceasefire has been in place since last month in the Gaza Strip where Israel’s…
Six Palestinian prisoners, who were rearrested after their release in the 2011 Shalit deal, have refused to be exiled as part of an ongoing prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas, Israeli Army Radio reported Saturday. In response, Israel canceled their release and decided to keep them in detention, the report said. The identities of the six detainees were not disclosed. Meanwhile, Palestinian human rights organizations, including the Prisoners’ Information Office and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, stated that 97 of the prisoners set for release on Saturday will be deported, according to published lists. The prisoner releases coincide with Al-Qassam Brigades’…
US President Donald Trump said Friday that the EU wants to lower their tariffs. “The European Union wants to come back. They’ve traded us very badly, and the European Union wants to lower their tariffs because of the fact we were paying fortunate tariffs,” Trump told reporters at the White House. European Union trade chief Maros Sefcovic met Trump’s top trade officials in Washington, DC on Wednesday to discuss the tariff threats. Sefcovic said Thursday that reciprocity in tariffs “must work for both” the bloc and the US. Trump said he thinks it is a “big start in the right…
China called for “complete and effective execution of the ceasefire agreement” and a two-state solution in Palestine, according to an official statement Saturday. Beijing “opposes the forced displacement of the Palestinian people, and hopes for the complete and effective execution of the ceasefire agreement. Gaza is an integral part of Palestinian territory, and its future should be determined by the will of the Palestinian people,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty during a phone call on Saturday. His remarks came as a ceasefire has been in place since last month in the Gaza Strip where Israel’s…
Pro-Palestinian protesters banged pots and pans outside of the American Embassy in Madrid Saturday, calling for an end to ethnic cleansing in Gaza and criticizing the US administration’s plan for the enclave. “Palestine is not for sale,” was the slogan of the protests, which are also taking place in dozens of other cities throughout the weekend. Spanish news agency EFE reported that around 1,000 protesters participated in the demonstration in Madrid. The organizers, Solidarity Network Against the Occupation of Palestine (RESCOP), said in a statement that US President Donald Trump’s plan to turn Gazza into the “Riveria of the Middle…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin will need to eventually sit down at the negotiating table together, US President Donald Trump said Friday. “I think that President Putin and President Zelenskyy are going to have to get together, because you know what? We want to stop killing millions of people,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “Soldiers are being killed by the thousands a week, thousands of soldiers a week. As we speak, that they’re being killed. That’s why I want to see a cease fire. And I want to get the deal done. I think…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is losing allies in President Donald Trump’s inner circle, with reports suggesting that White House support for him has significantly dwindled, the New York Post claimed Thursday. Tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy have escalated in recent weeks, with the US president criticizing Ukraine’s decision to delay elections and calling Zelenskyy a “dictator.” The Ukrainian leader, in turn, accused Trump of living in a Russian “space of disinformation” and expressed concerns about being sidelined in US-Russia peace negotiations. A source cited by the New York Post claimed that anti-Zelenskyy sentiment has been growing for months within the…
As the US and Russia advance peace talks to end the three-year-long war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday emphasized Kyiv’s extensive diplomatic outreach aimed at bolstering “support for Ukraine’s sovereignty.” In a statement, Zelenskyy said he held talks on Friday with the leaders from Poland, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Ireland, and Cote d’Ivoire, underscoring the importance of international cooperation for peace and security. “The stronger Ukraine’s sovereignty, the safer Poland is,” Zelenskyy said after speaking with Polish President Andrzej Duda. He highlighted shared security concerns and mutual interests between the neighboring countries. Zelenskyy also…