Author: Anadolu Agency
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for “more bridges of cooperation” and less “small yard, high fences” so that more and more developing countries will be better off and achieve modernization. Addressing the G20 summit in Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, Xi said China will continue to support developing countries, and deepen practical cooperation in areas such as poverty reduction, food security and the digital economy, according to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Floating Beijing’s eight-point action plan to support global development, he said China, alongside Brazil, South Africa and the African Union, is proposing an…
The transition team of US President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly compiling a list of former and current senior US military officers directly involved in the “disrespectful” withdrawal from Afghanistan to determine whether they could face court martial. Trump’s team is exploring the possibility of forming a commission to investigate the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, NBC News reported on Sunday. This effort would focus on identifying those directly involved in the decision-making process, examining how the withdrawal was executed, and determining whether military leaders could potentially face charges, including treason, the broadcaster said, citing a US official and a source…
At least 96 Palestinians were killed and 60 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in the northern and central Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to local authorities. Gaza’s government media office said Israeli warplanes targeted several residential buildings and homes in the northern town of Beit Lahia and the refugee camps of Nuseirat and Bureij in central Gaza. A statement released by the office said that more than 72 people lost their lives in the attacks in Beit Lahia, while 24 other Palestinians were killed and 60 others injured in central Gaza. “The occupation army was aware that dozens of displaced…
Thousands of protesters demonstrated Saturday across Israel to demand a hostage swap deal with Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, according to media reports. Israelis, including families of hostages held in Gaza, demonstrated in several areas of Tel Aviv and surrounding regions, demanding an immediate deal to release the hostages, said Israeli broadcasting authority, KAN. “A government that sends its children to die in Hamas tunnels does not deserve to remain in power,” a relative of one of the captives in Gaza said at a news conference during the protest near the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, according to the…
At least 16 Palestinians were killed and several others injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting homes in different parts of the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning. Medical sources told Anadolu that 11 Palestinians were killed when two homes in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza were struck by Israeli warplanes. Separately, five Palestinians were killed in an airstrike on an area east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, they added. Meanwhile, witnesses in northern Gaza reported that the Israeli army has demolished dozens of homes in the Al-Fakhoura neighborhood west of the Jabalia refugee camp. Since Oct. 5, Israel…
A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 magnitude on the Richter scale shook Japan’s Koshima region on Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey. The earthquake struck at an intermediate depth of 70.6 kilometers (43.8 miles) beneath the epicenter at 9:16 p.m. local time (1216GMT), with no tsunami warning issued, according to the agency. According to preliminary seismic data, the quake was most likely felt by many people near the epicenter. However, there was no reported damage.
Turkish Trade Minister Ömer Bolat on Monday will embark on a two-day visit to Iraq, seeking to boost economic cooperation. Bolat’s visit, accompanied by delegations from the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) and Turkish Contractors Association (TMB), will include stops in the capital Baghdad and the southern city of Basra, said Trade Ministry sources. Accompanied by business representatives, Bolat will work to deepen trade and investment ties with Iraq, one of Türkiye’s key trading partners. The visit aims to promote Turkish contractors’ involvement in Iraqi infrastructure projects, particularly the Development Road Project, a trade route project linking the two countries with…
England on Sunday secured a comfortable 5-0 win over a 10-man Ireland in the UEFA Nations League. Neither national football team were able to break the deadlock in the first half at Wembley Stadium. In the 51st minute, Jude Bellingham was brought down in the penalty box by Liam Scales. Scales got his second yellow card and was sent off, leaving his team to play the remainder of the game with 10 men. Harry Kane scored the opener for England with a penalty kick in the 53rd minute. After three minutes, Anthony Gordon doubled the lead from close range, assisted…
Maritime traffic in the Istanbul Strait was temporarily suspended in both directions Sunday after a 114-meter (374-foot) tanker faced rudder failure. The vessel, the Nazan, faced the issue while en route from Russia to Kocaeli near Istanbul on Sunday evening, the Turkish Coastal Safety Directorate posted on X. The directorate dispatched rescue tugboats to assist, it added. Authorities continue their efforts to resolve the situation and ensure safe navigation in the strait.
Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, an internationally acclaimed Turkish scholar on ancient Sumeria, died on Sunday at the age of 110. Çığ, born in 1914, passed away in intensive care at a hospital in Mezitli in Mersin, southern Türkiye. She was known for her research in Sumerology and her contributions to the field of ancient Near Eastern studies. Sumerology is the study of the history, language, and culture of the Sumerians, the earliest known human civilization, emerging in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.