Author: Anadolu Agency
Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday expressed condolences following the deadly explosion at Shahid Rajaei Port in Bandar Abbas, located in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province. “We are deeply saddened to learn that many people lost their lives and many others were injured in the explosion that occurred today (26 April) at the Shahid Rajaei Port of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province of Iran,” the ministry said in a written statement. The ministry extended its condolences “to the families of those who lost their lives and to the people of Iran,” and wished “a speedy recovery to the injured.” The death toll…
The death toll from a devastating explosion that rocked the sprawling Shahid Rajaee Port in southern Iran on Saturday has risen to 14, according to officials, with at least 750 others injured. In an interview with the state broadcaster, Interior Minister Eskander Momeni, who is currently in the city of Bandar Abbas where the port is located, confirmed the rise in fatalities from 8 to 14. He said 200 more of the injured have been discharged from hospitals, and 300 others are still undergoing treatment. The minister added that the fire has been contained from spreading to other areas by…
A 1,100-year-old sealed amphora was discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of Kas, Antalya during an underwater excavation using robotic technology, officials said. The excavation was led by Associate Professor Hakan Oniz of Akdeniz University under the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry’s “Heritage for the Future Project,” with a 20-member diving team operating on behalf of the Antalya Museum. After meticulous work, the team retrieved the sealed amphora from a depth of about 45 to 50 meters. Before bringing it ashore, the amphora was carefully processed and transported to Akdeniz University’s Underwater Archaeology Laboratory. Experts examined it under microscopes…
At least 30 Palestinians were killed and several others wounded on Sunday in fresh Israeli strikes targeting multiple areas across the Gaza Strip, medics said. A medical source said two women were killed in an Israeli strike on Wadi al-Arais in the Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City. Three more people lost their lives, and several others were injured in Israeli shelling in the Zeitoun neighborhood in the same city. Additionally, three Palestinians were killed when an Israeli airstrike targeted a house in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, and another victim was pulled from the rubble following a strike in the same area.…
The health ministry in war-torn Gaza Strip announced Sunday that the death toll from the war had risen to more than 52,000 people, after hundreds previously listed as missing were confirmed dead. “An additional 697 martyrs have been added to the cumulative statistics after their data was completed and verified by the committee monitoring missing persons,” the health ministry said in a statement, giving the overall toll of 52,243. Several United Nations agencies that operate in Gaza have said the ministry’s data is credible and they are frequently cited by international organisations. One hospital in the Palestinian territory confirmed the…
Qatar called on Sunday for urgent action to force Israel to allow the entry of humanitarian aid into the blockaded Gaza Strip. “Qatar rejects the use of starvation and humanitarian aid as a weapon against the Palestinian people in Gaza,” Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said during a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, in Doha. “We continue our efforts with our partners to end the war in Gaza,” he added. “Efforts must be made with allies to compel Israel to allow the entry of humanitarian aid,” the top diplomat stressed. The Qatari minister…
The death toll from a devastating explosion that rocked the sprawling Shahid Rajaee Port in southern Iran on Saturday has risen to 14, according to officials, with at least 750 others injured. In an interview with the state broadcaster, Interior Minister Eskander Momeni, who is currently in the city of Bandar Abbas where the port is located, confirmed the rise in fatalities from 8 to 14. He said 200 more of the injured have been discharged from hospitals, and 300 others are still undergoing treatment. The minister added that the fire has been contained from spreading to other areas by…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he will reinstate Columbus Day “under the same rules, dates, and locations, as it has had for all of the many decades before!” In his post on his proprietary social media platform Truth Social, Trump said he would be “bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes.” “The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians that love him so much. They tore down his Statues, and put up nothing but “WOKE,” or even worse, nothing at all! Well, you’ll be happy to know, Christopher is going…
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is set to visit Qatar on Sunday for talks on strengthening Ankara-Doha relations and coordination of regional issues, the Turkish Foreign Ministry sources said Saturday. No further details have been provided about the visit. Fidan last visited Qatar in early February, while Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani traveled to Türkiye earlier this month to attend a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)-Gaza Contact Group, hosted by Fidan in the southern Turkish city of Antalya. Ankara and Doha have expanded ties over the past decade through a strategic partnership…
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced on Saturday the death of a young man from injuries sustained by Israeli army gunfire. In a statement, the ministry said Ahmad Ibrahim Nassarrah, 32, succumbed to critical wounds he sustained in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, nearly two months ago. Meanwhile, Israeli forces also conducted several overnight raids, injuring two Palestinians, including a child, and arresting four others in different towns across the occupied West Bank. According to the Wafa news agency and the Palestinian Information Center, the raids targeted areas in Hebron, Bethlehem, and Ramallah. Separately, in Sinjil, northeast of…