Author: Anadolu Agency

Portugal booked their place in the 2024-25 UEFA Nations League quarterfinals after the hosts hammered Poland 5-1 in a Friday match in Porto. At Dragao Stadium, Portugal broke the deadlock in a quick counterattack in minute 59 as AC Milan star Rafael Leao scored a powerful header following left-back Nuno Mendes’ cross. In the 71st minute, Portugal were awarded a penalty after a handball by Polish defender Jakub Kiwior. Captain Cristiano Ronaldo scored from the white spot to double the lead. Bruno Fernandes, who plays for Manchester United on the club side, made it 3-0 via a screamer after 80…

World Football Summit Content & Communications Director Jaime Dominguez Perez De Ayala praised Real Madrid’s approach to maximizing the potential of 19-year-old Turkish player Arda Guler. “Arda is a fantastic player. He has a lot of talent. It is not easy to get to Real Madrid with this age and actually being able to make a difference. I think you guys have to be patient with him. Because he is very young,” said Jamie, who resides in Spain and closely follows Real Madrid. The Turkish attacking midfielder faces tough competition at Real Madrid, and the 19-year-old struggles to secure a…

Saturday’s UEFA Nations League game between Türkiye and Wales ended in a goalless draw. Neither national team was able to score a goal at RHG Enerturk Enerji stadium in Kayseri, central Türkiye. In the 88th minute, Wales defender Neco Williams conceded a penalty for a foul on Yunus Akgun. After a minute, Kerem Akturkoglu missed the penalty kick. The game ended in a goalless draw on matchday five. In another Group B4 match, Iceland secured a 2-0 win over Montenegro. The goals came from Orri Oskarsson in the 74th minute and Isak Bergmann Johannesson in the 89th minute at the…

The 80th anniversary of the forced exile of Ahiska Turks was commemorated in the US capital with a conference that highlighted their struggles and resilience while calling for global recognition of their plight. The event, organized Friday by the Ahiska Turkish American Community Center in collaboration with the Jamestown Foundation think-tank, brought together academics, politicians, representatives of non-governmental organizations and community members to discuss challenges faced by Ahiska Turks in the last 80 years of exile. Islam Shakbandarov, president of the Ahiska Turkish American Community Center, told Anadolu that hosting the program in Washington, D.C. held deep significance and praised…

A senior economic adviser to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has said Britain should align itself with the United States on trade rather than pursue closer ties with the European Union. Speaking to BBC radio, Stephen Moore said the EU had a “socialist model” and suggested the U.S. would be less interested in a free trade deal with Britain if the government put its economic relations with the EU ahead of those with the U.S. “The UK is kind of caught in the middle of these two forms of economic model and I believe that Britain would be better off moving…

President-elect Donald Trump who has pledged to end the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, two large foreign policy concerns for the U.S., is preparing to return to the White House come January. Trump may deliver his promise by benefiting from the “excellence in diplomacy” offered by one country close to both conflicts, Türkiye, according to renowned U.S. economist Jeffrey Sachs. In an interview with Anadolu Agency (AA), Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, reflected on the potential impacts of Trump’s return to office on global foreign policy and economic relations, highlighting Türkiye’s unique…

US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday promised a “strong military”, as he repeated his pledge to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Trump, who campaigned on an “America First” foreign policy, has said previously that he wanted to strike a deal between Kyiv and Moscow, without giving details, and end bloodshed in the Middle East. “We have to get back to a great country with low taxes and a strong military. We’re going to fix our military, we did once and now we’re going to have to do it again,” he said Thursday at a gala organized by the…

If anyone was ready to cheer a Donald Trump reelection, it was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Despite their relationship cooling toward the end of Trump’s first term particularly after Netanyahu quickly congratulated Joe Biden on his 2020 win, a gesture Trump took as traitorous, the two share deep ideological ties. This time around, Netanyahu didn’t wait. He enthusiastically hailed Trump’s “greatest comeback” even before the Nov. 5 results were final. Adding to the chorus, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz, eagerly celebrated Trump’s potential return as a chance to strike at the “axis of evil led by Iran.” – Trump’s…

Systematic Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure could create additional risks during winter, particularly for vulnerable populations, if power outages last for several days in subzero temperatures, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine warned Friday. “As we approach the 1,000-day mark since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion in 2022, more than 12,000 people have been killed and almost 40% of the people in Ukraine need humanitarian assistance, including 3.6 million internally displaced people,” said Matthias Schmale, assistant UN secretary-general, during a press conference. Schmale noted that 65% of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has been destroyed, stating that targeting energy systems constitutes…

An entire family of five was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on Friday evening, Lebanese state news agency reported. The National News Agency (NNA) said the Israeli airstrike on the southern Ain Qana town killed Lebanese citizen Ni’mat-Allah Hussein Mallah, his wife and his three children and completely destroyed their home. The agency also reported that in the past few hours, the Israeli warplanes also struck the southern towns of Ramadiyeh, Jebcheit, Al-Shaitiya, Jouaiyya and Khirbet Selm. Israel launched an air campaign in Lebanon against what it claims are targets of the Hezbollah group in late September,…