Turkey has confirmed its readiness to host the next round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said during a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Fidan emphasized the risks that the ongoing conflict poses to both regional stability and the......
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the country is moving into a new phase of governance and foreign policy that requires faster decisions, stronger preparedness and a more proactive approach to regional challenges. Speaking during an iftar gathering in Istanbul, the Turkish president emphasized that protecting......
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that Türkiye stands as an example of coexistence where people of different faiths can freely practice their religion. His remarks came during an iftar dinner held in the capital, Ankara, attended by representatives of several religious minority communities. Speaking......
Iraq has prolonged the closure of its airspace for another 72 hours as the regional conflict triggered by strikes on Iran continues to disrupt aviation across the Middle East. The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that the country’s skies will remain closed to all arrivals, departures and......
The United States and Israel have intensified their joint military campaign against Iran, with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stating that American and Israeli forces are close to achieving full control of Iranian airspace as the conflict enters its sixth day. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon,......
Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, held phone discussions on Wednesday with his counterparts from Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, according to sources from the Turkish Foreign Ministry. The discussions focused on recent regional developments, although the ministry did not provide......
The leader of the Kurdish guerrilla movement Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, has welcomed what he described as the opening of a “new political era” in Turkey, marking one year since he called on the movement to dissolve and abandon armed struggle. In......
Somaliland has moved to deepen its ties with Washington by offering the United States exclusive access to its mineral resources and potential military facilities, intensifying a rivalry with Somalia for American strategic favor in the Horn of Africa. Khadar Hussein Abdi, Somaliland’s minister of......
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has wrapped up a rare visit to Ethiopia, using the trip to celebrate a century of diplomatic relations while cautioning against turning the Horn of Africa into a battleground for outside powers. At a joint news conference in Addis Ababa alongside Prime Minister......
The United States is urging NATO allies to exclude Ukraine and four Indo Pacific partner countries from formal sessions of the alliance’s July summit in Ankara, according to Politico, which cited four diplomats familiar with the discussions. Washington is pressing to prevent Ukraine, Australia,......
Foreign ministers gathered Wednesday at the United Nations for a Security Council ministerial session on the situation in Palestine, as international pressure mounts over recent Israeli measures expanding control in the occupied West Bank. The meeting, chaired by British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper......
Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt and Türkiye have denounced Israel’s decision to designate large areas of the occupied West Bank as state land and to initiate comprehensive land registration there for the first time since......
What began as a discreet race for influence between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi has evolved into an overt strategic rivalry that is reshaping regional balances without a shot being fired, yet at a potentially high long term cost for both sides. For general readers, policy analysts and investors following Gulf......
