LONDON: The Dutch prime minister on Thursday expressed “great concern” over the escalation in the Middle East and called for a cease-fire in Lebanon.
“I just spoke with Prime Minister @Najib_Mikati of Lebanon. I expressed my great concern about the e…
LONDON: Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo on Thursday condemned Israel’s military attacks on the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) headquarters and critical positions of the peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, which injured two troops.
Accor…
JERUSALEM: Israel has decided to confiscate the headquarters of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank to build illegal settlement units on its site, according to medi…
ISTANBUL: Retail sales in Brazil jumped 5.1% annually in August, according to data released Thursday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
The figure was much higher than expectations of a 3.6% gain.
The annual figure for Ju…
ISTANBUL: Latin America and the Caribbean region is expected to expand 1.9% in 2924, according to a report by the World Bank.
The region is forecast to show an economic growth of 2.6% next year, it said Wednesday.
While the estimated figures are the…
ISTANBUL: It is a “conscientious obligation” to stand against the “state terror” practiced by Israel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of a mosque in Albania’s capital Tirana, Erdogan said that…
ISTANBUL: Brazil’s consumer inflation picked up pace in September on both annual and monthly bases, according to figures released Wednesday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
Consumer inflation rose 4.42% in September year…
ANKARA: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich sparked controversy with comments that suggested an expanded “Greater Israel” in a recent documentary.
Smotrich suggested that Israel’s future borders would extend beyond the Jordan River. “Little by …