Iran keen to return to June understanding with US: Pezeshkian
Tehran wants to return to the memorandum of understanding signed with the United States last June, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said. Yet only a few days ago he had said Iran would not bow to pressure from Washington. News agency AFP reported…
Canada signs preliminary deal to buy 6 radar aircraft from Swedish firm Saab
Canada on Friday signed a preliminary agreement to buy six GlobalEye radar aircraft from Swedish arms manufacturer Saab. News agency AFP reported this. Canada’s Defence Investment Agency said in a press release that the agreement is not binding.…
‘Trump wants to make Brazil a colony’, Lula blasts US interference in election
Brazil’s incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has vented strong anger over possible interference by the government of US President Donald Trump in the country’s upcoming presidential election. A new television advertisement released…
New turn in Yemen conflict: Makkah defence alliance moves to stand by Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have planned an emergency meeting of their military chiefs as tensions keep rising with the fighting against the Houthis in Yemen and one attack after another on Saudi Arabia. The subject of the meeting will be how Saudi…
Pezeshkian’s tough message at UN: ‘Iran will never bow down’
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has set out a hardline stance in his speech at the United Nations. Wednesday’s speech at the UN was his first since the United States and Israel launched an all-out war against his country. He made it clear that…
Turkish Airlines decides to buy 150 aircraft from Boeing
Turkey’s state-run carrier Turkish Airlines has decided to buy 150 aircraft from Boeing. These aircraft will be delivered between 2033 and 2037. In a statement on Wednesday, Turkish Airlines said a decision had been made to buy a total of 150…
Erdogan calls for integrating into society, not giving up language and culture
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sharply criticised cultural aggression against expatriate Muslims at a colourful gathering in New York in the United States. He said Muslim communities around the world cannot in any way be forced to forget…
Xi Jinping’s US visit: two-month pause in trade war
Chinese President Xi Jinping has begun a rare visit to the United States just when Washington-Beijing relations are at extreme tension over artificial intelligence, world politics and the Taiwan issue. Soon after the visit began, the United States…
Hacker group claims to have stolen confidential data of thousands of FBI agents
A hacker group has claimed to have stolen a huge amount of confidential personal information of almost all agents of the US federal investigation agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), their families and job applicants to the agency. The…
Seven suspected militants killed in two operations in Balochistan
Seven suspected militants have been killed in two separate incidents in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. Five were killed in a gunfight with police on the outskirts of Quetta and two more in a security forces operation in the Jusak area of Turbat…