By Anadolu Agency Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday that Turkey’s request for F-16 fighter jets and Sweden and Finland’s NATO bids are “not related.” Speaking to reporters following a meeting with his US counterpart Antony Blinken, Cavusoglu said the US Congress should not portray these separate issues as related. “We say that these

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern grimaces as she announces her resignation at a press conference in Napier, New Zealand. Fighting back tears, Ardern told reporters that Feb. 7 will be her last day in office. (Warren Buckland/New Zealand Herald via AP) By The Associated Press New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who was praised

Courtesy of the Defense Ministry Joint Staff. MSDF destroyer Suzutsuki, foreground, is seen during a drill with French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. Japan News By Yomiuri Shimbun A Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer and a French Navy carrier strike group led by its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle have conducted joint drills in the

Institute of Human Resource Management executive director, Queresha Abdullahi By Business Daily Africa Nearly half of the human resource practitioners in Kenya are operating without a licence, putting the institutions they represent at a disadvantage in legal disputes. Data from the Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM), the regulator of the profession, estimates only 17,000

Credit to Photo The Associated Press/Dictator Ismaïl Omar Guelleh By ADF Magazine As it struggles with rising inflation and continuing drought, Djibouti has become the latest country to suspend its payments on Chinese debt. Djibouti’s decision to withhold repayment makes it the second African nation after Zambia to take that step. China is Djibouti’s largest

A Bayraktar Akinci unmanned combat drone is pictured at SAHA EXPO Defence & Aerospace Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey, October 27, 2022. Photographer Umit Bektas/File Photo By Reuters Turkey is set to deliver an undisclosed number of armed drones to Kuwait in a contract worth $370 million, Turkish defence firm Baykar said on Wednesday. International demand

Sister Andre poses for a portrait at the Sainte Catherine Laboure care home in Toulon, southern France, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person died at 118 in her sleep early Tuesday Jan.17, 2023, the spokesperson for her nursing home in Toulon, David Tavella, said Wednesday.

By Anadolu Agency A helicopter crash in the Brovary city of Ukraine’s Kyiv region on Wednesday killed at least 18 people, including 3 children, the country’s interior minister, first deputy minister, and state secretary, according to Kyiv governor. “Tragedy in Brovary. The number of victims increased. As of 10:30 a.m. (0830GMT) – 18 dead, including

Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo/AFP By AFP One of the sons of Equatorial Guinea’s veteran ruler has been arrested on suspicion of illegally selling a plane owned by the national airline, state TV said Tuesday. Ruslan Obiang Nsue, whose iron-fisted father President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has ruled since 1979, was detained on

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a ceremony to mark an increase in capacity at a natural gas storage facility in Silivri near Istanbul, Turkey, December 16, 2022. Photographer Umit Bektas/File Photo By Reuters Sweden and Finland must deport or extradite up to 130 “terrorists” to Turkey before the Turkish parliament will approve their bids to