Erdogan says, Macron needs mental checks

Erdogan’s remarks come after French president describes Islam as ‘religion in crisis all over the world’ The president of Turkey warned on Saturday that Europe was preparing its own end amid rising Islamophobia across the continent. “Europe is preparing its own end with its front against Muslims,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, addressing a meeting of

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Arab trade groups boycott French products over insults

French products are being removed from shelves at a market, boycotting France as a reaction against the republication of offensive caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in France in Kuwait City, Kuwait on October 24, 2020. ( Jaber Abdulkhaleg – Anadolu Agency ) Several Arab trade groups have announced their boycott of French products in response

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Guinea: As 82-year-old president heads to third term, opposition leader calls for sustained protests

Before results are declared by the official election body, opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo (R) is claiming victory ahead of President Alpha COnde. Guinea has been thrown into turmoil following a presidential on October 18 in which President Alpha Condé sought a third term after changing the constitutional term limit via a referendum earlier this

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Trump says Egypt may ‘blow up’ Ethiopia dam

US President Donald Trump announced on Friday a normalisation deal between Sudan and Israel (AFP) US President Donald Trump voiced anger at Ethiopia over its construction of a huge dam on the Nile River and suggested Egypt may destroy it. Trump made the remarks as he announced a normalisation deal between US ally Israel and

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Trump: Sudan to join UAE, Bahrain in recognizing Israel

President Donald Trump reacts after hanging up a phone call with the leaders of Sudan and Israel, as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, second from left, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, and others applaud in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Oct. 23,

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New Djibouti sea route to reduce shipping time between Turkey, Horn of Africa.

Djibouti’s Ambassador to Turkey Aden Houssein Abdillahi speaks during the launching ceremony of a new shipping route at a hotel in Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 23, 2020. (Photo by Dilara Aslan) The first container ship of the Djibouti shipping line company, which will exclusively operate between Turkey, Djibouti and Somalia, was launched during a ceremony on

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Trump accused of racist slur during debate for calling India and China ‘filthy’

President Donald Trump speaks during the second and final presidential debate Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., with Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) By Stuti Mishra Indian media have described Trump’s comments as an attempt to shift the blame for climate change onto developing countries

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Ethiopia deploys navy in Somali water agreement with Farmajo.

Photo: Credit AFP Ethiopia navy will soon be operational, amid an undisclosed agreement with the Somali government. The Ethiopian government has for the first time officially announced that its navy will soon be operational, amid an undisclosed agreement with the Somali government. General Adam Mohamed, Commander-in-Chief of the Ethiopian Armed Forces, told local media that

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Saudi to pay millions for Sudan to accelerate normalisation with Israel

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud (R) meets Head of the Sudanese Transitional Military Council (TMC), Abdul Fattah al-Burhan (L) during an emergency Arab League Summit at Al Safa Palace in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on May 31, 2019 [Bandar Algaloud / Saudi Kingdom Council / Handout – Anadolu Agency] Sources in

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Somalia, Kenyan forces clash in Beledhawo

Photo/Somali Times The latest clashes erupt again between Somalia and Kenyan forces along the border between the two countries, especially on the outskirts of the Beledhawo district in Gedo region. Which was brief, involved the use of a variety of weapons, which eventually ceased local sources told Somali Times that various weapons were used in

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