Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang attends a joint press conference Guesthouse in Beijing, China, April 14, 2023. Suo Takekuma Reuters/File Photo By Reuters China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Friday that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to China, and that it is right and proper for China to uphold its sovereignty. Qin

By Anadolu Agency The Kremlin on Thursday said that preventing Ukraine’s accession to NATO remains one of the key goals of its “special military operation,” meaning its war on Ukraine, now into its 14th month. “Otherwise it would pose a serious, significant threat to the security of our country,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed at

Sudan’s General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (left), the head of the ruling military council and his deputy Sudanese paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo greet supporters at different events in 2019: Credit Photo/AFP By Dr. Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad Sudan’s political situation is a complex interplay of various geopolitical forces vying for influence in the region. Major players

By The Associated Press India is on track to surpass China by mid-2023 as the world’s most populous nation, United Nations data said Wednesday, raising questions about whether a booming, young Indian population will fuel economic growth for years to come. While India’s 254 million people between ages 15 and 24 is the largest number

By Anadolu Agency. Nearly 300 people have been killed in Sudan due to ongoing clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday. “The situation in Sudan is increasingly concerning and heartbreaking. Almost 300 people have died so far and over 3,000 are

By Reuters A battle that is hammering Khartoum and dragging Sudan to the brink of civil war pits the army chief and his regular forces against the streetwise fighters loyal to a former warlord. Army head General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan controls heavy weapons and the airforce, but his soldiers face a irregular force led by

By Anadolu Agency The UK government’s immigration policy such as the controversial Illegal Migration Bill contradicts international asylum law and carries traces of Britain’s colonial era, according to an expert in sociology. Speaking to Anadolu, Karolina Augustova, a lecturer at the Northumbria University in Newcastle, said defining migrants as “illegal” does not solve the problem

By Reuters Interest rates in Turkey are rising amid expectations that government policies will become more orthodox no matter who wins May 14 elections, and after a regulatory change to make holding Turkish lira more attractive to counter FX demand, bankers said. Despite soaring inflation, the central bank has slashed its key rate to 8.5%

By Anadolu Agency The death toll in the ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has climbed to 144, the Central Committee of the Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said in a statement Tuesday. “The number of casualties is rapidly increasing with the continuation of the aggressive fighting and the

Police officers of the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia from Uganda, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ghana and Zambia gather at a base in Mogadishu/AFP By The East African About $200 million could have been paid out in compensation to families of African Union (AU) peacekeepers killed or injured in Somalia since 2007, in what