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Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.
In a 7-1 decision, Slovenia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld parliament’s blocking of a referendum on same-sex marriage and the adoption of children by same-sex couples
Myanmar’s military hit Indian territory during airstrikes against a rebel group near the Indian border, media reported.
The world’s oceans were at their hottest ever on record in 2022, according to a new study.
Two Palestinians died late Thursday after being shot by the Israeli military during raids in the West Bank, said Palestinian health officials.
At least seven people with suspected links to the Daesh/ISIS terror group were arrested in Türkiye, authorities said Thursday.
Amid ongoing efforts to revitalize strained bilateral relations with Japan, South Korea is now considering compensating wartime labor through a public foundation, local media said Thursday.
The suspect in a Paris train station knife attack that left six people injured is a young African man facing expulsion from the country, local media reported.
As talks with the government falter, teachers in Scotland are determined to achieve their demands of a pay increase closer in line with the UK’s current double-digit inflation, but faced with dim prospects for difficult work, many are quitting the profession.
Russia’s Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov was named the commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, the Defense Ministry said.
Amid an escalating security environment in the wider Asia-Pacific, Japan began construction Thursday of a new base for the US fighter jets in the country.
Russia on Thursday reported its first case of the new coronavirus XBB.1.5 subvariant, dubbed “kraken.”
Tensions between Iran and France are on the boil over the publication of caricatures of the Iranian supreme leader, with the country’s top general warning of revenge.
At least 14 Malian soldiers were killed and 11 others wounded in two separate bomb explosions targeting military vehicles in central Mali, the army said.
Turkish-made Bayraktar vertical-landing unmanned aerial vehicles (DIHA) have successfully completed an 8,000-feet operational altitude flight test, drone maker Baykar announced Thursday.
The United Arab Emirates will roll over an existing loan of $2 billion to Pakistan and provide a $1 billion additional loan, Pakistan’s federal minister for information said Thursday.
The Iranian judiciary has suspended the execution of a protester for a retrial, according to local media.
The Turkish, Russian and Syrian foreign ministers may meet early February, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday, without giving a specific timeframe.
The EU is set to impose new sanctions on Belarus and Iran for their support to Russia in the war against Ukraine.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned Staffan Herrstrom, the Swedish ambassador, to convey the country's reaction to a propaganda demonstration by supporters of the PKK/YPG terror group in Stockholm.
More classified documents were found at US President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware -- most in a storage space in the garage, the White House said Thursday.
At least 600 long-distance truck drivers from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Burundi are on an indefinite strike Thursday, demanding better treatment from authorities.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday the appointment of a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden's classified documents matter.
The Turkish Coast Guard rescued 27 irregular migrants Thursday who were illegally pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by Greek authorities, according to officials.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence in the US announced Thursday that it received 366 reports of UFO incidents since March 2021.
A UN-brokered peace summit to end the war in Ukraine is expected to be held in New York on Feb. 24, said Ukraine’s ambassador to Türkiye.
More than 7,000 nurses at two of New York City’s biggest hospitals ended a three-day strike Thursday after the hospitals agreed to address a staffing shortage and improve working conditions.
At least six people were killed in the US state of Alabama as tornadoes swept through the southeast of the country, Governor Kay Ivey said Thursday.
