14 December 2022•Update: 28 February 2023
ANKARA
Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated that the country cannot be expected to stay silent in the face of the growing terror threat along its southern border. He however didn’t specify a date for a possible land operation across the border into northern Syria to eliminate the threat.
Meanwhile, Erdogan arrived Tuesday in Turkmenistan's port of Turkmenbashi to attend the first summit between the leaders of Türkiye, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.
In a letter to the UN on Tuesday, Türkiye and Libya blasted Greek criticisms of their agreements on the delimitation of hydrocarbon and maritime jurisdiction areas and urged Greece to end its baseless accusations, hostile rhetoric and escalatory actions and instead respect the sovereign decisions of the two countries.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson stressed that the most important element of the country’s security policy is NATO membership and consequently they take the three-way memorandum signed with Türkiye and Finland on the Nordic countries’ NATO membership bids very seriously.
European Union Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhely announced that competent union officials have agreed that Bosnia and Herzegovina should become a formal candidate to join the bloc.
Some 40,000 rail workers in the UK launched a 48-hour strike over a disagreement between the RMT trade union and 14 private railway companies.
A senior US official, speaking to Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the country is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine, agreeing to one of the top requests of Ukrainian officials.
OPEC announced in its most recent monthly oil market report that oil demand will grow by 2.2 million barrels per day in 2023 to reach 101.8 million bpd, supported by expected geopolitical improvements and the containment of COVID-19 in China.
US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm unveiled a 'tremendous scientific breakthrough' in the decades-long effort to develop limitless clean fusion energy, which is expected to strengthen US national security.
Representatives of Azerbaijani NGOs said Armenians have “ruthlessly exploited” a mine in the region under the control of the Russian peacekeeping contingent and have almost plundered it.
The Independent Authority Against Corruption of Mongolia announced that former President Khaltmaagiin Battulga is being investigated in a coal theft case that began in the wake of a large-scale demonstration in the capital, Ulaanbaatar, early last week.
Nigeria and Rwanda became the first African nations to sign space accords with the US to facilitate the return of humans to the moon by 2025.
Business magnate Elon Musk lost his title as "the world's richest person" to Bernard Arnault, the chairman and CEO of French fashion powerhouse LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
Argentina claimed a 3-0 win over Croatia on Tuesday to advance to the 2022 FIFA World Cup final.
