Finland has to stop "protecting" what Turkey considers a terrorist organisation and take Turkey's security concerns seriously if it wants Turkey to accept it in NATO, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesperson told a Finnish newspaper on Tuesday.
"The problem is not that Finland would not understand Turkey. Finland refuses to take Turkey's security concerns seriously," Communications Director of the Turkish President, Fahrettin Altun told Finland's largest daily Helsingin Sanomat by email.
"The problem is not that Finland would not understand Turkey. Finland refuses to take Turkey's security concerns seriously," Communications Director of the Turkish President, Fahrettin Altun told Finland's largest daily Helsingin Sanomat by email.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Saudi Arabia on Wednesday where he will meet with foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC), two Gulf officials said on Tuesday.
Lavrov is expected to meet with ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar in the GCC headquarters in Riyadh, said the officials, asking not to be named.
Lavrov is expected to meet with ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar in the GCC headquarters in Riyadh, said the officials, asking not to be named.
India has received requests for the supply of more than 1.5 million tonnes of wheat from several countries that need the staple to overcome shortages triggered by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, trade and government sources said on Monday.
"More than half a dozen countries have approached India for more than 1.5 million tonnes of wheat and we will see how to go about these requests," said a government official who didn't wish to be identified in line with official rules.
"More than half a dozen countries have approached India for more than 1.5 million tonnes of wheat and we will see how to go about these requests," said a government official who didn't wish to be identified in line with official rules.
Suriname plans to open an embassy in Jerusalem though a date is not yet set, the South American country and Israel both said on Monday.
The planned move is likely to be opposed by Palestinians, as Jerusalem has been one of the thorniest issues in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Just four countries - the United States, Honduras, Guatemala and Kosovo - currently have embassies in Jerusalem instead of Tel Aviv.
The planned move is likely to be opposed by Palestinians, as Jerusalem has been one of the thorniest issues in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Just four countries - the United States, Honduras, Guatemala and Kosovo - currently have embassies in Jerusalem instead of Tel Aviv.
As Sri Lanka continues to face economic turbulence, the worst ever since the country became independent in 1948, the World Bank said it will disburse nearly $700 million to the island nation in the next few months. The major development came after the World Bank's Country Manager in Colombo, Chiyo Kanda held discussions with the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs GL Peiris on the current situation of the country last week.
Extending support to Ukraine amid Russian invasion , the President of the European Council, Charles Michel announced that the European Council is ready to provide Kyiv with nine billion euros (about $9.6 billion). Taking to Twitter, Michel said on Monday night that EUCO will continue helping Ukraine with its immediate liquidity needs, together with G7. He called EUCO's grant of EUR 9 billion a strong and concrete support for Ukraine's reconstruction.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a telephonic conversation with his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, where the two nations discussed regional and international humanitarian crises. Though the meeting did not utter a single remark on the humanitarian concerns in Pakistan, Sharif hailed Johnson for addressing crises in Afghanistan and Ukraine.
In another terror attack, terrorists fired upon a female teacher at a high school in the Gopalpora area of Kulgam.
Following a major success after the Jammu and Kashmir police averted a suspected terror plot by taking down a Pakistani drone equipped with sticky bombs, the police have now advised the people of Kathua district to check their vehicles before turning them on or leaving their houses. This came in view of the sticky bombs threat that looms over the valley ahead of the Amarnath Yatra.
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Russia’s military forces on Monday, May 30 claimed that its troops have recovered a van with the dead bodies of at least 152 Azov battalion fighters from the Azovstal steelworks that were attached with four mines. These bodies were piled up in the van on orders of the Ukrainian government to stage a provocation against Russia, Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defence Ministry, informed in a briefing. Russian defence ministry added that the intelligence was given by the Azov militants during interrogations.
As the Russian hostilities in Ukraine escalated to day 97, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday conceded that Russian troops now bore "maximum combat power" in the Donbass region. Speaking to his countrymen during the usual nightly address, Zelenskyy informed that the invading troops have now targetted pockets of Donbass- Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Kurakhove, and Slovyansk. Zelenskyy's war updates came just ahead of a detailed report by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who informed that Russian forces have renewed a brutal assault on the eastern part of Ukraine.
Britain will offer work visas to graduates from the world's best universities in an expansion of its post-Brexit immigration system that is designed to attract the "best and brightest" workers.
Under the scheme announced on Monday, graduates with a bachelor's or master's degree from the top 50 universities abroad can apply for a two-year work visa and will be allowed to bring family members with them. Those who receive doctorates can apply for a three-year visa.
Successful applicants will then be able to switch to longer-term employment visas, the government said.
Under the scheme announced on Monday, graduates with a bachelor's or master's degree from the top 50 universities abroad can apply for a two-year work visa and will be allowed to bring family members with them. Those who receive doctorates can apply for a three-year visa.
Successful applicants will then be able to switch to longer-term employment visas, the government said.
India on May 23 had delivered around 40,000 metric tonnes of petrol to Sri Lanka.
India on May 31 said it has delivered one more consignment of 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel to Sri Lanka to help ease the acute fuel shortage in the debt-ridden island nation which is grappling with its worst economic crisis.
India on May 31 said it has delivered one more consignment of 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel to Sri Lanka to help ease the acute fuel shortage in the debt-ridden island nation which is grappling with its worst economic crisis.