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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Donald Trumpclashed at a White House meeting that ended in disaster on Friday, prompting an outpouring of reaction from across the globe. ZELENSKIY ON X “Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit. Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.” CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU ON X “Russia illegally and unjustifiably invaded Ukraine. For three years now, Ukrainians have fought with courage and resilience. Their fight for democracy, freedom, and sovereignty is a fight that matters…

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group declared an immediate ceasefire on Saturday, a news agency close to it said, heeding jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan’s disarmament call, in a major step toward ending a 40-year insurgency against the Turkish state. Ocalan on Thursday called on the PKK to lay down its arms and dissolve, a move that President Tayyip Erdogan’s government and the opposition pro-Kurdish DEM party voiced support for. If successful, the move could have wide-ranging implications for the region, while ending a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people since the PKK – now based in the mountains of northern…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday ended in a highly charged and public confrontation, marking a significant diplomatic breakdown between the two leaders. The meeting, which Zelenskiy had hoped would strengthen U.S.-Ukrainian ties amid the ongoing war with Russia, quickly descended into acrimony, with both Trump and Vice President JD Vance publicly chastising Zelenskiy. The Ukrainian leader had intended to use the high-profile meeting to convince the United States to maintain its strong support for Ukraine, particularly against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing invasion. However, Trump and Vance turned on…

By Qaiser Nawab The transatlantic alliance between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) has long been stably rooted in shared values and mutual interests. However, recent developments have strained this relationship, prompting a reevaluation of its foundations and future trajectory. The political landscape on both sides of the Atlantic has undergone significant shifts. In the United States, President Donald Trump’s administration has adopted an “America First” stance, leading to policies that often diverge from traditional alliances. Notably, Trump’s recent threat to impose a 25% tariff on EU goods, accompanied by claims that the EU was formed to…

A suicide bomber killed six worshippers during Friday prayers at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan known as a historic training ground for the Afghan Taliban, police and a government spokesman said. The head of the religious school was among those killed, said provincial government spokesman Muhammad Ali Saif. The dead man, Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq, was the son of the late Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, considered the father of the Taliban. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. The attacker, wearing an explosive-laden suicide vest, walked up to Haq as he was leaving a mosque on the premises of the Darul Uloom…

India and the European Union on Friday agreed to conclude a free trade deal by the end of the year, their first commitment to a deadline on talks that have been going for years, as they look to soften the effect of tariff increases from the United States. The announcement was made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, on a two-day visit to India, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a joint press conference. Both sides have for years been trying to strike a free trade pact, which would involve major concessions by India – one of…

Protesters hurled petrol bombs and set fire to trash cans in Athens on Friday as hundreds of thousands of Greeks went on strike and took to the streets in nationwide demonstrations on the second anniversary of the country’s deadliest train crash. Fifty-seven people were killed when a passenger train filled with students collided with a freight train on February 28, 2023 in central Greece. The accident has become a painful emblem of the perceived neglect of the country’s infrastructure in the decades before the crash and the two years since. “The government hasn’t done anything to get justice,” said Christos…

– A parallel government being set up by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) aims to grab diplomatic legitimacy from its army-led rival and ease access to advanced weaponry, politicians who back it and paramilitary sources told Reuters. The move could prolong a devastating war in which the paramilitary RSF has recently been losing ground, and effectively splinter Africa’s third largest country by area. Since conflict between the army and the RSF erupted in April 2023, the army-led government has retained wide international recognition, despite being forced by the fighting to move to Port Sudan on the Red Sea. But in a bid to challenge…

On Friday, forces fighting alongside Sudan’s army announced that they had intercepted a substantial quantity of military supplies intended for the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur, escalating the ongoing conflict between the two factions. The RSF, however, quickly denied the claims, calling them “incorrect and mere lies,” while the situation remains shrouded in uncertainty as independent verification of the events has not been possible. The Joint Forces, which include former rebel groups now allied with Sudan’s army, made the announcement in a statement, alleging that the intercepted convoy, located southeast of al-Fashir, was carrying a large quantity…

Alesger stated, “The prosecution and punishment of those responsible for the Khojaly Genocide is critically important for ensuring justice above all.” 33 years have passed since the Khojaly Genocide, in which over 600 Azerbaijani Turks were brutally killed. Agil Alesger, Chairman of the Yeni Çağ Media Group and a member of the Azerbaijan Press Council’s Board of Directors, made significant statements on the 33rd anniversary of the Khojaly Massacre. Alesger emphasized that the Khojaly Massacre should be recognized as a crime against humanity under international law. Alesger stated, “This step is crucial for the acknowledgment of the gravity of the…