Islamabad/Ankara / Lefkosa, 25 April 2021 (Anadolu News) In response to Saturday's US President Joe Biden's recognition of the events of 1915 during the Ottoman Empire era as a "genocide," against Armenians, Pakistan's Foreign Minister on Sunday supported Turkey’s thesis on the events of 1915.  In a phone call with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Shah...

Ankara, 24 April 2021 (Anadolu News) Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday said remarks by US President Joe Biden on Armenian claims about the events of 1915 lacks any scholarly or legal basis and is not supported by evidence. "We reject and denounce in the strongest terms the statement of the President of the US regarding...

Ankara/Washington, 23 April 2021 (Anadolu News) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Joe Biden spoke over the phone on Friday and discussed bilateral relations, the Turkish Communications Directorate said. Erdogan and Biden agreed on the strategic character of the bilateral relationship and the importance of working together to build greater cooperation on...

Doha, 23 April 2021(QP) In a statement issued for media, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs has said that *“The State of Qatar, United States, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and  Norway, collectively representing 40 percent of global oil and gas production, will come together to form a cooperative forum that will develop pragmatic...

Beijing, 22 April 2021 (Xinhua) Chinese President Xi Jinping has said that ” Climate change poses pressing, formidable and long-term challenges to us all. Yet I am confident that as long as we unite in our purposes and efforts and work together with solidarity and mutual assistance, we will rise above the global climate and...

Ankara, 22 April 2021 (Anadolu News) As a measure to stem the spread of COVID-19, Turkey has announced a nationwide curfew starting Thursday evening until Monday morning. The four-day curfew from 7 p.m. on April 22 until 5 a.m. on April 26 will cover the National Sovereignty and Children's Day holiday as well as the...

Quetta, 21 April 2021 (Daily Dawn) A powerful bomb exploded in the parking lot of the Serena Hotel in Quetta on Wednesday night, killing at least four people and wounding 12 others, officials said. DIG Azhar Ikram said that the explosive device was apparently fitted in a vehicle, according to initial investigations. He added that...

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA), 20 April 2021 (Media Reports) Judge Peter Cahill read the jury's decision shortly after 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday. Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The 12-member jury consisted of three black men, one black woman, two white men, four...

Ankara, 21 April 2021 (Anadolu News) A much-anticipated Istanbul conference for Afghan peace was postponed until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. "We thought that it would be beneficial to postpone it ... we consulted Qatar, the US and the UN, and decided to hold it...

Manila, 20 April 2021 (PNA) President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday called for the “complete” abolition of the controversial Kafala scheme, a sponsorship system that monitors and restricts the migrant laborers’ movement. In a taped video message aired during the virtual forum on labor mobility and human rights, Duterte said the Kafala system is “unjust” and...