… above that level will bring on worse climate-linked catastrophes. - Turkey tempers expectations - His remarks at the "High-level Event on Climate Action and the Just Transition" were followed by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan …
… But the presentation in New York comes as world leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan have taken aim at the humanitarian situation in Gaza this week, calling for action to end the conflict with Israel. …
… quickly." Trump's divisive turn at the UN lectern came after the organization's outgoing leader Antonio Guterres raised the alarm on AI and bluntly warned "killer robots must have no place in our future."Meanwhile, several leaders including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan …
… tely!" and "Despite hatred, long live life!" The demonstration followed sweeping police raids in several cities including Istanbul and the capital Ankara at the weekend in which police arrested dozens of people as part of what the government says is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan …
… Even Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has jailed more journalists than perhaps any government on earth, has not managed to make Turkey's problems disappear; he only made them harder to report on, which is not the same thing as making them go away. …
… Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan is also expected to attend, though his country is not a formal member.Putin is also expected to hold separate bilateral talks with Iran's Pezeshkian and China's Xi, among other leaders, Kremlin spokesman Yuri Ushakov said. …
… The dialogue also recommended that funding be cut to ethnic-based parties in favour of "national" ones.Critics fear all this will allow Abiy to consolidate personal power, as Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan did when he jumped from prime minister to a newly created executive preside …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his country's military campaigns in Iran, Gaza and elsewhere at the UN General Assembly, vowing to continue fighting after dozens of delegates walked out. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN via video that Israeli policies, including settlement expansion in the West Bank, threatened Palestinian existence and accused Israel of conducting a "genocidal war" in Gaza, which Netanyahu rejected.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his country's military campaigns in Iran, Gaza and elsewhere at the UN General Assembly, vowing to continue fighting after dozens of delegates walked out. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN via video that Israeli policies, including settlement expansion in the West Bank, threatened Palestinian existence and accused Israel of conducting a "genocidal war" in Gaza, which Netanyahu rejected.
Outgoing UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on countries to develop concrete plans to quit fossil fuels and lift their emissions targets, hailing renewable energy as "unstoppable" and the cheapest source of new electricity. Germany became the third country to issue a fossil fuel phase-out roadmap, after France and the Netherlands.
US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace proposed a $2.45 billion Gaza recovery plan over six months at a UN General Assembly meeting in New York, as world leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan have called for action to address the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
President Trump told the UN that the United States will not join global AI regulation and urged countries to abandon the International Criminal Court, while also stating he faces a "big decision" on whether to negotiate or "annihilate the Islamic Republic" of Iran. Other world leaders at the assembly warned about Palestinian futures amid Israeli West Bank settlement expansion and raised concerns about global unrest and US actions.
Turkish police detained dozens of demonstrators protesting outside an Istanbul courthouse against a nationwide LGBTQ crackdown that the government frames as protecting traditional family values under President Erdogan's "Decade of the Family" initiative.
Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich was abducted by armed men in a government vehicle along the Gilgil–Nakuru road and later dumped near Masinga Dam in Machakos County. The piece argues that historical attempts by governments to silence the press have ultimately failed, framing media freedom as essential and unstoppable.
Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Jinping and more than a dozen other leaders are gathering in Kyrgyzstan for a two-day summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a regional bloc that brings together Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, four Central Asian countries and Belarus. The summit marks the group's 25-year anniversary and is expected to include bilateral talks between Putin and both Xi and Iran's president.
A weeks-long national dialogue in Ethiopia has backed constitutional changes to create a new "executive presidency" that would combine the offices of prime minister and president, potentially extending Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's control over the country. Parliament is expected to consider the proposal when it reconvenes in October, with supporters arguing it will create a more unified role representing all ethnic groups.
President Donald Trump threatened Monday to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of a US deal with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively closed since a conflict began on February 28. Trump called for Tehran to surrender as pressure mounts on Republicans ahead of November's midterm elections over the nearly six-month stalemate.
President Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of a US deal with Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively closed since conflict began on February 28. The threat comes as ongoing talks between Oman and Iran address navigation arrangements through the waterway, following the collapse of a Pakistan-mediated US-Iran interim deal.
An Ankara court annulled the 2023 leadership election of Turkey's main opposition CHP party over allegations of vote buying, overturning the result that made Ozgur Ozel party head and ordering former chair Kemal Kilicdaroglu to take over as interim leader.