Britain’s Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has described a 10-year prison sentence handed down in Iran to a British couple as “totally unjustifiable.” Lindsay and Craig Foreman, from East Sussex, were arrested in January 2025 while travelling through Iran on a round-the-world motorcycle trip and were later charged with espionage. TheyContinue Reading
A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison for declaring martial law in December 2024. The court convicted the 65-year-old of leading an insurrection and undermining the constitution. The ruling by the Seoul Central District Court marked a major milestone in oneContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mehmet Poroy, says Türkiye has a special interest in Nigeria because the two countries are confronted with similar existential challenges in the fight against terrorism. Poroy made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, saying theContinue Reading
By Mark Longyen The Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mehmet Poroy, says President Bola Tinubu’s recent state visit to Ankara, the Turkish capital, from Jan. 27 to 28, was a milestone in Nigeria-Türkiye relations. Ambassador Poroy stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. HeContinue Reading
Germany’s defense minister Boris Pistorius has highlighted Türkiye’s vital role in European security, saying the country demonstrates that NATO is “bigger than some believe.” Pistorius told reporters after observing NATO’s Steadfast Dart 2026 exercise in the Baltic Sea that allies were united and prepared to address security challenges, while praisingContinue Reading
Sanae Takaichi, President of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party(LDP), was reelected as the country’s 105th prime minister on Wednesday following a parliamentary vote. At an extraordinary session of the National Diet convened earlier in the day, both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors held votes to appointContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The might of the Indian Navy and partner navies from across the globe was on full display on Wednesday as President Droupadi Murmu of India, reviewed the International Fleet Review (IFR) 2026 off the coast of Visakhapatnam. Sailing aboard INS Sumedha, the Presidential Yacht, Murmu, the SupremeContinue Reading
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to Washington in lieu of President Recep Erdogan for the inaugural meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” on Thursday, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. A Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters that Fidan, during the talks, would call for determinedContinue Reading
By Cecilia Ologunagba Nearly two-thirds of all maternal deaths worldwide occur in countries marked by conflict or fragility, making pregnancy more dangerous in such environments. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners stated this in a report released on Tuesday. The risk of a woman who lives in a countryContinue Reading
Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state and becoming the only country to do so benefits neither Somalia nor the region. “I would like to reiterate that Israel’s recognition of Somaliland would benefit neither Somaliland nor the Horn of Africa,” ErdoganContinue Reading
