Turkey Signals Wider Regional Role for Mecca Defence Pact
Turkey’s parliament speaker says the defence agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan could expand to include other Muslim-majority states, including Iran.
Turkey’s parliament speaker says the defence agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan could expand to include other Muslim-majority states, including Iran.
Residents are stocking food and withdrawing cash after Tigrayan forces seized airports and clashes spread beyond the northern region.
Preliminary results put the monarchy-aligned Authenticity and Modernity Party first in a parliamentary election marked by economic frustration and low participation.
Turkey’s president said countries cannot be expected to move at the same pace while access to climate finance and technology remains unequal.
Drone and missile attacks have disrupted export capacity in a major agricultural region, leaving farmers unable to move grain normally.
Turkey’s president said attacks by both Russia and Ukraine on merchant vessels were inexplicable and called for responsible action to restore navigation safety.
Paris is working with Washington on a Security Council proposal intended to restore safe commercial navigation through the strategic waterway.
The European Commission’s September estimate shows household sentiment weakening after four months of recovery.
The U.S. president expressed optimism about diplomacy while maintaining that Washington will not accept an Iranian nuclear weapon.
Foreign ministers from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Pakistan condemned Houthi attacks and called for safe navigation and renewed diplomacy.