The 55th Munich Security Conference (MSC), broadly known as an important platform for discussing security policies, was held in Germany from February 15 through February 17, 2019. It evidenced some dramatic debating this year. The list of participants featured 500 persons, including forty heads of state and/or government and a hundred ministers. They considered the possibility of a new nuclear arms ...
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) issued a statement formally confirming information cited in an article published by uwidata.com entitled “Europe’s interest in FETÖ.” According to the Office’s statement, 51,225 members of the FETÖ terrorist organization have applied for asylum in EU countries. The article mentioned Europe’s deep interest in the group, pointing out how “European countries almost compete with ...
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia has made the kingdom’s first-ever appointment of a woman – Princes Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud – to the position of an ambassador. She is now heading the embassy to the US. King Salman issues a Royal Decree appointing Princess Rima bint Bandar as Ambassador to the ...
Pakistan’s announcement that they had downed two Indian aircrafts shocked the world. The increasingly serious mutual threats of the nuclear-armed enemy nations are naturally the entire world’s concern, and public attention has been riveted to the decisions made by Indian and Pakistani leadership. Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated extreme concern over the escalation of tensions: “We are very concerned ...
US President Donald Trump, a man never shy of lecturing politicians around the world on human rights and freedom of speech, has once again found himself at the center of a media scandal. He has recently launched an all-out campaign to destroy Ilhan Omar, the first congresswoman in America to wear the hijab. Despite being regularly accused of discrimination declarationshimself, ...
On February 14, Jaish-e-Mohammed (a Pakistan-based Deobandi jihadist terrorist group) carried out an act of terrorism in the Indian part of Kashmir. A suicide bomber rammed a car loaded with more than 300 kilograms of explosives into a bus carrying Indian police officers. As a result, at least 44 people died. After the terrorist attack, India accused Pakistan of supporting ...
Dünyada yeni trend, elektronik para Birleşmiş Milletler Uyuşturucu ve Suç Ofisi’nin (UNODC), “yılda yaklaşık 2 trilyon dolar kara para aklanıyor.” Açıklanması üzerine gündeme gelen, “kara para aklama” olayında akıl almaz yöntemler kullanılıyor. Türkiye MASAK (Mali Suçları Araştırma Kurulu) verilerine göre, aklamanın dünyadaki gelişen yeni trendi, kullanıcısına geniş anonimlik imkanı sunan ve kimliğini belli etmeyen internet bankacılığı ve elektronik paranın aklama ...
Pakistan, hava sahasına giren iki Hindistan uçağını düşürdüğünü açıklaması, dünya ülkelerinde şok etkisi yarattı. Nükleer silahlara sahip iki ezeli düşmanın bir birlerini “tehdit” etmeleri tansiyonun yükselmesine neden oldu. Dünya’da tedirginlik yaratan olayların ardından gözler, iki ülke liderlerinin bugün yapacakları toplantılarda alınacak kararlara kilitlendi. Türkiye Dışişleri Bakanı Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu yaptığı açıklamada, “gerginlikten endişe duyuyoruz, taraflara sağduyu ve itidal çağrısında bulunuyoruz. Gerginliği ...
Mohammad Javad Zarif, the charismatic head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry shocked the whole world on the night of February 25 by a tweet in Instagram where he said he was quitting as Foreign Minister. “I bring my sincere apologies for not being ready to continue as Foreign Minister,” he wrote. “Please forgive me for the shortcomings in my service.” ...
While it seemed all but certain on Monday evening that President Bashar Al-Assad’s surprise visit to Tehran would dominate the news the next day, by Tuesday morning the resignation of Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif had already captured the headlines. For security reasons, President Assad’s visit to Tehran was kept a secret until he was already safe in Damascus. Very ...