In 2026, travel is becoming easier for many Africans. More countries are allowing African passport holders to enter without a visa. This means people can travel for tourism, business, study, or family visits without going through long visa processes. Visa-free travel saves time and money. It also helps improve trade and tourism. Many African governments […]
Although many trekkers around the globe are looking for the opportunity to go to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, the timing of a successful hike is a very important factor. Summit success, safety, and overall enjoyment during the hike are all factors that depend on the time of year you choose to climb. Experts recommend […]
Syrian President Bashar al Assad said that the European Union (EU) is well aware that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would send extremists and terrorists to Europe. The Syrian president said that the EU adopts a double-standard approach in its relations with Erdogan, adding that the EU member states hate Erdogan and need him at […]
Turkey’s problematic counter-terror efforts in northeast Syria have left it using detained Islamic State (ISIS) fighters to threaten Europe and possibly increasing the Kurdish threat along its border while losing the support of key allies like the United States. Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu told reporters on Monday that Turkey would return captured ISIS members […]
At this year’s Security Conference in Munich , the European Union’s High Representative Federica Mogherini named Ukraine and Libya as her top priorities. She explained, “In Libya there is the perfect mix ready to explode and in case it explodes, it will explode just at the gates of Europe. The combination of elements present there […]
On December 3rd, demonstrations were held in Istanbul and 40 provinces of Turkey, protesting lengthy pre-trial detentions, mass custodies and arrests, and called for the abolishment of Turkey’s draconian anti-terrorist law. In Istanbul alone, some 2000 persons, including the Deputy Chair of the CHP, Turkey’s main opposition party, engineers, architects and doctors joined in the […]
In his more than three decades in charge of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has battled to consolidate power at home and expand the regime’s influence across the region. But the 80-year-old leader is facing his toughest challenge yet as he seeks to unify a fractured establishment and calm people angry at […]
The Turkish government has taken steps to speed up the deployment of troops to Libya to help the U.N.-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) against a renewed offensive ont the besieged capital by General Khalifa Haftar forces, which are backed by Egypt, France, the United Arab Emirates and Russia. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said […]
An investigation by this paper has made clear that Hamas terrorists have been planning attacks against Israel from Turkey. President Erdogan knows this but denies it. He even denies that Hamas is a terrorist organisation despite the group’s categorisation as such by the US and EU. According to Erdogan, Hamas is “a resistance movement trying […]
The United States reinstated economic sanctions on Iran after President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear deal in May 2018. Mr Trump says he wants to apply “maximum pressure” on the government in Tehran to compel it to renegotiate the accord. But Iran’s leaders have remained defiant. The substantial impact the sanctions have had on […]
Iran remains the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, according to an annual State Department report that pointed to ISIS as the primary non-state threat to US interests and allies. Terrorism around the world declined globally last year, according to the Country Reports on Terrorism 2016. But Iran continues to destabilize the Middle East through […]
A popular influencer recounts his Turkish experience. Read below; I must say before I went to Istanbul, my expectations were quite different to the real life after arrived and been living for two months in Istanbul so far. So let me be honest Istanbul is good for tourist but not for long staying. 1. Streets […]
Amid the on-going anti-governmental protests in cities across Iran and international pressure after Iran admitted it had accidentally shot down a Ukrainian flight, killing all 176 people aboard, Iran’s only female Olympic medalist Kimia Alizadeh has announced that she has permanently left her country for Europe. The twenty-one-year-old Olympic medallist is the first and only […]
President Trump issued a stark warning Sunday to Iran as leaders in Tehran gear up to deal with protesters who took to the streets after the government admitted to accidentally shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet. “To the leaders of Iran – DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS,” Trump tweeted. “Thousands have already been killed or […]
The Iranian response to the killing of Qassem Soleimani seems to have been a mix of extreme internal discombobulation — witness the funeral stampede , the apparently accidental downing of a passenger plane — and calculated prudence. The discombobulation suggested just how shocked the Iranians were by the severity of President Trump’s response to months […]
The prospect of a triumphantly re-elected Recep Tayyip Erdoğan armed with sweeping new presidential powers is deeply alarming to many Turks, but it is also a scary prospect for the international community. Since taking national office 15 years ago, Erdoğan has turned from neighbourhood bully-boy into geostrategic threat. Under his choleric, resentful tutelage, Turkey has […]
Iran announced on Saturday that it’s military unintentionally shot down the Ukrainian plane that crashed earlier this week killing all 176 passengers onboard. This comes after the government had repeatedly denied accusations that it was responsible. The jetliner was shot down early on Wednesday, just hours after Iran had launched a ballistic missile attack on […]
Like the USA, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has also said Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner after it took off from Tehran, killing all 176 on board, including 63 Canadians. Trudeau’s comments on Thursday came as images posted on social media increasingly pointed to a catastrophic mistake by Tehran’s air defense batteries bringing the […]
The United States reinstated economic sanctions on Iran after President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear deal in May 2018. Mr Trump says he wants to apply “maximum pressure” on the government in Tehran to compel it to renegotiate the accord. But Iran’s leaders have remained defiant. The substantial impact the sanctions have had on […]
Iran has a great potential. It can be one of the most prosperous and developed countries in the region. Iranian people are highly educated and intelligent, but the power belongs to the clergy and the supreme leader. Revolutionary Guard brutally suppresses any sign of dissent. The regime is slowly destroying the country in vain attempts […]