Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing – Nov. 15, 2022

By Ahmet Gencturk

ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

Türkiye and Indonesia signed two agreements and five memorandums of understanding Monday with boosting bilateral cooperation in their sights as top Turkish officials visit the country for a summit of the G-20.

The person who left the bomb that caused the explosion on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue has been arrested, said Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu.

The perpetrator of the deadly terrorist attack on Istanbul’s popular Istiklal Avenue took the order from the YPG/PYD/PKK terrorist group in Syria, said Turkish authorities.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson, days after Russian forces announced their withdrawal from the region and the western bank of the Dnieper River.

Four more civilians were injured in Russian strikes on Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region as intense fighting there forced locals to take refuge in bunkers, said a Ukrainian official.

Canada sanctioned 23 Russians and said it will add another CAN$500 million (US$377 million) in military aid for Ukraine, bringing the total assistance provided to date to CAN$3.4 billion (US$2.56 billion).

One person was killed in missile attacks on the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) in northern Iraq, according to local health authorities.

Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had launched fresh aerial strikes against Kurdish armed groups in northern Iraq.

An Israeli was shot dead by a soldier on suspicion of being a Palestinian attempting to attack him.

At least three people were killed and two others wounded in a US university shooting as police search for the gunman, who is suspected to be a student, said an official.

Britain and France signed a new joint declaration to stop Channel migrant crossings.

The UK announced further sanctions against Iranian officials in response to the country's violent crackdown on protesters, a government statement said.

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has dismissed three high-ranking government officials, aggravating the deep political crisis the Caribbean country is undergoing.

An employee and researcher of the government-owned energy company Hydro-Quebec in Canada was charged with spying for China.

Thousands of Spanish truck drivers began an indefinite strike because they say their costs outweigh what they earn.