By Ali Murat Alhas
ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.
At least 925 civilians have been killed and nearly 1,500 wounded since Russia launched its war on Ukraine, while the number of people fleeing the country has reached almost 3.5 million.
The US says it has "clear evidence" that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine as the leaders of Western nations vow to continue their support for the East European country in its struggle to fend off Russian aggression.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country could not "concede to Russia's ultimatum" and a final decision on the middle-ground outcome in peace negotiations with Russia can only be reached in an “all-Ukrainian referendum.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will tackle the Russia-Ukraine war as part of this week's NATO leaders' summit, according to a senior official, who noted that Ankara would keep communication channels open with both countries.
EU foreign ministers approved the bloc’s new defense and security strategy which was developed over two years, largely before the Ukraine war, but has taken on added relevance in the context of the nearly month-long conflict.
The US has determined that the Myanmar military's violence against the country's Rohingya minority constitutes "genocide" and crimes against humanity.
A China Eastern Airlines plane carrying 132 people, including 123 passengers and nine crew members, crashed in the mountains in southern China as the plane "lost contact mid-air," according to the country's civil aviation administration.
Most of the Syrians who fled the civil war in their country to go to neighboring Turkiye are happy and don’t want to go back home, according to a new study.
Authorities in northern Iraq's Nineveh province said they had discovered the remains of 143 unidentified people killed between 2014-2017 when the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group was in control of the region.
A new round of talks involving the Constitutional Committee seeking a solution to the ongoing 11-year war in Syria started in Geneva on Monday as the opposition group presented details on the "basics of governance."
At least 3.1 million Kenyans are in need of urgent food relief as malnutrition, food insecurity and drought have rocked the East African nation, Kenya's interior minister said.