29 August 2022•Update: 28 February 2023
ANKARA
Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.
- Two Turkish planes carrying relief goods for flood victims across Pakistan landed in the southern port city of Karachi on Sunday, state media reported.
- Pope Francis called Sunday for international cooperation to help Pakistan, which has been battered by heavy monsoon rains and massive floods.
- Bosnians gathered Sunday to commemorate the 27th anniversary of a massacre in Sarajevo that claimed 43 lives and injured nearly 84.
- The head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), Ahmed Raissouni, resigned on Sunday amid an uproar over his recent remarks on the disputed Western Sahara region.
- The US has called for an immediate cease-fire between conflicting parties in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and to engage in talks facilitated by the UN.
- The death toll from clashes between rival militias in Tripoli rose to 32, Libyan health authorities said Sunday.
- Türkiye welcomes the new border crossing policy deal between Serbia and Kosovo, the country’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
- In an interview, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that Facebook suppressed a reportedly inaccurate story about then-US presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son in the runup to the fall 2020 US elections.