Seda Sevencan
14 September 2022•Update: 14 September 2022
ISTANBUL
Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.
Turkish wrestler Riza Kayaalp won a gold medal Tuesday by beating Iran's Amin Mirzazadeh in the men's Greco-Roman 130 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
Intense clashes broke out early Tuesday on Azerbaijan’s border with Armenia between troops of the two countries.
Fifty Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed in recent days in provocations by Armenia, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said.
Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Armenia should stop its provocations along the border with Azerbaijan and instead make peace.
The US urged Russia on Tuesday to use its "outsized influence" with Armenia and Azerbaijan to bring an end to a flare-up in violence that has left dozens dead.
Despite Türkiye's efforts to ease tensions in the region, Greece continues with its "provocative actions," Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said, calling out Athens for its "two-faced" diplomacy.
His remarks came after two Greek Coast Guard boats opened fire Saturday on a ro-ro ship 11 miles off Türkiye's northwestern Bozcaada island.
Six irregular migrants, including two infants and three children, lost their lives Tuesday when Greek forces pushed them back to Turkish territorial waters in the Aegean Sea, said the Turkish Interior Ministry.
Russia has spent more than $300 million since 2014 in hopes of gaining influence over foreign government officials and political candidates sympathetic to Moscow, US intelligence reported Tuesday.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Doha on Tuesday on his first visit to Qatar since taking office in 2014.
