Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing – April 8, 2022

ISTANBUL 

Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

In a phone call, the presidents of Turkiye and Azerbaijan discussed the outcome of a recent meeting in Brussels between the Azerbaijani president, Armenian premier and European Council president.

At least two people were killed in a shooting Thursday in the Israeli capital Tel Aviv, the country's army radio announced.

Pakistan’s top court on Thursday quashed the deputy speaker's ruling to dismiss a no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan and the subsequent dissolution of the lower house of parliament by the president on the premier's advice.

Images from the Ukrainian city of Bucha are “truly unacceptable” and “disgraceful for humanity,” the Turkish foreign minister said Thursday.

In a phone call with Russia’s defense chief, Turkiye's national defense minister on Thursday emphasized the urgency of the safe evacuation of civilians, especially in Mariupol, Ukraine.

The UN General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council (HRC) after evidence emerged of apparent mass atrocities carried out by Moscow's forces.

NATO foreign ministers agreed Thursday to increase humanitarian and financial aid to Ukraine amid its war with Russia and security assistance to Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday addressed the Greek Parliament via video link and accused the Russian army of bombing “everything” in Mariupol, a city in southeastern Ukraine.

At least 18,900 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine so far, according to the Ukrainian military Thursday.

Russia has suffered “significant losses of troops” in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.

Russia’s foreign minister on Thursday accused Ukraine of presenting a “disruptive” new peace proposal, flouting terms reached at a meeting in Istanbul last week.

The US would not support any pipeline project in the Eastern Mediterranean, the country’s undersecretary of state said Thursday.

Arab countries have welcomed the formation of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council headed by Rashad al-Alimi as well as the urgent financial support provided by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to the Yemeni economy.

Afghanistan received $32 million in humanitarian cash assistance Thursday as the 21st cash consignment of international humanitarian aid arrived in Kabul, according to the country’s central bank.

The German parliament voted against a proposal to make the coronavirus vaccination mandatory for those older than 60 after fierce debate among lawmakers.

The British rock band Pink Floyd has reunited after nearly 30 years and released a new song to support the people of Ukraine displaced by Russia’s war on their country.