Anadolu Agency Staff
19 March 2023•Update: 19 March 2023
ISTANBUL
Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.
- Türkiye observed Canakkale Victory and Martyrs' Day, which marks the anniversary of the 1915 triumph during World War I.
- Türkiye and Egypt will raise diplomatic relations to the highest level "as soon as possible," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said as he visited Cairo.
- Former US President Donald Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday as Manhattan prosecutor prepares charges in hush money case.
- Meanwhile, the Black Sea grain deal has been extended for 120 days.
- President Vladimir Putin signed in law several bills on introducing criminal liability for discrediting all participants of Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine.
- Death toll from the Feb. 6 earthquakes in southern Türkiye rose to 49,589, including 6,807 foreigners, Fuat Oktay, the country's vice president, announced.
- The UK’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman arrived in Rwanda for a two-day visit aimed to accelerate a controversial deportation deal signed last year.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced sanctions against 141 entities and 300 individuals, including Syria's Bashar al Assad.
- A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck the South American country of Ecuador, killing at least 13 people.