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Is Ankara capitulating to or allowing lira’s depreciation? (Mustafa Sonmez, Al Monitor)

Turkey’s central bank cut its policy rate by a staggering 200 basis points Thursday, sending the embattled Turkish lira to a new all-time low and raising...

Global finance watchdog adds Turkey to grey list (Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor)

The global financial watchdog known as the Financial Action Task Force, or FATF, announced today that Turkey has been added to its “grey list”...

Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to Mission Colombia Staff (US Department of State)

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Hello, Mission Bogotá.  It is great to see all of you, and so good to see folks here together.  Again, to the...

Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks at a Climate/Sustainable Products Event (US Department of State)

SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, again, thank you. Thank you all. And it’s very wonderful to be here today. It’s always wonderful to be outside or...

Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks at the U.S.-Colombia High-Level Dialogue (US Department of State)

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Buenos días a todos.   Wonderful to be here with all of you, with both of these remarkable teams, the teams behind the teams,...

‘Yes’: Biden says US would defend Taiwan against China (Al Jazeera)

US President Joe Biden has said the United States would come to Taiwan’s defence if the island were attacked by China, in comments that...

More countries criticise China at UN for repression of Uighurs (Al Jazeera)

More than 40 mainly Western countries have criticised China at the United Nations over the reported torture and repression of the mostly Muslim Uighurs and other...

NATO agrees new plan to deter Russian attacks (Al Jazeera)

NATO defence ministers have agreed upon a new master plan to defend against any potential Russian attack on multiple fronts, reaffirming the alliance’s core...

EU summit loads pressure on Poland over rule of law (Al Jazeera)

European Union leaders pressured a defiant Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki Thursday to fall back into line on recognising that EU law trumps national...

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