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Türkiye, Jordan, and Syria signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding on transport cooperation on Tuesday, aiming to strengthen regional connectivity and boost trade across a key North-South corridor. Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu, speaking after a meeting in Amman with his Jordanian counterpart Nidal Qatamin and Syrian Transport Minister Yarub Badr, said the initiative reflects a shared commitment to regional development and prosperity. “This is not merely a technical meeting on transport, but a strong declaration of will for the welfare of our peoples and regional development,” Uraloglu said, emphasizing the importance of political and economic stability supported…

Russia said Tuesday that 175 more employees who were evacuated from an Iranian nuclear plant have left for Moscow. The staff from the Bushehr plant crossed into Armenia via the Nurduz-Agarak border crossing and left on a special flight on Monday, the Russian Embassy in Armenia said. A total of 509 Russian citizens have returned through Armenia since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran, the embassy said. Moscow expressed its “deep gratitude” to Armenia for the safe evacuation of state-run Rosatom employees, the statement added. On Sunday, Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev said most Russians working at the Bushehr…

At least four people were killed, two of them by police fire, in India’s ​northeastern state of Manipur on Tuesday, officials ‌said, after months of relative calm. Two children from the mostly Hindu Meitei community were killed after a bomb exploded in ​a house in the Meitei-dominated Bishnupur district, the ​officials and the chief minister’s office said. Later ⁠on Tuesday, police opened fire to control a crowd ​that had stormed a camp belonging to security forces, ​killing two people, the state’s interior minister, Govindas Konthoujam said. Clashes first broke out in May 2023 between Manipur’s dominant, mostly ​Hindu Meitei community…

French nationals Cecile ​Kohler and Jacques ‌Paris are “free and on their ​way to ​France, after three ⁠and a ​half years of ​detention in Iran,” President Emmanuel Macron ​said on ​Tuesday in a post ‌on ⁠social media platform X. Lawmakers greeted the announcement ​with ​a ⁠standing ovation at the ​National Assembly.

Britain has blocked U.S. rapper Kanye West from travelling to ‌the country to headline London’s Wireless Festival in July over his past antisemitic comments and celebration of Nazism. Organiser Festival Republic said his permission to enter and perform in Britain was withdrawn on Tuesday and the three-day festival had been cancelled and refunds would be issued to all ticket holders. The government had been under pressure to deny entry to West, ​now known as Ye, after he was named headline act for the Wireless Festival on April 1. Several major companies have cancelled their ​sponsorship of the event. British Prime…

Iran on Tuesday attacked Saudi Arabia’s Jubail petrochemical complex, ​the heart of the kingdom’s downstream sector, its Revolutionary Guards said, the latest evidence of Tehran’s ‌ability to strike back in response to U.S.-Israeli attacks ahead of a U.S. deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz or face annihilation. Iran said the attack was in response to attacks against its Asaluyeh petrochemical plants, which are connected to ​its massive South Pars gas field and were reportedly hit by multiple explosions overnight. U.S. President Donald ​Trump’s ultimatum to Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz oil chokepoint by the end ⁠of Tuesday or face…

 A Nigerian Christian group on Monday disputed an assertion by the army that it had rescued 31 people who ​were abducted by armed men in northern Kaduna state, saying ‌that the victims remained in captivity. The Nigerian Army said on Sunday that troops had freed the civilians after gunmen stormed a church in Ariko village in Kaduna’s ​Kachia district, while five people were found dead at the ​scene. Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) chairman for the northern region, Reverend ⁠John Joseph Hayab, denied any rescue had taken place. “Yes, the military ​are doing their best to get them back home, but it…

Recent U.S. complaints about NATO allies and threats to quit the alliance are pushing ​European countries to seek alternative security arrangements, Spanish Foreign ‌Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Tuesday. After European countries declined to send their navies to open up the Strait of Hormuz to global ​shipping following the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran ​on February 28, U.S. President Donald Trump has declared he ⁠is considering withdrawing from the alliance, thrusting it into a ​crisis. Albares said the decision was entirely up to Trump, but underscored ​that NATO allies stood in solidarity with Washington after the September 11, 2001 attacks.…

Cameroon said Russian authorities have confirmed the deaths of 16 Cameroonians fighting against Ukraine, the first time ​the Central African country has spoken about the involvement ‌of its nationals in the ongoing war. In a statement broadcast on state media on Monday evening, the foreign ministry called on the families ​of the dead to make contact with ministry officials in ​the capital city of Yaounde. A Cameroonian diplomatic note, also dated ⁠Monday and seen by Reuters, referred to the deceased ​as “military contractors of Cameroonian nationality” operating in a special military operation ​zone, a term Russia uses to describe the…