Police in Istanbul and Ankara detained at least 22 terrorist suspects linked to Daesh, al-Qaida and other terrorist groups as part of counterterrorism operations ahead of New Year’s Day. In Istanbul, police detained nine foreign nationals with links to al-Qaida and Daesh terrorists, Demirören News Agency (DHA) reported Monday. Operations …

In Pakistan, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which is chaired by Saudi Arabia, laid out plans for relief efforts in Afghanistan. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Council of Foreign Ministers met Dec.19 in Pakistan. With a membership of 57 states across four continents, the OIC is the world’s second largest …

Iran exports to Syria are increasing, a sign of an improving economic relation between the two countries. Tehran seems to have managed to improve its economic relations with Syria and achieve a steady rise in Iranian exports there. It continues its efforts to tighten control over Deir ez-Zor governorate, known …

Israeli leadership is coping not only with the question of military preparedness for the possibility of attacking the Iranian nuclear program, but also with the implications of such an attack on Israel’s homeland security, its economy and its growth. The extensive Dec. 18 New York Times write-up quoting serving and …

Turkey has made major economic and diplomatic strides in Africa since the early 2000s, but growing military sales to African countries raise the specter of a risky shift. Dozens of top African officials, including 12 presidents, two vice presidents, two premiers and 26 foreign ministers, flocked to Istanbul last week …

Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said that Lithuania is ready to support Ukraine, including supplying weapons. On Sunday, Arvydas Anusauskas, Lithuania’s Defence Minister, decreed that they were ready to supply Ukraine with any weapons as support to the country. The Defense Minister exposed that only when the victims have the means …

President Buhari said that security forces have turned the heat on terrorists “who are getting frustrated and are soft-targeting innocent citizens, looting their assets, burning their homes and killing them indiscriminately.” The death toll from weekend attacks on villages in Nigeria’s northern state of Kaduna has risen to 38 as …

This Turkish plant is moored in the bay of Havana and will provide about 130 megawatts to the national electric system, to which it was connected through the Melones substation. Energy Minister Livan Arronde announced that a new floating power plant arrived in Cuba on November 18 and will come …

A press release from 5th Fleet Public Affairs(NAVCENT) gave a dry report of the USS Portland testing a high-energy laser weapon system while underway in the Gulf of Aden; “During the demonstration, the Solid State Laser – Technology Maturation Laser Weapons System Demonstrator (LWSD) Mark 2 MOD 0 aboard Portland …

President Joe Biden and a key U.S. ally have both rejected the idea of using their respective country’s troops to rein in Russia, as tens of thousands of President Vladimir Putin‘s troops amass at the country’s border with Ukraine. British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace appeared to rule out deploying troops …