ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Alper Gezeravci and Tuva Cihangir Atasever were selected as Türkiye’s first space travelers to be sent to space in the last quarter of the year.
Speaking at the country's major technology event, TEKNOFEST, he said Gezeravci, a pilot in the Turkish Air Force, will be sent to the International Space Station, while Atasever, a system engineer in Turkish missile producer, Roketsan, in the field of space launch systems, was chosen as a reserve candidate.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told the audience that Türkiye is "the guarantor of peace, stability, and safety in our region." He stressed that Türkiye became a country that has a say in the world in the last 20 years.
Turkish expatriates in the UK began casting ballots for Türkiye's upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.
Athens and Ankara should take bolder steps to improve relations, according to the Greek foreign minister.
Referring to a recent agreement between the two countries where Greece will support Türkiye’s bid for Assistant General Secretary of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Türkiye will support Greece’s bid for temporary membership to the UN Security Council, Nikos Dendias said he is hoping for bigger and more essential steps by both parties during an interview at the 8th Delphi Economic Forum.
Moscow slammed the seizure of the Russian Embassy school in Warsaw by Polish authorities.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Poland's "hostile actions" are a "blatant violation" of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 and another encroachment on Russian diplomatic property.
Sudan’s death toll from ongoing clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has risen to 528, according to the Health Ministry.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the presence of even one American soldier in Iraq is "too much," reiterating his call for their ouster.
Vice President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, announced the success of Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi in becoming the first Arab to perform a spacewalk on the International Space Station.
In sports news, Toulouse won the Coupe de France (French Cup) by hammering Nantes 5-1.