ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments in Turkey, around the world and the coronavirus pandemic.
- Developments in Turkey, coronavirus pandemic and other news
Turkey has administered over 79.17 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines since it launched a mass vaccination campaign in January, according to official figures released Tuesday.
According to the Health Ministry, over 42.6 million people have gotten their first dose, while more than 30.5 million are now fully vaccinated.
The ministry also confirmed 26,597 new infections and 124 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, while as many as 14,954 more patients recovered.
As many as 274 forest fires in Turkey have been brought under control while one continues to burn in the Aegean province of Mugla, the country's agriculture and forestry minister said Tuesday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held separate phone calls Tuesday with the presidents of Georgia, Senegal, Djibouti and Nigeria, discussing regional issues and bilateral ties with each.
Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar paid an official visit to Pakistan on Tuesday.
At least 78 of 93 identified suspects were arrested Tuesday as part of Turkey's first-ever countrywide operation against historical artifact smuggling.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that the country summoned the Swiss charge d'affaires in Ankara to protest the opening of an office in Geneva by the YPG/PKK terrorist group.
Turkey on Tuesday delivered icons that had been stolen from historic local churches to Istanbul’s Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew.
Turkey's unemployment rate was 10.6% in June, down 2.5 percentage points from the previous month, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) on Tuesday.
- Worldwide developments related to COVID-19
The count of COVID-19 vaccines given worldwide topped 4.48 billion Tuesday, according to Our World In Data, a tracking website affiliated with Oxford University.
Germany’s coalition government is planning to end free coronavirus testing and begin charging unvaccinated people for tests starting in October, local media reported.
Bangladesh on Tuesday began vaccinating tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees, officials said.
Coronavirus fatalities hit another grim peak in Bangladesh on Tuesday as the country struggles to contain a deadly COVID-19 spike driven by the highly infectious Delta variant.
Over 75% of UK adults are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to British government data published Tuesday.
Kenya warned public servants Tuesday that they have until Aug. 23 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or they will face disciplinary action.
- Developments across world
The death toll in Algeria from wildfires that broke out east of the capital has risen to 42, including 25 soldiers, the government said late Tuesday.
China on Tuesday recalled its ambassador from Lithuania, alleging that the Baltic nation has shown “disregard” to Beijing’s “repeated representations” regarding Taiwan.
Health authorities in Guinea confirmed a case of Marburg disease, the first recorded in West Africa of the deadly virus, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Myanmar's military junta has denied that it was involved in an alleged plot to assassinate the country’s ambassador to the UN in New York, according to the state-run MRTV.
A Chinese-funded hydroelectric dam in northeastern Cambodia is “a rights disaster” as it undermined the lives and livelihoods of thousands of indigenous and ethnic minority people, a rights watchdog said Tuesday.
Israeli forces tore down a Palestinian house Tuesday in the Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a local official.
Dozens of Israeli settlers on Tuesday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, according to a Palestinian agency.
Hong Kong confirmed that it will implement China's anti-sanctions law of the mainland through local legislation, the city’s chief executive said Tuesday.
Wildfires continue raging in Russia's forestlands, with the situation particularly tense in the northern Yakutia region, accounting for 78% of all burning areas, the country's authorities said Tuesday.
Bosnia and Herzegovina has set a $1 billion trade volume target with Turkey, the Bosniak member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina said Tuesday.
The UN human rights chief called on countries Tuesday to take action to prevent “disastrous consequences” for the people of Afghanistan, warning that reports of violations could amount to war crimes.
Six EU governments have asked the European Commission not to stop deportations of rejected Afghan asylum-seekers to their home country, according to a joint letter leaked online.
The Taliban on Tuesday entered Farah city in western Afghanistan, making it the ninth provincial center to be partly or fully captured by the insurgents.
German train drivers will strike for three days because of a pay dispute with national rail operator Deutsche Bahn, their union said Tuesday.
Responding to growing criticism over the government’s failure to properly tackle the raging forest fires in Greece, the country’s prime minister apologized to the Greek nation Tuesday for the inefficacy of the state mechanism and promised action against those responsible for the crisis.
A Chinese court on Tuesday upheld a death sentence against Canadian citizen Robert Schellenberg, while another Canadian imprisoned in China may find out his fate on Wednesday.
Ethiopia on Tuesday abrogated a previous cease-fire in place since June 29 that unilaterally ended a government offensive on Tigray rebels in the country's north.
The US Senate overwhelmingly approved a $1.2 trillion plan Tuesday to rejuvenate America's badly-aging infrastructure in a major victory for President Joe Biden.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that he is resigning in the wake of a bombshell sexual harassment report but continued to maintain his innocence.
Dozens of troops left Kenya on Tuesday on a peace-keeping mission aimed at heightening security and bringing stability to the troubled mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo.