President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday announced early presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24. Speaking at a news conference at the presidential complex following a meeting with opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) head Devlet Bahceli, Erdogan said:...

The trade war between China and the U.S. is not likely to have a disruptive impact, according to top economists. "There is a low probability of disruptive trade war," Mickey Levy, chief economist for Americas and Asia at ‎Berenberg Capital Markets, told Anadolu Agency. Levy...

Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami on Wednesday arrived in Iraqi capital Baghdad for a visit not publicized in advance. An Iraqi army major-general told Anadolu Agency that Hatami planned to stay in Iraq for two days. “An official reception attended by Iraqi Defense Minister...

More than 500 children were released from armed groups in South Sudan since the start of 2018, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. According to a statement issued by the UNICEF, at least 207 children were freed by armed groups in South Sudan on Tuesday. “This was...