WMA Calls For Charges Against Medical Association Members to be Dropped

Council members of the Turkish Medical Association (TMA), accused of promoting violence, should have all charges against them dropped, the World Medical Association said today. The TMA’s eleven Council officials are due to appear in court on Wednesday (February 8) on charges of being involved in terrorist propaganda. They face being dismissed from their TMA […]

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Blinken urges ‘calm’ as Israel-Palestinian conflict escalates

CAIRO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged “calm” and “de-escalation” after violence flared between Israel and the Palestinians, as he kicked off a Middle East tour in Cairo on Monday. Washington’s top diplomat, after meeting President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the country’s foreign minister, left Egypt headed for Israel and the Palestinian territories. Israel […]

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Support to IMF’s $2.9-bn bailout for Sri Lanka helps India firm up standing in island nation

India’s decision as the first bilateral lender to inform the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about its support for Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring plan to help it secure a $2.9-billion bailout package from the global lending agency has raised Delhi’s political stock significantly in the island. But it has also put its regional rival China in […]

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