CSTO forces will leave the country within 12 days

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced to parliament that the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a Russian-led military bloc, will begin withdrawing its forces from his country within two days. He added that the troops will leave the Central Asian country completely within a period of ten days. Kazakhstan has requested military assistance from the Collective Security … Read more

The charges brought against the detainee, Noureddine El-Behairy, have a political overtone

The Ennahda party in Tunisia denounced the accusations against its detained official, Noureddine El Beheiry, and said they bore a “political overtone”. Tunisian Interior Minister Tawfiq Sharaf El-Din announced that two people, including an official of the Islamic Renaissance Party, were placed under house arrest because of “illegal submission of identity and citizenship documents and … Read more

Turkey welcomes the new year with an increase in electricity and gas prices between 50 and 100%

Turkey has raised electricity prices by rates ranging between 50 and 100% for domestic use and for companies, and again raised prices in monthly natural gas bills, which increases the burdens in an economy reeling under the weight of high inflation. And the authority responsible for regulating the energy sector in the country announced that … Read more