Türkİye

Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing – June 8, 2022

Daily briefing on the latest developments around the world

Burak Bir  | 08.06.2022 - Update : 08.06.2022
Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing – June 8, 2022

ANKARA

  • Ukraine’s ambassador urged Israel to sell its Iron Dome air defense system to Kyiv while criticizing the country for refusing to provide any military assistance. 
  • Germany’s spy chief admitted that the country has become a platform for the PKK terror organization’s fundraising and recruitment activities targeting Türkiye.
  • Alex Davies, the founder of the proscribed far-right terror group National Action in Britain, was jailed for 8.5 years.
  • Russia announced the suspension of a 1998 agreement with Japan on fishing near the Kuril Islands.
  • Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro praised his Mexican counterpart for not attending the Summit of the Americas.
  • Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel conceded that she failed during her tenure to create a security architecture that could have prevented Russia's war on Ukraine.
  • Norway’s royal family announced the engagement of Princess Martha Louise and her American boyfriend Durek Verrett, a self-styled shaman.
  • More than a hundred women in London marched 16 kilometers (10 miles) to highlight women's fear and "malignant racism and misogyny" against Black women.
  • Australian police warned that more than 50 Italian organized crime clans, including the Ndrangheta, with thousands of members, are operating in the country.
  • A strong 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck western Brazil, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
  • Brunei appointed its first woman minister in a government reshuffle ordered by the country's leader, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
  • Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian Bedouin village in the southern Negev region for the 202nd time since 2000.
Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Please contact us for subscription options.