Anadolu’s Morning Briefing - March 12, 2023
Daily briefing on latest developments around world
ISTANBUL
Anadolu's is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.
- The EU welcomed the agreement by Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume diplomatic ties after officials met in China.
- Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing policies and a plan that would restrict the powers of the judiciary.
- Nationwide demonstrations were held in Paris and other cities for a seventh time this year with thousands rejecting the government's pension reform plan, according to media reports.
- In an anti-government demonstration in the Czech Republic, thousands in Prague urged peaceful solutions to the ongoing war in Ukraine.
- More than 100 people have been arrested in Iran in connection with the serial poisoning of schoolgirls, according to the Interior Ministry.
- At least one person was killed and eight others, including journalists, were injured in a bomb blast in a city in northern Afghanistan that has been the target of a suicide bombing and multiple killings in recent days.
- Azerbaijan summoned Iran's ambassador to Baku for an alleged violation of its airspace by an Iranian military aircraft.
- The Ukrainian foreign minister “sharply” criticized a decision to reject President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s request to speak at the Oscars, according to media reports.