Turkey celebrated incoming British prime minister Boris Johnson’s Turkish heritage on Wednesday, with politicians and media proclaiming that the “Ottoman grandson” could strengthen ties between two countries on Europe’s fringes. The former London mayor is the great-grandson of the Ottoman Empire’s last interior minister, Ali Kemal, and his ancestry has ...
The Lebanese House Speaker Nabih Berri reported a remarkable progress achieved in the border demarcation file, expecting an imminent agreement regarding the territorial and marine borders simultaneously. In a different context, Berri urged convening the cabinet to handle the urgent issues.