After the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan, the Islamist Taliban have taken power in the country – and are reshaping it according to their own ideas. The most important developments in the newsblog. The U.S. government has confirmed media reports about the threat of an attack by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist militia at Kabul airport or in the surrounding area. “The threat is real, it’s acute, it’s persistent,” U.S. President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told CNN. “We are working intensively with our intelligence agencies to figure out where an attack could come from. ” He…

Side effects that could be associated with mRNA covid-19 vaccination are being watched with a wary eye. There is already agreement that two heart diseases are among them. Researchers are looking closely at who is affected and how often. Researchers in the United States have studied how often heart muscle inflammation (myocarditis) or pericarditis occurs after Covid 19 vaccination. They looked for such cases in people vaccinated against Covid-19, using data from a health insurer’s electronic medical records. These came from a total of forty hospitals in various states in the USA. In their analysis, the researchers found that heart…

The U.S. Democrats have earmarked a massive $3. 5 trillion for social spending. They have now presented their package to the Senate. But the Republicans can still argue. The Democrats in the U.S. Senate have presented the spending plan for a social package worth billions. The budget resolution provides for social spending of around 3. 5 trillion dollars (the equivalent of three trillion euros) over ten years. The chairman of the Budget Committee, Bernie Sanders, spoke of the most important legislative project “for workers, the elderly, the sick and the poor since FDR (President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, ed.) and the…

ISTANBUL ISTANBUL ISTANBUL ISTANBUL ISTANBUL A Turkish veterinarian and his Kursat Ozer’s Istanbul clinic has become a haven for pet owners desperate to find a cure for their pets’ mysterious ailments, transforming him into a veterinary version of Dr. House, the famous TV disease sleuth. Ozer, 57, and his team treat cats, dogs, birds, and even the occasional iguana in the working-class Zeytinburnu district on the city’s European side. On Sunday, he opened his clinic to Anadolu Agency to commemorate International Cat Day, which has been observed by the International Fund for Animal Welfare since 2002. As the queen of…

ANKARA/ANTALYA/SAMSUN/MUGLA, Turkey ANKARA/ANTALYA/SAMSUN/MUGLA, Turkey ANKARA/ANTALYA/SAMSUN/MUGLA, Turkey ANKARA/ANTALYA/SAMSUN/MUGLA, Turkey ANKARA/ANT The majority of the fires have been put out thanks to Turkish firefighting teams’ tireless efforts, but blazes in Koycegiz, Kavaklidere, Milas, Yatagan, and Cine in the southwestern Mugla province, as well as one in the town of Sutculer in Isparta, are still burning, according to Bekir Pakdemirli. He added that firefighting teams are working hard to protect a thermal power plant and touristic areas in Mugla, where up to 15 forest fires erupted initially. According to him, the fire in Milas is currently “dormant, not posing any significant threat.” “We’ve…

Turkey has ratified agreements with five countries in various fields, including economics, trade, and transportation, according to the Turkish Official Gazette. The agreements with Hungary, Burkina Faso, Uzbekistan, China, and Montenegro are detailed in the gazette published on Saturday. The Protocol of the Turkish-Hungarian Joint Committee Meeting on Road Transportation, which was signed in November, has been ratified by Ankara. On February 26, 2020, the two countries agreed on various transit document quotas for road transportation. A protocol between the governments of Turkey and Burkina Faso on the exchange of land plots for diplomatic missions, signed in January 2020, was…

ANKARA Turkish Armed Forces have neutralized 18,313 terrorists since July 24, 2015, including 1,631 in Iraq and Syria since Jan. 1 this year, said the defense minister said on Saturday. “Turkish Armed Forces’ story of heroism and sacrifice is not over, it continues. Mehmetcik (Turkish soldiers) continues to make history,” Hulusi Akar said at an oath-taking ceremony for Maroon Berets who have successfully completed their 47-week-long special training in Ankara. Turkey’s Chief of General Staff Gen. Yasar Guler and the second chief of the Turkish General Staff, Lieut. Gen. Selcuk Bayraktaroglu, were also present at the ceremony. Akar emphasized that…

Child due around Christmas Boris Johnson (57), the British Prime Minister, and his wife Carrie are expecting their second child. Carrie Johnson (33) announced her pregnancy on her private Instagram account on Saturday, according to British media. According to reports, the child will arrive around Christmas. Wilfred, the couple’s son, was born on April 29, 2020, after they married in late May. Johnson’s previous marriage to lawyer Marina Wheeler produced four adult children. Carrie Johnson had a miscarriage earlier this year. Carrie Johnson also wrote on Instagram that she had a miscarriage earlier this year, according to media reports. She…