Türkiye has been invited to the European Union's informal foreign ministers' meeting. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will be in Brussels on Aug. 29. The invitation came after a five-year hiatus. As a result, the significance of this invitation will be debated from various perspectives.

U.S. election outcomes and changes in leadership have significant implications for the world. Although continuity is often expected in many foreign policy issues, the profile and policy choices of a new president shape American foreign policy priorities. The political identities of Trump and Harris, who are competing in the upcoming November elections, are starkly different and will play a crucial role in determining the U.S. approach to global and regional issues.

A bitter argument erupted between the former chairperson of the Republican People's Party (CHP), Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, and a journalist, escalating into severe insults. In response to the journalist who called him "a puppet of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), a traitor," Kılıçdaroğlu retorted, "I took this party from the hands of lowlifes like you, who try to steer my party while holding whiskey glasses, and made it the People’s Party."

The United Nations was established by the victorious powers of World War II in 1945 to consolidate the allied powers’ international standing and preserve the status quo they created. According to the U.N. Charter, the main purposes of the U.N. are to maintain international peace and security and to achieve international cooperation in solving global problems. The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) has the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. Furthermore, all members of the U.N. agree to accept and carry out the decisions of the UNSC.

American athletes finished first at the Paris Olympics, winning a total of 126 medals: 40 gold, 44 silver, and 42 bronze. This victory continues a familiar trend, as the U.S. has consistently been the most successful nation at the Olympics, including in 2020 Tokyo, 2016 Rio, and 2012 London.

The innocent Palestinian people have been suffering from Israeli oppression for the last eight decades. Israel has been expanding its territories at the expense of the Palestinians and occupying Palestinian lands, thereby depriving them of their natural rights. Muslim peoples and states have been reacting to the Israeli policies in Palestine, which were considered until very recently not as a problem but as a cause. The only pan-Islamic international organization, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), was established in response to developments in Palestine. According to the Charter of the OIC, once the city is liberated from Israeli occupation, Al-Quds (Jerusalem) will become the permanent headquarters of the organization.

Three hundred days have passed since Israel's massacres began. Over 40,000 Palestinians have been killed. When the war started, pessimistic scenarios about Israel's goals and the war's potential escalation have, unfortunately, come true one by one. After a series of assassinations carried out by the genocidal Israeli government in the past week, it is almost universally agreed that we have entered a "period of escalating conflicts."

These days, the Biden administration is trying to persuade Iran to limit its attacks on Israel. However, it's impossible to overlook the incentivizing role played by the administration's unlimited support for the Netanyahu government thus far.