
On July 10 2026 Türkiye and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) signed the "Memorandum of Understanding on the Supply of Natural Gas to the TRNC". The agreement envisages the initiation of a technical legal and economic cooperation process aimed at delivering natural gas from Türkiye to the TRNC. The memorandum covers efforts to expand energy cooperation between the two countries and prepare for the development of the TRNC’s natural gas infrastructure. Scope of the Memorandum The memo
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Zeynep Gül

The Australia-India Uranium Export Agreement is an administrative arrangement signed on 9 July 2026 in the city of Melbourne between Australia and India to regulate the export of Australian-origin uranium to India for peaceful purposes. The agreement was signed following talks between the Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese and the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in Melbourne.【1】 The arrangement entered into force under the framework of the Australia-India Nuclear Cooperation Agre
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Edanur Karakoç

Hakan Fidan’s Visit to Russia is a two-day official visit by Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, to the capital of the Russian Federation, Moscow, on 16–17 June 2026, at the invitation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. During the visit, Minister Fidan is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as with his Russian counterpart Lavrov and other senior officials. He is also expected to hold meetings with Turkish businesspeople operat
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Edanur Karakoç

Darkhovin Nuclear Power Plant (also known as the IR-360 Reactor or the Karun Nuclear Power Reactor), is a nuclear power plant under construction in Khuzestan Province, on the banks of the Karun River and near the Iraqi border in southwestern Iran. The plant has been announced as Iran’s first nuclear power reactor designed and constructed using its own engineering capacity. The project has been a point of ongoing dispute between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran regarding saf
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Edanur Karakoç

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zeydi’s visit to Washington was his first foreign trip following his confirmation as prime minister by parliament in May 2026. The official visit took place between 13–18 July 2026 in the United States of America. During the visit, Prime Minister al-Zeydi met with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on 14 July 2026, and subsequently visited the U.S. Department of Defense (the Pentagon), where he held talks with Secretary of Defense Pete H
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Edanur Karakoç

India–Russia Leaders’ Summit took place on 4–5 December. The summit occurred at a time when the Russian Federation was facing political and economic constraints in its relations with Western countries, and India was actively pursuing various diplomatic initiatives on the international stage. During this period, the two sides came together to hold new discussions under the long-standing “special and privileged strategic partnership” framework. The New Delhi administration continues to maintain un
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Zeynep Gül

The U.S.-Saudi Arabia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (officially known as the 123 Agreement) is a bilateral accord regulating cooperation in the field of civil (peaceful) nuclear energy between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The agreement was signed on 22 July 2026 by the U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and the Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, and announced by the U.S. Department of Energy on 23 July 2026. The agreement deriv
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Edanur Karakoç

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (d. January 1952, Doha – d. 12 July 2026) was a Qatari statesman who served as Emir of Qatar from 27 June 1995 to 25 June 2013. He assumed the emirate after deposing his father, Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, and during his approximately 18-year rule, Qatar underwent significant transformations in economic, social, diplomatic and cultural spheres.【1】 He abdicated on 25 June 2013 in favor of his son Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and died on 12 July 2026 at
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Edanur Karakoç