ISTANBUL -- Air travel between Türkiye and Iran partially resumed on Friday after being suspended for 15 days due to the Iran-Israel conflict, Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said.

Uraloglu noted that flights from the Iranian eastern city of Mashhad to Istanbul, operated by Iranian carriers, is resuming on Friday.

"This marks a partial reopening of air travel between Türkiye and Iran after a 15-day hiatus," he said on social media platform X.

Uraloglu added that the airspace in the cities of Tehran and Tabriz, located in western Iran, will remain closed, and the restriction will continue until Wednesday, July 2. (Türkiye-Iran-Air Travel)

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ATHENS -- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has accepted the resignations of five senior officials, including Migration and Asylum Minister Makis Voridis, amid a growing corruption scandal involving European Union (EU) agricultural funds, the Prime Minister's Office announced on Friday.

The other officials stepping down are Deputy Foreign Minister Tasos Chatzivasileiou, Deputy Rural Development and Food Minister Dionysis Stamenitis, Deputy Digital Governance Minister Christos Boukoros, and Secretary General of Rural Development and Food Giorgos Stratakos. All have been implicated in an ongoing judicial investigation into the mismanagement of EU agricultural subsidies distributed through OPEKEPE, Greece's payment authority for Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funds.

According to a case file submitted by the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) to Greek judicial authorities, the officials were allegedly involved in authorizing payments to farmers who did not meet eligibility requirements between 2019 and 2021, based on falsified documents.(Greece-EU-Subsidy Fraud)

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NEW YORK -- U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that the United States would terminate all trade talks with Canada due to Canada's digital services tax on U.S. tech companies.

Canada has just announced that they are putting a digital services tax on American technology companies, which is a direct and blatant attack on the United States, said Trump in a post on social media.

"Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately," said Trump.

The United States would inform Canada the U.S. tariffs that apply to Canadian businesses within the next seven days, according to Trump.

Canada is copying the European Union in introducing digital services tax, noted Trump.(US-Canada-Trade Talk-Tax)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that district judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions against the Trump administration's executive order to effectively end birthright citizenship.

In a 6-3 vote along ideological line, Supreme Court justices granted a request by the Trump administration to narrow the scope of nationwide injunctions imposed by district judges.

"Federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch," Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority, noting that "When a court concludes that the executive branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too."

However, the three liberal justices issued dissents to the decision.

"Children born in the United States and subject to its laws are United States citizens," Justice Sonia Sotomayor said, adding "that has been the legal rule since the founding." (U.S.-Supreme Court-Birthright citizenship)

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WASHINGTON -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda signed a comprehensive peace agreement in Washington on Friday, pledging to end more than 30 years of conflict in the Great Lakes region.

The signing ceremony was attended by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, DRC Foreign Minister Thérèse Wagner, and Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, along with senior officials from the African Union, the State of Qatar, and the U.S. Congress.

The agreement outlines commitments to respect territorial integrity, halt hostilities, disengage and disarm armed forces, and conditionally integrate non-state armed groups. It also establishes a joint security coordination mechanism, facilitates the return of refugees and internally displaced persons, and ensures humanitarian access. An annex details an operational plan for the neutralization of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), along with provisions for Rwanda to lift defensive measures.(US-DRC-Rwanda-Agreement) Enditem