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Multilateralism has had a difficult time lately, especially at the United Nations. The UN Security Council couldn't exactly stop Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Cease-fires in Gaza and Lebanon remain elusive. Subsequent COP summits have failed to raise the bar enough, let alone spur concrete action, to meet global climate targets.

Türkiye on Wednesday sent ships to evacuate around 2,000 of its citizens from Lebanon, with its Beirut envoy saying it would be "the biggest" evacuation of its type from the war-torn country.

Turkish Cypriots will "not be brought to their knees" by imposed restrictions and have forged their own path with distinct language, religion, culture, and resilience, announced Ersin Tatar, president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), on Tuesday, addressing the U.N., European Union, and other parties.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has condemned Western nations and their universities for their treatment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

"They taught us democracy for years, but we all saw how those who make these judgments behaved on the Gaza issue," Erdoğan said during an event in the capital Ankara on Oct. 8.

A Ukrainian government source claimed that Ukrainian hackers were behind today’s large-scale cyberattack on the Russian state media company VGTRK, which coincided with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 72nd birthday.

Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar has stated that the long-term goal of his country is to reconstruct the once-abandoned area of Varosha in order to reintegrate it into the national economy.

Global warming. Disappearing plant and animal species. Fertile land turning to desert. Plastic in the oceans, on land, and the air we breathe.

These urgent environmental challenges will be in the spotlight over the next few months as the United Nations hosts four major sessions to address key threats to the planet.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Monday Serbia was not satisfied with the international community's reaction to the repression by the Albin Kurti regime against Serbs in the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija.

HAMBURG - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has arrived in Hamburg for a sustainability conference that will address further implementation of shared processes aimed at achieving the UN's sustainability goals.

Vucic was welcomed by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Greek Minister of National Economy and Finance, Costis Hatzidakis, will travel to Luxembourg today to participate in the Eurogroup and ECOFIN meetings.

On Monday, 7 October, the Eurogroup will meet to discuss the competitiveness of the eurozone, the European Capital Markets Union, the digital euro, and preparations for the eurozone summit scheduled for 18 October.