Day: May 9, 2025

A humanitarian aid ship carrying 20,000 tons of wheat from Ukraine arrived Thursday at the Toros Port in the Turkish northern province of Samsun as part of a UN World Food Program (WFP) initiative to support crisis-hit regions, including Syria, Azernews reports, citing Yeni Safak.

A Sri Lankan Air Force helicopter crashed during a graduation ceremony on Friday, plunging into a reservoir and killing six of the 12 people on board, a military official said, Azernews reports, citing Arab News.

World shares rose with the dollar and Treasury yields on Thursday after US President Donald Trump outlined a trade agreement with Britain the day after the US Federal Reserve took a wait-and-see stance on interest rates, Azernews reports, citing Tribune.