Burkina Faso

Turkey on Feb. 3 denounced a terrorist attack in Burkina Faso which caused fatalities among people.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry expressed Turkey's sorrow over the news that many people lost their lives in a terrorist attack in a village of the northern Seno province.

Turkey on Jan. 22 condemned a terrorist attack which killed at least 36 civilians in Burkina Faso.

"We are saddened to receive the news that many people lost their lives and were injured in a terrorist attack on a market in a village in the central-northern province of Sanmatenga of Burkina Faso," Turkey's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions taking stock of the human rights situation in Russia, Afghanistan and Burkina Faso.

Russia

Thirty-seven people were killed and more than 60 were injured in an attack carried out by unidentified armed men against a convoy transporting employees of Canadian goldmine Semafo in Burkina Faso, according to local agencies, citing local authorities.

Data protection committees in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and several other countries said that Libra's cryptocurrency, proposed by Facebook (Facebook Inc.), could pose a risk to the privacy of its users.

UNESCO's UN Cultural Organization voted to add 14 new sites to its World Heritage List on Saturday, including the Indian Rose City in Jaipur, Liangzhu City Ruins in China, and the Plain of Jars, located in the central area of Laos.

There are currently more than 1,000 cultural and natural landmarks in 167 countries on the World Heritage List.

Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu attended on Monday the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting in Brussels which tackled topical issues included on the foreign affairs agenda, such as the situation in Libya and the developments in Sahel.

Greek director, screenwriter and producer Yorgos Lanthimos was selected along with US actress Elle Fanning and Italian director Alice Rohrwacher to be part of the jury at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in May, the organizers announced on Monday.

Turkey's state-run aid agency on April 24 brought a vocational training center into service for women in Burkina Faso, a West African country.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Melescanu attended the 46th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OCI) from Abu Dhabi , where he had a series of bilateral meetings with representatives of the member countries of this body.