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Turkey blocks Instagram citing Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh’s death posts
Aug 02, 2024 11:06 AM IST Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority didn’t give a reason for the move. Turkey’s internet regulator blocked access to…
Airport: New airport sparks unlikely dreams in isolated north Cyprus
NICOSIA: Isolated for almost half a century, the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has just opened a half-billion-dollar airport terminal in the hope of…
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy brings home Azovstal commanders from Turkey on war’s 500th day
KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brought home from Turkey on Saturday five former commanders of Ukraine‘s garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic achievement that Russia said…
Turkiye and Sweden fail to end their NATO membership standoff. Their leaders will try again on Monday
BRUSSELS: Sweden and Turkiye made some progress in talks aimed at overcoming President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s objections to the Nordic country joining NATO but gaps…
Sweden police grant permit for Quran burning protest outside mosque
STOCKHOLM: Swedish police said they have granted a permit for a protest where the organiser plans to burn a Quran outside Stockholm’s main mosque on…
Ankara: Blast at explosives factory in Ankara kills 5 workers
ANKARA: Five workers have been killed in a blast that rocked an explosives factory in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Saturday, Turkey‘s defence ministry…
Turkey: Syrians lose life-saving care as Turkey halts medical visits
HALZOUN: Huddled inside a tent in rebel-held northwestern Syria, Umm Khaled says she fears her baby will die unless she gets specialist treatment in neighbouring…
No breakthrough in NATO-Turkey talks about Sweden joining
ISTANBUL: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made no breakthrough on Sunday in talks about Sweden‘s membership in the military organisation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,…
Erdogan: Turkey’s Erdogan takes oath of office, ushering in his third presidential term
ANKARA: Turkey‘s longtime leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took the oath of office on Saturday, ushering in his third presidential term that followed three stints as…
Death toll from migrant boat sinking off Greek resort island of Mykonos rises to 9
ATHENS: The death toll from a migrant boat sinking last week off the Greek resort island of Mykonos has tripled to nine after another six…