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Top US Treasury official to visit Middle East countries to ensure sanction compliance
The US Treasury Department’s top sanctions official on a trip to the Middle East next week will warn countries and businesses that they could lose US ... Middle East -
UN warns of record rates of hunger in Syria
The World Food Program warned on Friday that hunger rates in Syria have soared to record highs after more than a decade of devastating conflict.A ... Middle East -
Turkey summons Danish envoy over Quran-burning protest in Copenhagen
Turkey summoned the Danish ambassador on Friday over reports that an anti-Islam activist would be allowed to burn the Quran during a series of ... Middle East -
Turkey’s top court rejects delay to opposition party closure trial
Turkey’s top court has rejected a Kurdish-backed opposition party’s request to defer until after May elections a trial that could end in the party’s ... Middle East -
Erdogan’s political foes strive to join forces ahead of Turkey’s election in May
Turkey’s largest ever grouping of opposition leaders is striving to iron out differences and name a candidate to take on President Recep Tayyip ... Middle East -
Turkish authorities rescue cow trapped in sewage pit in two-hour operation
A Turkish rescue team saved a cow that fell in a sewage pit in an operation that took two-hours, according to local media reports.The owner of the cow ... Entertainment -
Saudi Arabia, Gulf countries condemn tearing of Quran in Netherlands
Saudi Arabia issued a statement on Tuesday condemning the tearing of the Quran by an extremist in the Netherlands.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ... Gulf -
Turkey postpones NATO meeting with Sweden, Finland
Turkey has indefinitely postponed a new round of talks with Sweden and Finland on the Nordic neighbors’ NATO membership bids, Turkish state media ... World News -
Finland’s FM hints at joining NATO without Sweden
Finland’s top diplomat appeared to suggest Tuesday that the country may have to join NATO without Sweden after Turkey’s president cast doubt on the ... World News -
US says ‘repugnant’ Sweden Quran burning could be sabotage
The United States said Monday that a far-right activist’s “repugnant” burning of the Quran may have been sabotage against unity in NATO, with Turkey ... World News -
Erdogan to Sweden: Don’t expect Turkish support for NATO bid after Stockholm protest
Sweden should not expect Turkey’s support for its NATO membership after a protest near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm at the weekend including the ... World News -
Turkey’s Erdogan announces elections for May 14
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that Turkey’s elections will be held on May 14 -- a month earlier than scheduled -- according to a video ... Middle East -
Swedish PM condemns Quran burning as ‘deeply disrespectful’
Sweden’s prime minister has condemned as “deeply disrespectful” the weekend burning of a Quran in Stockholm, which has raised tensions with Turkey as ... World News -
Protests in Sweden, including Quran-burning, draw strong condemnation from Turkey
Protests in Stockholm on Saturday against Turkey and Sweden’s bid to join NATO, including the burning of a copy of the Quran, sharply heightened ... Middle East -
Erdogan offers to mediate between Russia and Ukraine in call with Zelenskyy
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeated his offer to mediate between Russia and Ukraine in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr ... World News -
Swedish defense minister plans to visit Ankara next week over NATO bid
Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson plans to travel next week to Ankara at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar, Jonson’s ... World News -
Ukraine urges allies to ‘considerably’ boost military aid
Ukraine’s foreign and defense ministers on Thursday urged Western allies to “considerably” boost arms deliveries to their war-torn country and send ... World News -
Turkey's foreign minister says he expects US to approve F-16 jet sale
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday said he expected US to approve a $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, saying the ... World News -
Turkey's Baykar to deliver drones to Kuwait in $370 million deal
Turkey is set to deliver an undisclosed number of armed drones to Kuwait in a contract worth $370 million, Turkish defense firm Baykar said on ... World News -
Turkey’s FM Cavusoglu to discuss F-16s and NATO during US visit
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will host Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Washington on Wednesday, a belated official visit by ... Middle East -
Explainer: What’s at stake in Turkey as Erdogan faces major electoral challenge
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is aiming to extend his 20-year rule in elections that will decide not just who leads Turkey but how it is governed, ... Features -
Iran ‘very pleased’ by thaw in Turkey’s ties with Syria
Iran said Tuesday it was “very pleased” by the start in December of the first direct talks between Ankara and Damascus since the outbreak of the Syria ... Middle East -
US high court hears sanctions evasion case against Turkey’s Halkbank
The US Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in an appeal by Turkey’s Halkbank against US charges that it violated sanctions on Iran.For the ... World News -
Turkey monthly house sales down 8.2 pct; Russians top foreign buyers again
Turkish home sales fell 8.2 percent year-on-year in December to 207,963 houses, with sales to foreigners dropping 18.6 percent, data from the Turkish ... Economy -
Turkey’s top diplomat travels to US in bid to fix troubled ties
Turkey and the United States will aim to smooth out a series of disagreements between the NATO allies when the Turkish foreign minister visits ... Middle East -
Putin and Erdogan discuss Ukraine prisoners, gas and grain
President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone about exchanging men wounded in Ukraine, the creation of a ... World News -
Sweden, Finland must send up to 130 ‘terrorists’ to Turkey for NATO bid
Sweden and Finland must deport or extradite up to 130 “terrorists” to Turkey before the Turkish parliament will approve their bids to join NATO, ... World News -
Sweden in a ‘good position’ regarding NATO process with Turkey: PM
Sweden is in a “good position” as regards the process to gain Turkish ratification of the Nordic country’s membership in NATO, Swedish Prime Minister ... World News -
Turkey’s Erdogan keeps Sweden, Finland, and the world guessing on NATO expansion
Six months since Turkey agreed to NATO allies inviting Sweden and Finland to join the alliance, the expansion has stalled as Ankara holds out on ... World News -
Cargo ship from Ukraine temporarily halts traffic in Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait
A cargo ship carrying Ukrainian peas ran aground in Istanbul due to a rudder failure Monday, briefly suspending traffic in the Bosphorus, officials ... Middle East