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Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), announced plans to hold an extraordinary congress on 21 September after a court removed its Istanbul leadership over alleged corruption, a party source told AFP on Saturday. The decision follows a legal challenge that annulled......
Turkish authorities announced on Wednesday the cancellation of a concert by French singer Enrico Macias scheduled for Friday in Istanbul, following calls to protest against the artist due to his pro-Israel positions. The Istanbul Governorate stated in a press release that the decision aimed to prevent......
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin launched strong attacks against the United States and the West on Monday during a high-level summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), held in Tianjin, China. The gathering brought together leaders from across Eurasia and......
Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin and other key Eurasian leaders on Sunday as China hosts a major summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The gathering, held in Tianjin, is being presented as a showcase of a new international order led by China, at......
Chinese President Xi Jinping began hosting foreign leaders on Saturday in Tianjin, northern China, ahead of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. Among the first to meet Xi were United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, according......
Turkey announced on Friday that it will close its airspace to Israeli aircraft and suspend all economic ties with Israel, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. The statement was delivered during an extraordinary session of the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, convened to discuss Israel’s......
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described the handover of the country’s new “Iron Dome” air defense system as a “turning point for Turkey,” during a ceremony held on Wednesday in Ankara. The system, delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces by state-owned defense companies,......
A young Turkish man was accidentally killed by a guest firing a gun in celebration at his wedding, the state news agency Anadolu reported Wednesday. The 23-year-old groom died Wednesday morning from his injuries, a day after his marriage ceremony in a village in Giresun province, located along the Black......
Beirut, August 25, 2025 — The Lebanese Association for Statistics, Training and Development has called on the government to ban the online gaming platform Roblox, citing risks of harassment and sexual exploitation for children using the service. Roblox, a platform that allows users to create and......
Baghdad, August 25, 2025 — Iraq has announced plans to repatriate hundreds of foreign female detainees and their children, most of whom are affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS) or are common-law prisoners. The initiative excludes women sentenced to death, according to a senior Iraqi security......
The First Lady of Turkey, Emine Erdogan, has called on her U.S. counterpart Melania Trump to address a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on behalf of the children of Gaza. Erdogan urged her to show the same compassion she recently expressed for Ukrainian children affected by the war. The......
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that a direct meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin could become possible once a framework agreement on security guarantees for Kyiv is reached with Western partners. Speaking to a group of media outlets, Zelensky explained that discussions are underway......
Europe faces widespread destruction as wildfires fueled by an ongoing heatwave continue to rage across multiple countries, including Spain, Portugal, Greece, Albania, and Turkey. In Spain, where the heatwave enters its third week, wildfires are concentrated in the northwest and western regions. The......
