UNITED NATIONS, May 17 (Reuters) – The Ukraine Black Sea grain deal has been extended for two more months, in what U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed as “good news for the world,” a day before Russia could have quit the … Read More
Twitter’s decision to block certain content in Turkey the day before its presidential election was wrong, says the founder of Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales told the BBC his organisation had spent two and a half years in court to avoid similar … Read More
Saudi Arabia agreed to deposit $5 billion into Turkey’s central bank through its Saudi Fund for Development, the fund said in a statement Monday. The decision is “a demonstration of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s commitment to supporting Turkey’s efforts … Read More
“It’s a gruesome sight,” said the mayor of a seaside resort city. The death toll climbed to 62 on Monday after a human smuggling boat packed with migrants slammed into the rocks off the coast of southern Italy on Sunday … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, They must have thought it was the end of the world when buildings collapsed by the hundreds. The death toll is somewhere north of 20,000 and rising. Every time they find someone alive in the rubble it’s … Read More
Photos show the devastation and desperate search for survivors after an earthquake hit the border of Turkey and Syria. At least 2,300 people were killed after a 7.8 magnitude pre-dawn earthquake rocked the border of Turkey and Syria early Monday, … Read More
ANKARA, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Two provocative incidents in Stockholm this month have energised Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan ahead of tight elections and dimmedSweden and Finland’s hopes of joining NATO before the summer, diplomats, analysts and opposition politicians say. Erdogan … Read More
Turkey blames Kurdish groups for the November 2022 bombing in Istanbul Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday stressed that he will oppose the NATO bids of hopefuls Sweden and Finland unless they deport some 130 “terrorists.” “We said look, … Read More
ATHENS, May 24 (Reuters) – Greece warned on Tuesday that it would not allow the illegal entry of migrants by land or by sea, after a sharp increase in attempted entries through its Aegean islands and land border with Turkey … Read More
Turkey wants to “avoid being on Russia’s target list later” The authoritarian, Islamist leader of the Republic of Turkey delivered a shot in the arm to embattled Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin this week, by threatening to block the accession of … Read More