All Stories

January 5, 2021

Turkey rescues nearly 80 migrants in Aegean

Turkey rescued nearly 80 asylum seekers, including a group pushed back by the Greek Coast Guard into Turkish territorial waters in the Aegean Sea, a security source said Monday,...

News
January 5, 2021

Turkey remembers Libyan cadets martyred by Haftar

Turkey on Monday commemorated Libyan cadets who were martyred last year in an airstrike by forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar, Anadolu Agency reports. The National Defence Ministry recalled...

News
January 4, 2021

Turkey: Online exhibit honors Suleiman the Magnificent

An online exhibit is marking the half-millennium since Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent rose to the throne, reports Anadolu Agency. The virtual exhibition titled “The Age of Suleiman the...

News
January 4, 2021

Muslims concerned about rise of Islamophobia in Germany

Germany’s Turkish-Muslim community is alarmed by the increase in Islamophobic hate crimes, senior figures told Anadolu Agency Monday. Kemal Ergun, president of the Turkish-Muslim association IGMG, said more and more mosques have...

News
January 4, 2021

Turkish police clash with students protesting Erdogan-appointed university head

Turkish police clashed on Monday with students who protested against President Tayyip Erdogan’s appointment of a new rector at one of the country’s top universities, saying the process was...

News
January 4, 2021

Lebanon’s famed musician Elias Rahbani dies aged 83

Elias Rahbani, who wrote songs for Lebanon’s most revered singer Fairouz among many others, died on Monday at the age of 83, local media reported, reports Reuters. Elias was...

News
January 4, 2021

Bank of Israel sees strong economic rebound if vaccine rolled out quickly

The Bank of Israel expects the economy to rebound quickly in 2021 if the country’s fast start to vaccinating people against COVID-19 is maintained, the central bank said on...

News
January 4, 2021

Agreement reached in Gulf dispute with Qatar says Kushner

A breakthrough has been reached in Qatar’s three-year-old rift with Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries and an agreement to end the disagreement is to be signed in...

News
January 4, 2021

Lebanon orders three-week lockdown to fight virus spread

Lebanon announced a full lockdown for three weeks, including a night curfew, to stem a rise in COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals in a country already facing...

News
January 4, 2021

‘I refused to join the Israeli army, it justifies violence and inequality’

19-year-old Hallel Rabin spent 56 days in jail after refusing to complete military service she believes it allows ‘criminals, thieves and swindlers to roam free and run the state’...

Videos & Photo Stories

All Stories Archive

Subscribe to our newsletter