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December 14, 2019

Turkey slams EU for Libya maritime pact remarks

Turkey criticised a European Council decision rejecting last month’s Turkish-Libyan maritime pact, Anadolu Agency reports. “The European Union has no authority to decide maritime jurisdiction and the EU is...

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December 14, 2019

Qatar: ‘Small progress’ in resolving Gulf dispute

Qatar’s foreign minister said that there has been small progress to resolve the dispute between the Gulf state and its neighbours, Reuters reports. Asked whether there was progress at...

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December 14, 2019

Turkish archer dreams of winning 2020 Olympic gold

Record-breaking Turkish archer Mete Gazoz, 20, dreams of bagging a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Anadolu Agency reports. Seen one of the most successful young...

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December 14, 2019

US says Iran proxies carried out series of base attacks

Iran’s proxies have carried out a series of attacks on bases where US forces are collocated with their Iraqi partners, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alleged Friday, Anadolu Agency...

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December 14, 2019

Iraq’s Sadr closes Facebook account with ‘goodbye’ post

Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr closed his Facebook account Friday, writing “goodbye” on a black background on the social media site, Anadolu Agency reports. The move led to speculations...

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December 14, 2019

3 Saudi soldiers killed near war-torn Yemen border

Saudi Arabia said three soldiers were killed today along it border with war-torn Yemen, Anadolu Agency reports. The Saudi SPA news agency said one officer and two soldiers “were...

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December 13, 2019

Turkey urges US to resist ‘anti-Turkey lobbying’ groups

A top Turkish official on Friday urged “reasonable statesmen” to push back lobbying groups in Washington which damage Turkish-US ties for the sake of “narrow domestic political interests”, reports...

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December 13, 2019

Turkish football star Ozil criticises Muslim silence over Uyghurs

England’s Premier League club Arsenal star Mesut Ozil on Friday accused Muslims of staying silent over what he called China’s persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. On his Instagram account,...

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December 13, 2019

US lawmakers demand names of Khashoggi’s killers

The quest for accountability in Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death took a step forward this week with United States lawmakers calling on their intelligence chiefs to publish details about...

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December 13, 2019

Former PM calls for overhaul of Turkey in challenge to Erdogan

Turkey’s ex-premier Ahmet Davutoglu took aim at his former boss Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, saying the country was being held back by a concentration of power, economic crisis and...

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