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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) said yesterday that some countries, which it did not name, have informed it they will be significantly reducing the...
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Turkiye has launched the construction of a mega-scale housing project to resettle Syrian refugees in northern Syria, Turkish media outlets reported. The project includes nearly a quarter of a...
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The General Manager of the National Iranian Gas Company, Majid Jakini, said that if his country exports natural gas to Europe, it will be done through Turkiye. This came...
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Russia signalled, on Thursday, that if demands to improve its grain and fertiliser exports are not met, then it will not extend beyond 17 July a deal allowing the...
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The US Treasury Department accused Russia's private military company, Wagner Group, of providing missiles to Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and "contributing to a prolonged armed conflict", Anadolu...
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Sinan Ogan, the so-called kingmaker in the Turkish elections, has a colourful political history and some strange views. Oga is alleged to have been a leftwinger in his youth and now represents some of the more far-right parties in the country, taking hardline positions on deporting Syrians and preventing the establishment of a Kurdish separatist state or what he calls a 'PKK-istan'.
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A brown bear cub was seen running through the Hurmalik Tunnel on the Iyidere-Ikizdere highway in northern Turkiye after it lost its way and ran along vehicles towards the exit.
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Security forces seized an ancient golden book from smugglers in eastern Turkiye. The book is made of 24 carats of solid gold and weighs 165 grams. It consists of 14 pages including Hebrew inscriptions and symbols of the Jewish faith.
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Algeria is working to enhance cooperation with both Italy and Portugal in an effort to weaken Spain's influence in North Africa, experts have said. Citing Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's...
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May 26, 2023
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Dr Ramzy Baroud
It is unclear why 100-year-old Henry Kissinger has been elevated by Western intelligentsia to serve the role of the visionary in how the West should behave in response to...
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Egypt has deferred payments for its large wheat purchases, in some cases by months, according to a government official and traders, as the country grapples with a shortage of...
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Early this week, the 6+6 committee, formed jointly by Libya's House of Representative based in the eastern city of Benghazi and the High Council of the State based in...
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Earthquake survivor football coaches provide training to children in container city, located in the city centre of Turkiye's south-eastern Malatya, Anadolu News Agency reports. Provincial Directorate of Youth Services...
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Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU) said it had conducted air strikes against smuggling networks on Thursday, with blasts hitting a western city that is home to armed factions...
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France, on Thursday, accused Iran of violating a UN Security Council resolution endorsing the 2015 nuclear deal after it carried out a long-range ballistic missile test, which Paris said was...
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The United Nations is working with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to create a platform to help process transactions for Russian exports of grain and fertiliser to Africa, the...
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May 25, 2023
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Turkiye's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) scored a clear victory in both the presidential and parliamentary elections held on 14 May. It won a majority of the...
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Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, urged Iranians on Wednesday to reconsider the supply of deadly drones to Russia in order to stop their slide into "the dark side of history",...
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The United Arab Emirates has become a key trade hub for Russian gold since Western sanctions over Ukraine cut Russia's more traditional export routes, Russian customs records show. The records, which...
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The Biden administration wants to "move forward" on the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkiye, the White House said Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. According to the report, National Security...
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Marking Africa Day, Turkiye on Thursday pledged to continue to enhance its cooperation and solidarity in all aspects with the continent, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a statement, the...
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Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, the UAE and Kuwait made it onto the top 10 countries for use of forced labour
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China is reportedly negotiating major arms deals with Saudi Arabia and Egypt as both countries look to become less reliant on the US and Russia for their defence needs....
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The game, available on smartphones, focuses on throwing refugees who are trying to enter an unspecified country into trucks to take them back to the country they came from.
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Turkish exports to Saudi Arabia amounted to $780.5 million in the first four months of the year, making up about one per cent of the country's total exports according to Anadolu Agency,...
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May 24, 2023
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Gilbert Achkar
The Turkish election scene is truly disgusting, a scene in which the Syrian refugees have become a scapegoat and the subject of fierce bidding by various parties. Recent days...
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The Greek government is investigating claims of migrant push backs at the Aegean Sea following the emergence of video footage showing Greek coastguard units forcefully putting migrants on a black...
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Turkiye is seeing indications of oil and natural gas reserves in the eastern Black Sea, the Energy Minister said Tuesday, local Turkish media reports. According to the report, ramped-up...
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Lebanon's Central Bank Governor, Riad Salameh, attended a judicial hearing in Beirut on Wednesday where his Lebanese and French passports were confiscated following an Interpol Red Notice against him...
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Germany has pledged to donate $134 million as part of a year-long funding agreement with Palestine in support of the government and vital projects, Wafa news agency reported. The...
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Turkiye will continue its assistance to the Palestinian health sector, the country's first Under-Secretary of Permanent Representative to the UN Geneva Office said on Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports....
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Turkiye's anti-immigrant Victory Party leader endorsed opposition presidential candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, on Wednesday, potentially boosting the challenger as he aims to make up ground and defeat President Tayyip Erdogan...