The last seven days in pictures

Turkey has arrested two intelligence operatives who confessed to spying on Arab nationals for the United Arab Emirates, and it is probing whether the arrival in Turkey of one...

Turkey’s hopes of avoiding punishing US sanctions over its purchase of a Russian air defence system appear increasingly pinned on intervention from Donald Trump, but the president has little...

'If there comes a day where I will lose a hand, I will still find something to do,' says father of five

The Turkish Red Crescent on Thursday began distributing 11,000 food parcels — weighing a total of some 440 tons — to displaced persons in Yemen’s west-central Maarib province, Anadolu Agency reports....

Qatar’s Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Ghanim Bin Shaheen Al-Ghanem yesterday met with Turkey’s Colonel Mustafa Aydin in Doha, the Qatari Ministry of Defence said in a statement. The two officials discussed bilateral military relations as...

An Egyptian politician who is known for having supported the bloody coup which ousted the country’s first freely elected president in 2012, has expressed his opposition to the constitutional...

Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said yesterday that he will present a report of his meeting with Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan....

Saudi Arabia will be hosting the G20 summit next year, state news agency SPA said WednesdayAnadolu reports. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the 15th annual G20 Leaders’ Summit...

Following a number of recounts from Turkey’s local elections last month, the Istanbul mayoral candidate from the main opposition party on Wednesday received his certificate of election from electoral...

A total of 139 irregular migrants were held in the Cesme, Menderes and Urla districts of Turkey’s Izmir province Wednesday. Security personnel spotted groups of migrants who were attempting...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party formally requested on Tuesday an annulment and rerun of Istanbul’s municipal elections over what it said were irregularities, prompting the main opposition to...

Turkey expects President Donald Trump to use a waiver to protect it if the US Congress decides to sanction Ankara over a planned purchase of a Russian missile defense...

Ankara is hitting back after the Italian and French governments this week made decisions in recognition of the Armenian genocide. “France should mind its own dark history in Rwanda...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin yesterday said his country is doing its utmost efforts to complete the formation of the Syrian Constitutional Committee in preparation for the next...

At least 11 people have been killed in escalating clashes between Russian forces and pro-Iranian militias in the city of Aleppo, amid strained relations between the two Assad allies,...

Abdel-Khaliq Abdullah, former aide of UAE Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Zayid, threatened Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hamas, noting that they would not be dealt with patiently, Al-Mesryoon...

Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said on Monday he held very productive meetings in Washington with international financial institutions, following the unveiling last week of Turkey’s economic turnaround plan....

The head of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand on Monday to extend his condolences to the victims of last month’s twin terror attacks, reports...

Turkey’s purchase of Russian air defence missile systems should not trigger US sanctions because Ankara is not an adversary of Washington and remains committed to the NATO alliance, Defence...

France is the last country which could lecture Turkey on genocide and history, Turkey’s foreign minister said Friday, blasting a French declaration this week on the events of 1915 between Turkey and Armenia

Some 12,546 migrants and refugees have reached Europe by sea since the beginning of 2019, the UN migration agency said today, as reported on Anadolu Agency.  Also, 407 migrants...

More than 300 sports facilities are open to Turkish and Syrian citizens all year round, Turkey’s youth and sports minister said today, as reported on Anadolu Agency. “Sports is...

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The Syrian regime attacked the northern opposition-held territories 6,422 in March, the White Helmets civil defence unit has revealed, highlighting the continued disintegration of the Sochi ceasefire agreement. The...

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, stressed that everyone, including Iran, Turkey and even Russia should eventually leave Syria. The senior Russian diplomat reiterated Moscow’s call for...

The Bashar al-Assad regime forces on Thursday struck civilian settlements in Idlib de-escalation zone of Syria, killing two people and wounding seven others, Anadolu reports. The White Helmets civil defence...

The family of slain Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, has denied reaching a settlement with the Saudi authorities in return for closing the case. Salah Khashoggi, Jamal’s son, issued an...

At least 30 Palestinians from Gaza were on board a refugee boat that capsized off the coast of Greece, Al-Quds newspaper reported yesterday. According to the paper at least...

Egypt has pulled out of the US effort to forge an “Arab NATO” with key Arab allies, according to four sources familiar with the decision, in a blow to...

American-made F-35 fighter jets cannot operate in the same airspace as the Russian S-400 missile system, said the US’s top diplomat Wednesday, Anadolu reports. “It is not possible to...

The United States (US) would impose sanctions on foreign countries who are seeking to purchase military weapons from Russia, a senior official at the White House warned yesterday. The...