Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
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Turkish PM: Israeli ‘provocations’ radicalizing Muslim world
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu accused his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday of terrorism and said Israeli “provocations” such as the bombardment of Gaza were contributing to radicalisation in the Muslim world. In a Reuters interview, Davutoglu said peace
Report: Erdogan invites Armenian leader to join Gallipoli commemoration
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited his Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sarkisian, to attend commemoration ceremonies in Turkey marking the 100th anniversary of the World War I Gallipoli campaign this year, a report said Friday. In a surprise move, Erdogan
Up to 700 Turks in IS
Istanbul: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said up to 700 Turkish nationals have joined the Islamic State group, sounding the alarm over the risk of attacks inside Turkey if the extremists return home. “There are around 500-700 Turkish citizens who
Turkish PM says Islamophobia should prompt similar reaction as Paris rally
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday hailed the unprecedented rally against terror in Paris as a strong message to the world, adding he would expect a similar reaction to attacks on Muslims and Islamophobia. Davutoglu joined dozens of other
Police defuse bomb found in Istanbul shopping mall
Turkish police defused an improvised bomb found in a mall in an eastern suburb of Istanbul on Saturday, the private Dogan news agency reported. Police also detonated potentially explosive butane canisters found at another mall nearby. It is the third
Media: Avalanche kills one, traps four in northeastern Turkey
One worker was killed and four were trapped by an avalanche in Turkey’s northeastern Trabzon region on Saturday following a week of vicious snow storms across the region, the disaster management agency (AFAD) said. The five workers were repairing a
Turkish leftist group retracts claim of responsibility for bomb attack
A far-left Turkish group on Friday retracted its claim of responsibility for a suicide bombing of a police station in central Istanbul this week. A woman entered the police station in the historic Sultanahmet district on Tuesday, saying in English
Banned Marxist group claims Istanbul suicide attack
An outlawed Turkish Marxist group on Wednesday said one of its members carried out the deadly suicide bombing at the heart of Istanbul’s tourist district that killed the female bomber and a policeman. The Marxist Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C)
Female suicide bomber killed in Istanbul attack: official
Istanbul: A female suicide bomber was killed Tuesday when she blew herself up in an attack on a police station in the main tourist district of central Istanbul that wounded two Turkish police, the city governor said. The woman went
Turkey detains 22 security officers over illegal wiretapping
Turkish police detained 22 security officers on Monday on suspicion of illegally wiretapping politicians, civil servants and businessman, Dogan News Agency reported. The raids were a further salvo in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s campaign against supporters of his ally turned
Syrian opposition body elects new leadership
Syria’s Western-backed political opposition group, the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces has elected a new leader widely seen as not tied to the body’s international sponsors. Khaled Khoja was elected president in a close vote late Sunday
Radical Marxist group claims Istanbul palace attack bid
An outlawed Turkish Marxist group on Friday said it was behind an attempted attack on an Ottoman-era Istanbul palace that formerly held the offices of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) said one of its members
Syrian opposition to discuss Russian peace plan
The main Western-backed Syrian opposition group opened a three-day meeting Friday to discuss a range of issues, including a Russian initiative to hold peace talks in Moscow to broker a resolution to Syria’s civil war. The Syrian National Coalition is
Turkish minister slammed over ‘career of motherhood’ comment
Turkey’s Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu on Friday faced a barrage of criticism on social media after suggesting that women should prioritize the “career” of motherhood before anything else. “Women of the world have the career of motherhood that no one
Man detained after attempted bomb attack on Turkey PM’s office
A man carrying an automatic weapon was detained near the Turkish prime minister’s office in Istanbul on Thursday after he threw a homemade bomb at police, local media reported. The bomb failed to explode and the man, aged around 30,
Report: Turkey’s top judicial body suspends graft probe prosecutors
Turkey’s top judicial body has suspended four prosecutors who initiated a high-reaching corruption investigation that targeted the inner circle of President Tayyip Erdogan, local media reported on Tuesday. The corruption probe, which became public with raids on Dec. 17 last
Turkey, Armenia should leave genocide row for now: PM advisor
Turkey and Armenia should not expect to resolve a long-running dispute over the mass killing of Armenians in World War I on the 100th anniversary of the tragedy in 2015, a top adviser to the prime minister said. Armenia and
Erdogan slams birth control, says one or two children ‘not enough’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described efforts to promote birth control as “treason,” saying contraception risked causing a whole generation to dry up, reports said Monday. Erdogan made the comments on Sunday, addressing the bride and groom at the wedding
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