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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Top diplomat says Turkey must counter Armenian genocide claims
Turkey needs to develop a strategy to counter pressure to acknowledge the World War I killings of Armenians as a genocide as the 100th anniversary of the massacres looms, a top Turkish diplomat said Monday. Altay Cengizer, director general for
Turkish resort city bars unauthorized Syrian refugees: reports
The popular Turkish resort of Antalya has barred unauthorized refugees from conflict-torn Syria in a bid to prevent a possible refugee wave, local media reported on Saturday. The city asked to be exempted from a government decree that grants all
Turkey prosecutors seek life jail for eight over mining disaster
Prosecutors have demanded life imprisonment for eight executives of a coal mine company in Turkey operating a facility where 301 workers were killed in May in the country’s worst mining accident, media reported on Wednesday. Prosecutors in the western city
Turkey summons German envoy over ‘Erdogan as dog’ cartoon in textbook
The Turkish foreign ministry on Monday summoned the German ambassador to protest at the appearance in a German school textbook of a caricature of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a dog. German ambassador Eberhard Pohl was summoned over the cartoon
Boat sinks in Black Sea near Istanbul, at least 24 migrants killed
Rescuers pulled 24 dead bodies from the sea at the mouth of Istanbul’s Bosphorus strait on Monday and rescued seven people after a boat carrying a group of migrants sank, the Turkish Coastguard Command said. Seven coastguard vessels and a
‘Hope waning’ for trapped Turkish miners
Hope is waning of saving 18 Turkish miners trapped by a flood in a mine in the south of the country, the energy minister acknowledged Thursday, as rescue efforts entered a third day. “Time is ticking by. I have to
Turkey seeks to rescue 18 miners trapped by flood
Turkish emergency workers were Wednesday trying to reach 18 miners who were trapped when their shaft was engulfed by water, amid growing fears that they may have drowned. The accident in the southern province of Karaman was the latest to
Twenty Turkish miners trapped in mine collapse: official
Some 20 miners were trapped in a coal mine in southern Turkey on Tuesday after a portion of the mine collapsed due to a build-up of water, officials said. There were 40 miners underground at the time of the accident
Three Turkish soldiers shot dead in ‘terrorist’ attack
Masked gunmen on Saturday shot dead three Turkish soldiers in the restive Kurdish-majority southeast of the country, the army said, blaming separatist “terrorists” for an attack that threatens to undermine a fragile ceasefire. The three soldiers were shot dead on
Four consulates get suspicious packages in Turkey
Turkish authorities say the consulates of Canada, Belgium and Germany in Istanbul have been evacuated after receiving suspicious packages Friday. The U.S. consulate in Istanbul also received an envelope of suspicious yellow powder on Friday, but the building was not
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