Baghdad: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due Monday in neighboring Iraq for his first state visit there in years, with water, oil and regional security issues expected to top the agenda. Erdogan is scheduled to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani and President Abdel Latif Rashid in Baghdad before visiting officials in … Read more
RAFAH, Gaza Strip: An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said Saturday, as Israel pursued its nearly seven-month offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory.Israel’s war against the Islamic militant group Hamas has led to a dramatic escalation of tensions in an … Read more
ANKARA: Turkiye will take steps to strengthen its medium-term economic program and the three main priorities are to increase public savings, prioritize investments and accelerate structural reforms, President Tayyip Erdogan said. Speaking on Tuesday evening after a cabinet meeting, Erdogan said his economic team had made preparations for such steps to strengthen the program, MTP, … Read more
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan conceded defeat on Sunday in the country’s local elections, saying the vote was a “turning point” for his party after two decades in power.
Solidarity iftars foster bonds of togetherness for Filipino Muslims and Catholics Manila: When Ramadan begins in the Philippines, the holiest month of the Muslim calendar turns into a time for Filipinos of different faiths to come together. Around 80 percent of the Philippines’ more than 110 million people are Roman Catholics, whereas Muslims make up … Read more
ISTANBUL: Turks will vote next Sunday in local elections as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, buoyed by a strong showing in last year’s general elections, sets his sights on winning back Istanbul.
GAZA STRIP: A humanitarian airdrop in the north of the Palestinian territory on Friday killed five people and wounded ten others, a medic at Gaza’s largest hospital said.The casualties were taken to Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital, the emergency room’s head nurse, Mohammed Al-Sheikh, told AFP.Sheikh said the deadly airdrop occurred north of the coastal Al-Shati refugee … Read more
ISTANBUL: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Istanbul on Friday for talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the war with Russia, Turkish state media reported. The two leaders are to meet at the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul and hold a press conference on Friday evening, according to the Turkish presidency.
How Israeli shelling of Gaza turned one Palestinian girl’s life into a nightmare GAZA: Looking down to discover her right foot was attached by just a few tattered shreds of skin, 17-year-old Ahed, still in a state of shock, asked the cousin who was carrying her to confirm what she already knew. “Is my leg … Read more
CAIRO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to arrive in Cairo on Wednesday to meet his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, sealing a long-running rapprochement between the two men. Erdogan on Monday said the pair would discuss “every effort” to stop the “bloodshed” in the Gaza Strip, while Turkish state news agency Anadolu said … Read more