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Jan 174 min read
Analysis-Efforts to end Kurdish militant conflict in Turkey face Syria test
ISTANBUL/ANKARA - Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation...


Dec 21, 20245 min read
Analysis-Syrian Kurdish groups on the back foot as power balance shifts
QAMISHLI, Syria/BEIRUT/ANKARA - With hostile Turkish-backed groups mobilising against them in Syria's north, and Damascus ruled by a...


Dec 13, 20241 min read
Blinken says he discussed Gaza ceasefire agreement with Turkish top officials
ANKARA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that he discussed the imperative of Palestinian militant group Hamas'...


Dec 13, 20243 min read
Blinken meets Erdogan as forces backed by US, Turkey clash in Syria
ANKARA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Turkey on Thursday for talks focused on a critical aspect of establishing...


Nov 29, 20241 min read
Pope Francis set to visit Turkey for Council of Nicaea anniversary in 2025, ANSA reports
ROME - Pope Francis said on Thursday he planned to visit Turkey's Iznik next year for the anniversary of the first council of the...


Oct 1, 20241 min read
Turkey's Erdogan says UN should recommend use of force if Israel not stopped
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the United Nations General Assembly should recommend the use of force, in...


Oct 1, 20242 min read
Hopes fade of finding dozens of migrants missing after boat sinks off Canary Islands
EL HIERRO, Spain - Hopes of finding any of the 48 migrants missing since their boat sank near the Spanish island of El Hierro are...


Sep 28, 20243 min read
New York Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty to corruption charges
NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal charges of accepting bribes and illegal campaign...


Sep 27, 20244 min read
New York Mayor Adams charged in Turkey bribery, fraud scheme
NEW YORK - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams with accepting illegal campaign contributions and luxury...


Sep 19, 20241 min read
Sweden postpones Turkey security meeting due to airplane trouble
STOCKHOLM - An airplane carrying Sweden's foreign minister and justice minister has returned to Stockholm after suffering a technical...


Sep 13, 20242 min read
Turkey seeks international arrest warrants over citizen killed in West Bank
ISTANBUL - Turkey has opened an investigation into the death of a Turkish-American activist believed to have been shot by Israeli troops...


Aug 17, 20242 min read
Turkish MPs brawl during debate on jailed opposition lawmaker
ANKARA - A fistfight broke out in Turkey's parliament on Friday when an opposition deputy was attacked after calling for his colleague,...
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