ISTANBUL – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday that the sale of U.S. F-16 fighter jets to Turkey “needs to be finalized as soon as possible.” Cavusoglu made the remarks at a joint [Read More]
TUNIS – Tunisia’s tourism revenues grew by 85 percent at the end of November compared to the same period last year, the Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported on Tuesday. The total tourism revenues amounted to [Read More]
BEIRUT – Syrian refugee Jamal Abu Lutfi and his family gathered around an old wood-burning stove in their tent in Lebanon’s Bekaa town of Saadnayel, worrying about their future after receiving a gloomy text message [Read More]
ANKARA – Turkey has decided to negotiate with Russia the construction of another nuclear power plant at a time when the West is trying to isolate Moscow, and analysts said that energy-thirsty Turkey has to [Read More]
JERUSALEM – An Israeli died of his injuries in hospital three days after being wounded in a double blast attack in Jerusalem, the hospital said on Sunday. Tadesse Teshome Ben Madeh, 50, died on Saturday [Read More]
ISTANBUL – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif jointly inaugurated a corvette warship, which was built by Turkey for Pakistan Navy. In his speech at the launch ceremony in [Read More]
GENEVA – The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Thursday called on the European Union (EU) to put safety and solidarity at the heart of its action in the Mediterranean and [Read More]
ANKARA – Turkish authorities have seized the assets of FTX’s former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried amid a probe into the major cryptocurrency exchange, the Turkish Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) said on Wednesday. Assets of FTX [Read More]
ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that his country wants to enhance cooperation with Cuba, and the two countries signed six agreements in the fields of media and communication, culture, and [Read More]
SHARM EL-SHEIKH – A long-awaited “loss and damage” fund to help those countries that are vulnerable to climate change was approved on Sunday at the end of the 27th session of the Conference of the [Read More]
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