Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation on Wednesday to discuss the Ukrainian crisis and security guarantees between Russia and the West. With regard to Russia’s recognition of [Read More]
A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was killed on Tuesday by Israeli soldiers in the central West Bank city of Bethlehem, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. Mohammad Shehada, 14, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers’ [Read More]
Israel has “successfully” tested a new naval air defense system, the country’s Defense Ministry announced in a statement Monday. The “C-Dome,” a sea-based version of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, was designed by Rafael [Read More]
The death toll from the COVID-19 in Israel exceeded 10,000 on Monday, nearly two years after the first fatality from the virus was reported in the country in March 2020. Israel reported 29 new deaths [Read More]
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement of Hamas said on Sunday that there has been no progress toward reaching a prisoner exchange deal with Israel. Zaher Jabarin, a member of Hamas’s politburo, said in a press [Read More]
Eleven people were missing and a rescue operation was underway for two persons trapped on a ferry which caught fire off Corfu island in western Greece, Greek authorities said on Friday. A total of 278 [Read More]
Turkey’s central bank kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged on Thursday, keeping it at 14 percent. “While cumulative impact of the recent policy decisions is being monitored, to create a foundation for sustainable price stability, [Read More]
Turkey said on Thursday that it had granted citizenship to 194,000 Syrians, including 84,000 children, by the end of 2021. There are around 3.7 million Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey and have been registered [Read More]
Turkey said on Thursday that a significant decrease in COVID-19 infections is expected in the next two weeks, as the daily cases have been falling since the beginning of last week. Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin [Read More]
Turkey’s ultra-deepwater drillship Fatih on Wednesday started its third mission in a new well in the Black Sea to explore more discoveries, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez announced. Donmez said in a [Read More]
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