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U.S. Leans on Turkey to End Russian Flights With American-Made Planes

Friday 27-01-2023 06:43 PM

U.S. officials are pressuring Turkey to stop Russian airlines from flying American-made airplanes to and from the country, said officials familiar with the talks, signaling a new push in ...

Isis leader Bilal al-Sudani killed by US military in Somalia

Friday 27-01-2023 06:13 PM

A senior leader of Islamic State was killed in a US special forces raid on a warren of caves in northern Somalia, American officials have said. The death of Bilal al-Sudani in a gunfight has ...

As Tough Elections Loom in Turkey, Erdogan Is Spending for Victory

Friday 27-01-2023 05:46 PM

Just months before pivotal elections that could reshape Turkey’s domestic and foreign policy, the government is spending billions of dollars in state funds to bolster President Recep Tayyip ...

Syrian Kurdish forces arrest IS commander in eastern region

Friday 27-01-2023 05:21 PM

Syrian Kurdish-led forces captured a local commander of the Islamic State group in eastern Syria as part of an ongoing operation targeting sleeper cells in the city of Raqqa, the U.S.-backed ...

Watchdog blames Syria’s air force for deadly chlorine attack

Friday 27-01-2023 04:55 PM

The global chemical weapons watchdog said Friday that its investigators found “reasonable grounds to believe” Syria’s air force dropped two cylinders containing chlorine gas on the city of Douma ...

Protests against Quran burning held across the Middle East

Friday 27-01-2023 04:43 PM

Protests were held on Friday in several predominantly Muslim countries to denounce the recent desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands. The ...

EU official: Russia shifts war focus to ‘NATO and the West’

Friday 27-01-2023 04:29 PM

A senior EU official said Friday that Russia has taken its war against Ukraine to “a different stage” by making indiscriminate attacks on civilians and non-military targets, while criticizing ...

Fatal shooting at Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran raises tensions

Friday 27-01-2023 03:59 PM

A gunman stormed the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran’s capital Friday, killing its security chief and wounding two guards in an attack that spiked long-simmering tensions between the two neighboring ...

Treasury ‘helped’ Wagner’s Yevgeny Prigozhin to evade sanctions

Wednesday 25-01-2023 03:33 PM

The UK government helped the head of Russia’s notorious Wagner Group of pro-Kremlin mercenaries get around its own sanctions to launch a legal attack on a British investigative journalist, it has ...

Turkey Postpones Talks on NATO Bid by Sweden and Finland

Wednesday 25-01-2023 03:20 PM

Turkey postponed a key meeting with Sweden and Finland that was intended to hash out differences over their bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Turkish officials said Tuesday, ...

Pakistan arrests senior leader from ex-PM Imran Khan’s party

Wednesday 25-01-2023 02:31 PM

Police in Pakistan arrested early Wednesday a senior leader of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party on charges of threatening the chief of the elections overseeing body and other ...

Hundreds in Baghdad protest devaluation of Iraq’s currency

Wednesday 25-01-2023 02:24 PM

Hundreds of protesters rallied Wednesday near the Central Bank in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, angered by the recent devaluation of the Iraqi dinar and demanding the government take action to ...

US prevented nuclear war between India and Pakistan, claims Pompeo

Wednesday 25-01-2023 02:14 PM

India and Pakistan came close to a nuclear war four years ago, which was only averted when America intervened, Mike Pompeo, the former US secretary of state, has claimed. In a new book, ...

Germany confirms tanks will be sent to Ukraine after Scholz U-turn

Wednesday 25-01-2023 02:07 PM

Germany has approved the delivery of Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, after weeks of pressure from Kyiv and many allies. Berlin will provide a company of 14 Leopard 2A6 tanks from the ...

Ukraine’s Zelensky Removes Top Officials in Bid to Contain Corruption Scandals

Wednesday 25-01-2023 01:55 PM

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has removed nearly a dozen top officials as he tries to contain a series of corruption scandals and shore up Western confidence in his administration at a ...