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Sunday, September 24, 2017

Asia Pacific North Korean quake raises fears of another bomb test China's earthquake administration said on Saturday it had detected a magnitude 3.4 earthquake in North Korea that was a "suspected explosion", raising fears the isolated state... More
Health Scientists develop vaccine to prevent tooth decay Chinese researches are reportedly developing a vaccine that could prevent dental caries, with the aim to prevent tooth decay for people without regular access to basic dental... More
History Ottoman history brought to life at Vienna museum The Military History Museum at the Vienna Arsenal is currently hosting about 1.5 million works of art from different periods and wars since the 16th century, including Ottoman... More
Politics Kurdish official urges KRG to halt referendum An official in northern Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) urged the government on Saturday to consider recent proposals from the international community to cancel... More
Diplomacy US in no position to object to S-400 deal, says Erdoğan President Erdoğan said the S-400 missile system was a done deal and the U.S. was not in a position to say something about it. He added that if the U.S. Congress did not approve sales of Sig Sauer pistols to Turkey, the country will opt for domestically made weapons More
Diplomacy KRG referendum will trigger new crises, Kalın warns The planned independence referendum in northern Iraq's Kurdish region is a "terrible mistake" that will trigger new crises in the region if it is not canceled, presidential... More
MidEast Iran tests new medium-range ballistic missile Iran said on Saturday that it had successfully tested a new medium-range missile in defiance of warnings from Washington that it was ready to ditch a landmark nuclear deal... More
Politics KRG referendum 'illegitimate and unacceptable': MGK The Kurdish Regional Government's (KRG) planned referendum in northern Iraq is illegitimate and unacceptable, Turkey's top security body, the National Security Council (MGK)... More
War On Terror 2 people killed, 2 others injured in PKK attack in SE Turkey Two people, including one soldier, were killed and two other servicemen were injured on Saturday in a PKK attack in Turkey's southeastern Hakkari province. PKK terrorists... More
Feature Levent Valley: Where dreams melt into reality Known as ‘The Grand Canyon of Anatolia,' Levent Valley mesmerizes visitors with rock formations that are 65 million years old More
War On Terror 17 PKK terrorist killed in anti-terror ops in past 24 hours A total of 17 PKK terrorists were killed in counterterror operations conducted over the past 24 hours, the Interior Ministry said Saturday. Operations in southeastern Mardin's... More

Business Over 500,000 Londoners sign petition to let Uber stay Half a million people have signed an online petition in under 24 hours backing Uber's bid to stay on the roads of London, showing the company is turning to its tried-and-tested... More
Americas Ontario joins California's cap-and-trade program California on Friday expanded its market for buying and trading permits to emit greenhouse gases to include the Canadian province of Ontario. The market is the centerpiece... More
Europe Spain, Catalonia argue over control of Catalan police Spain's central government and regional Catalan authorities tussled Saturday over who controls the regional police force that is considered key to the success of a planned... More
MidEast 3 Peshmerga forces killed, 5 injured in blast south of Kirkuk Three Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were killed and five were wounded on Saturday when an explosive device blew up near their vehicle south of the Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk, security... More
Diplomacy Iraqi interior min. holds meeting with Turkish envoy Iraqi Interior Minister Qasim al-Araji met with Turkey's Ambassador to Iraq Fatih Yıldız at the ministry building in capital Baghdad, the Iraqi interior ministry said Saturday. Al-Araji... More
Diplomacy 'KRG vote will have political, economic consequences' Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım warned Saturday that the steps Turkey has decided to take against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)'s planned referendum will have political,... More
MidEast Saudi Arabia allows women into Riyadh stadium for first time Hundreds of women thronged a sports stadium for the first time to mark Saudi Arabia's national day Saturday, celebrated across the conservative kingdom with a raucous display... More
Americas Trump calls on NFL to fire 'son of a b***h' anthem protesters U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday launched a foul-mouthed tirade at NFL players who protest the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner at games, urging team owners to "fire"... More
Politics Turkish army chief meets Iraqi counterpart in Ankara Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar and Iraqi Army Chief of Staff Gen. Othman al-Ghanimi met on Saturday in Ankara to discuss the Kurdish Regional Government's (KRG) referendum... More
Turkey German municipalities under fire after cancelation of Turkish classes German municipalities drew criticism from the largest minority group in the country, after some Turkish-language courses were closed as a result of new regulations, Anadolu... More
Americas US tracher fired for teaching kids Hitler salute A school superintendent in Vermont says a substitute teacher has been fired after being accused of showing elementary school children how to make the Nazi salute to Adolf... More

Columns

The KRG referendum and the future of the region Burhanettin Duran The Kurdish nationalists who believe that the time is right for a referendum seem unable to keep their ambitions... More

UN in need of structural reforms Kılıç Buğra Kanat U.N. General Assembly meetings are over. As mentioned in previous articles in this column, the assembly gathered... More

Balkanization of the Middle East shall be resisted Sadık Ünay In terms of safeguarding regional stability, the key issue is protecting the territorial integrity of even the... More

Humanity and global justice passing away? İhsan Aktaş From the very beginning of human history to the era of empires, the measure of humanity's ability to survive has... More

EU-US war escalating Kerem Alkin It is necessary to remind Germany, which will have its general elections this weekend, "Its trade war with the... More

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