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Sunday, July 23, 2017

War On Terror PKK terrorists kill civilian in Turkey's Hakkari PKK terrorists continue to attack civilians in the southeast, including kidnapping and killing locals, critical politicians and other government civil servants. In the... More
Asia Pacific Philippines implements nationwide smoking ban The Philippines implemented a nationwide smoking ban Sunday in accordance with an Executive Order signed by President Rodrigo Duterte. The order was signed in May and establishes... More
Europe Iraq detains 4 German women who joined Daesh Four German women, including a 16-year-old girl, who joined Daesh in recent years are being held in an Iraqi prison and receiving consular assistance, Der Spiegel magazine... More
MidEast UNSC to meet Monday on Jerusalem clashes: diplomats The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss the bloodiest spate of Israeli-Palestinian violence for years, diplomats said on Saturday. Sweden, Egypt... More
Syrian Crisis Assad regime jets strike near Damascus despite self-declared ceasefire Syrian government warplanes carried out several air strikes in the Eastern Ghouta area east of Damascus on Sunday, a day after the Syrian military declared a cessation of... More
Asia Pacific MSF reopens facility after deadly US hospital bombing Medecins Sans Frontiers in Afghanistan on Saturday reopened a small medical clinic in northern Kunduz province where nearly two years ago a US airstrike destroyed their hospital,... More
Diplomacy FM Çavuşoğlu, German counterpart hold phone call The Turkish and German foreign ministers held a phone call, according to diplomatic sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media. The... More
Asia Pacific Robot discovers melted nuclear fuel on Fukushima reactor’s floor Images captured by an underwater robot on Saturday showed massive deposits believed to be melted nuclear fuel covering the floor of a damaged reactor at Japan's crippled Fukushima... More
Diplomacy Erdoğan urges int'l community to act on Al-Aqsa crisis President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned the Israeli restrictions on Al-Aqsa Mosque, urging the international community to act on practices against the freedom of worship... More
Syrian Crisis Assad regime declares unilateral ceasefire in E.Ghouta The Assad regime announced Saturday ceasefire in the East Ghouta region of the capital Damascus, according to the regime's Defense Ministry. The ministry said in a statement... More
Football Ronaldo will play for Real for 'the next 2-3 years', Zidane confirms Cristiano Ronaldo will remain a Real Madrid player for "the next 2-3 years", coach Zinedine Zidane said Saturday, ending talk the Bernabeu superstar might depart for Manchester... More

Life William and Harry had 'short' chat with Diana on day she died Britain's Prince William and Prince Harry have revealed they talked to their mother Princess Diana on the day she died and that the "short" conversation now weighs "heavily"... More
MidEast Israel to replace metal detectors in Al-Aqsa Mosque Israel is set to replace metal detectors with handheld ones at the gates of Al-Aqsa compound amid rising tension, Israeli TV claimed on Saturday. According to Israeli television... More
History $130 million worth of Nazi gold found off Iceland A chest allegedly containing £100 million ($130 million) worth of Nazi gold was discovered by British treasure hunters off the coast of Iceland, media reported Saturday. The... More
Asia Pacific Taliban seize 2 districts, kill wounded police, officials say Taliban fighters overran a second district headquarters in as many days on Sunday, this one in western Ghor province, the provincial police chief said. At least eight police... More
Europe US special envoy blames Russia for 'hot war' in Ukraine Russian aggression is to blame for violence in eastern Ukraine, where people are dying in what should be seen as a "hot war" rather than a "frozen conflict", the U.S. special... More
MidEast Iran, Iraq sign deal to boost military cooperation Iran and Iraq signed an agreement on Sunday to step up military cooperation and the fight against "terrorism and extremism", Iranian media reported, an accord which is likely... More
Europe Transitional deal with EU necessary before next election, British minister says British trade minister Liam Fox said Sunday that he backed a transition agreement to smooth Britain's departure from the European Union, but it would have to come to an end... More
Energy 'German-Russian ties to strain over Siemens scandal' Germany has warned Russia that breaches of sanctions including the relocation to Crimea of four gas turbines delivered to Russia by Siemens are straining political relations... More
Sports Competitors from 49 countries join Bosporus cross-continental swimming race The 29th Samsung Bosporus Cross-Continental Swimming Race organized by the Turkish National Olympic Committee (TNOC) was held in Istanbul Sunday. This year's competition,... More
Diplomacy Erdoğan, Macron discuss Al-Aqsa clashes President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the recent violence in Jerusalem following Israeli restrictions on Al-Aqsa Mosque. According... More
Americas Trump’s inconvenient tweets deleted by new advisor A day after accepting a top White House job, President Donald Trump's new communications adviser announced Saturday that he's deleting old tweets, saying his own views have... More

Columns

Is Erdoğan an Islamist? Fahrettin Altun There is an illusion that Western elites who evaluate Turkey solely through animosity for Erdoğan see. According... More

US still lacks a proper foreign strategy Kılıç Buğra Kanat Since Trump took over the presidency, there has been a lack of strategy in U.S. foreign policy More

A hint of US awareness of FETÖ Meryem İlayda Atlas While frequently releasing reports on Turkey's coup attempt and FETÖ, it is impossible for the U.S. administration... More

Hazards of using human rights as political leverage Sadık Ünay It is one of the age-old tactics employed by global powers to adapt rhetoric of protecting fundamental human rights... More

The more cruelty in Palestine, the less justice in the world İhsan Aktaş When World War I ended, Western countries occupied most Islamic regions. The occupying forces shared the booty... More

Eyes on the global central banks Kerem Alkin The U.S. Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings on July 25, July 26, Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 will... More

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