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Thursday, June 29, 2017

Syrian Crisis Russia slams US over claim that Assad is planning chemical attack Russian Foreign Ministry released a statement late Wednesday slamming the U.S. for its claim that the Assad regime is planning to conduct chemical attacks. The claim is... More
Europe Berlin-bound train evacuated over bomb threat Police in Poland said they had evacuated passengers from a train traveling from Warsaw to Berlin on Wednesday evening after receiving a bomb threat. The state news agency... More
MidEast Qatar slams Saudi refusal to negotiate list of demands Qatar condemned Saudi Arabia's refusal to negotiate the kingdom and its allies' demands to end a crippling embargo on the emirate. Speaking from Washington where he held talks... More
Americas Brazil unable to issue passports due to budget crunch Brazilian authorities have suspended the issuance of passports indefinitely due to a lack of funding, as the federal government grapples with a budget crunch and political... More
Syrian Crisis Assad regime 'taking US warning seriously' Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime appears to have heeded a U.S. warning against staging any new chemical weapons attack as no such action has been launched, U.S. Defense Secretary... More
MidEast Israeli minister releases $5B worth artificial island project off Gaza On the very same day Israel reduced the permitted area for Gaza fishermen to practice their trade from 9 nautical miles off shore to 6 nautical miles, as an Israeli minister announced an ambitious artificial island project that would accommodate badly needed infrastructure like a port, an airport and power plants with one catch: tight Israeli control More
Turkey 100,000 civilians trapped in Daesh-held Raqqa, UN says As many as 100,000 civilians are trapped in Syria's Raqqa, as the battle to retake the city from the Daesh terrorist group continues, the U.N. rights chief warned Wednesday. "The... More
War On Terror Terrorists from N Syria caught before attempt on MP Police have arrested four PKK terrorists in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa who were reportedly about to stage an assassination attempt on ruling Justice and Development... More
Diplomacy Cyprus peace talks resume in Switzerland Turkish Cyprus, Greek Cyprus and representatives from guarantor countries started negotiations Wednesday to solve the long-standing dispute on the divided island. The conference,... More
Asia Pacific China releases activists who probed Ivanka Trump supplier, NGO says Chinese authorities have released on bail three activists who had been detained after investigating labor conditions at a factory that produced shoes for Ivanka Trump and... More
Syrian Crisis At least 30 civilians killed in airstrikes in Syria Strikes by unidentified jets Wednesday on a Daesh-controled area in eastern Syria have killed at least 30 civilians, the second such attack in the past 48 hours, a monitoring... More

Politics Israel humiliates Turkish journalists in Tel Aviv Three Turkish journalists, including the Daily Sabah's economy editor invited by the Israeli Foreign Ministry to cover Cyber Week 2017 taking place in Tel Aviv, were subjected... More
Americas Venezuela's Maduro claims US backed coup attempt after helicopter attack A police helicopter opened fire on Venezuela's Supreme Court and some government buildings in what President Maduro has claimed was a thwarted terrorist attack backed by the U.S. aimed at ousting him from power More
War On Terror Military build-up at border ready to target YPG-held Afrin, Tal Rifat With tensions escalating in the region, Turkish military sources stated that its forces were likely to conduct an operation, similar to Operation Euphrates Shield, in Afrin this weekend, to liberate the city from PYD/YPG terrorists More
Investigations Gülenist businessman escaped in coffin Senior Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) member and owner of Tarkim Aviation, Faruk Bayındır, escaped from authorities by hiding in a coffin and flying abroad. The Yeni Şafak... More
Tourism 3.5M Arab tourists expected to visit Turkey in 2017 The chairman of the Arab-Turkish Businessmen's Association (ARTIAD), Cemalettin Kerim, said that they expect 3.5 million Arab tourists to come to Turkey in 2017, noting that... More
Arts Pera Education invites children, teens to summer workshops Inspired by the ongoing exhibition ‘Doublethink: Double vision' and Jose Sancho's work that is currently on display, Pera Education offers children of different age groups a fruitful summer with various art workshops More
Food Turkish chef, entrepreneur nominated for top culinary prize Turkish chef and entrepreneur Ebru Baybara Demir was nominated for and became a finalist at the Basque Culinary World Prize for her project Harran Gastronomy School and aims to continue to create jobs for refugee and local woman if she wins the 100,000 euro prize More
Feature Hitchhiking university student globe trotter Retiring and traveling the world is every worker's dream, and for a young student from Sivas, making that dream a reality has been a long awaited accomplishment made possible by hitchhiking More
Business National seismic exploration vessel Oruç Reis ready to survey Black Sea As Turkey continues to take steps to boost its position as a major energy player in the region, the second of two seismic exploration vessels, the Oruç Reis, is ready to undergo exploration work in the Black Sea More
Americas 'Venezuelan James Bond' behind helicopter attack on Supreme Court The rogue police officer behind a helicopter attack on Venezuelan government buildings is an action film star who paints himself as a James Bond-cum-Rambo figure on social... More
Science Scientists use GPS to predict volcanic eruptions Researchers are hailing a breakthrough in the study of volcanic eruptions, as new ways of modeling data might make this science as reliable as a weather forecast. Scientists... More

Columns

Germany's preventive measures against Erdoğan's bodyguards Beril Dedeoğlu The 2017 G-20 summit will take place in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7-8. The summit agenda includes several priorities,... More

What is next for legitimizing the presence of PYD, YPG terrorists? Saadet Oruç PKK-affiliated terrorist groups in Syria are legitimized under the pretext of fighting against Daesh in opera... More

The true face of FETÖ's mentality Yahya Bostan It is no secret that the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ), the terrorist group led by Fetullah Gülen based in the U.S.,... More

Al-Jazeera case comes to mind when West mentions press freedom Melih Altınok The world is witnessing the U.S. and Europe's double standard on press freedoms in the case of Al-Jazeera More

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