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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Americas Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico The eye of Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico early Wednesday, pummeling the island as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 miles (250 kilometers) per hour, the... More
Asia Pacific Macron condemns 'genocide' against Rohingya in Myanmar French President Emmanuel Macron called the violence and oppression against Rohingya Muslims in Buddhist-majority Myanmar a "genocide" late Wednesday and called for an immediate... More
Economy Question of KRG referendum looms over trade Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani's insistence in holding the controversial referendum on Kurdish independence, which has failed to garner international... More
Turkey Restoration of Cousteau's ship in Turkey delayed A fire on marine explorer Jacques Cousteau's iconic ship Calypso has delayed the vessel's restoration by between six to eight months, a representative of the Cousteau Society... More
Europe Spain arrests 12 separatists in referendum row Spanish police arrested 12 people Wednesday in raids on offices of the regional government of Catalonia, news reports said, intensifying a crackdown on the region's preparations... More
MidEast ‘Trump stopped Saudi Arabia, UAE from invading Qatar’ U.S. President Donald Trump prevented Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from invading their Gulf neighbor Qatar, a report said Wednesday. Saudi Arabia and... More
Europe Angry protests after Catalan gov't headquarters raided Catalan pro-independence supporters have scuffled with Spanish Civil Guard officers escorting a government official arrested as part of a crackdown by national authorities... More
Economy Fed leaves target interest rate unchanged, sees one more increase in 2017 The Federal Reserve will begin shrinking the enormous portfolio of bonds it amassed after the 2008 financial crisis to try to sustain a frail economy. The move reflects a... More
Football Vodafone Park to host UEFA Super Cup match in 2019 Beşiktaş home stadium Vodafone Park in Istanbul will host the UEFA Super Cup final match in 2019. The Vodafone Arena was opened in April 2016. Located at the heart of the... More
Life Parrot places online Amazon order by mimicking owner's voice A pet parrot managed to place an online shopping order by mimicking its owner on a voice-controlled smart speaker, a British newspaper reported Wednesday. Buddy the parrot... More
Diplomacy Presidency pokes fun at French President Macron The official Twitter account of the Turkish Presidency poked fun at French President Emmanuel Macron Wednesday over a previous statement he had made about Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The... More

Asia Pacific Japan PM says time for North Korea dialogue over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday declared the time for dialogue with North Korea is over and rallied behind a U.S. warning that "all options" are on the table. Addressing... More
MidEast US urges KRG to cancel independence referendum, says it will destabilize Iraq, harm fight against Daesh US State Department has urged the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to cancel the planned independence referendum to secede from Iraq. Heather Nauert, the spokesperson... More
Diplomacy Erdoğan warns world of irreversible damage KRG referendum will cause Voicing Turkey's strong opposition to the planned KRG independence vote next Monday, President Erdoğan said that Ankara has called on Barzani to turn back from the decision, while hinting at sanctions against Irbil More
Asia Pacific Aliyev vows to ‘punish’ Armenia over illegally occupied Azerbaijani territories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday threatened Armenia with "severe punishment" over its illegal occupation of Azerbaijani land during his address to the 72nd... More
Investigations Police find another 31,000 ByLock users A special team has uncovered 31,000 new ByLock users and their 1.5 million encrypted messages, which will soon be submitted to the Ankara Prosecutor's Office More
Economy Turks, Russians eager to resume tomato exports As Turkish tomatoes are reportedly counting down the days before being exported to Russia again, both the Russians and Turks are avid to resume the tomato trade and bring the economic relations between the two countries to the old days More
Americas Melania Trump threatens lawsuit against billboard mocking her English skills Billboards featuring Melania Trump and the slogan "just imagine how far you can go with a little bit of English" were removed Tuesday from the Croatian capital after her lawyer... More
Food Istanbul Coffee Festival: Fragrant aroma captures city Coffee beans from around the world are coming together for a special brew of the exquisite fourth edition of the Istanbul Coffee Festival that begins today More
War On Terror Erdoğan criticizes continuing support for PYD/YPG terror groups In New York on Tuesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized countries that continue to support the PKK terror group's Syrian offshoot the Democratic Union Party (PYD)... More
Cinema Istanbul Biennial to feature 'Neighborly' film selections As the 15th Istanbul Biennial continues at various venues, until Nov. 12, Istanbul Modern is presenting a parallel film event that focuses on the theme of ‘neighborhood,' in line with the biennial's motto ‘a good neighbor' More
EU Affairs EU has not kept promises on supporting refugees, Erdoğan says The European Union has not provided sufficient financial support for Syrian refugees despite its promises, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday during his speech... More

Columns

Being a refugee is constant strangeness Meryem İlayda Atlas Today, being a refugee means being the new ‘other,' seen as the 21st century's burden that deserves facing inhumane... More

Showdown at the Disunited Nations in New York Hakkı Öcal The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations; in the other... More

The eurozone: A hard core for the EU? Emre Gönen The EU needs to immediately adopt a new perspective, saving itself from being affected by the current discrepancy... More

Turkey provides more humanitarian aid than UN Melih Altınok If Turkey has more influence in the U.N.'s administration, it will contribute a great deal to the transformation... More

Possible government options in Germany Ozan Ceyhun As the world turned its eyes towards the 72nd session of the U.N. General Assembly this week, election campaigning... More

An event more important than any UN speech may be the future of food Taha Meli Arvas "I think they use penguin excrement." And with this quote overheard during a tour of one of New York's newest and... More

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