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Friday, December 14, 2018

Turkey Heavy rainfall bursts dam floodgate in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakır One of the floodgates of the Kral Kızı Dam in southeastern Diyarbakır province broke Thursday due to excessive rainfall, prompting Turkey's gendarmerie and Disaster and Emergency... More
World UNAIDS head quitting post early after scathing report The head of the U.N. agency focusing on AIDS said he would leave the job six months early, bowing to apparent pressure just a week after independent experts looking into sexual... More
Travel Pamukkale: A unique harmonisation of nature and history Pamukkale, with its glaring whiteness and petrified waters, is an enchanted and magnificent natural marvel. More
Ankara 9 dead, 47 injured in train accident in Ankara A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass at a station in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 47... More
Life Father, THY crew help woman deliver baby midair A Congolese woman gave birth Thursday on board of a Turkish Airlines (THY) plane heading to Istanbul from the Gabonese capital Libreville via Kinshasa. Musuamba Michoukayembe,... More
MidEast Yemen's warring parties agree to truce in Hodeida After week-long peace talks in Sweden, Yemen’s warring sides agreed on a Hodeida truce; however its implementation will show how successful the peace talks are in ending the devastating war More
Tech Qualcomm to file suits in Chinese courts to ban iPhone XS, XR sales Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc is asking courts in China to ban sales of Apple Inc's latest iPhone models XS and XR after winning a preliminary injunction against older models, the... More
Americas Trump says 'never directed' Cohen to break law U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he never told his private lawyer Michael Cohen to break the law and denied any ties to his crimes, a day after Cohen was sentenced... More
Finance Turkey's Central Bank keeps key interest rate constant The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey's (CBRT) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to maintain the one-week repo rate, known as the bank's policy rate, at its... More
War On Terror Turkey hits PKK targets in Iraq's Sinjar ahead of Syria op Turkish warplanes destroyed tunnels and warehouses built by PKK militants in Iraq's Sinjar late Thursday, ahead of an imminent operation against the Syrian affiliate of the... More
Americas US will cut aid to African countries working with China, Russia: Bolton The Trump administration on Thursday announced a sharp refocus of its Africa strategy to counter what it called the "predatory" practices of China and Russia, which are "deliberately... More
Defense Turkey formally establishes its national Space Agency Turkey's national Space Agency, one of the projects in President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's 100-day action plans, was established under a presidential decree published in nation's... More
MidEast ‘UK reaches deal with Kuwait to establish military base’ The United Kingdom and Kuwait have reached an agreement to establish a British military base in the Gulf state, local Kuwaiti media reported Thursday. The private Alrai... More
Americas Los Angeles homeless rate rises by 47 pct in 6 years The number of homeless men, women and children living in the second largest U.S. city of Los Angeles has increased by 47 percent since 2012, reaching 50,000. Homelessness... More
Americas Brazil's Bolsonaro under scrutiny over suspicious payments to family Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro faced growing scrutiny Thursday as a government financial crime unit questioned payments made to his son and wife that totaled more... More

Tourism Virgin Galactic tourism rocket ship reaches space Virgin Galactic's tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California's Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the... More
Americas US House says 'genocide' against Rohingya in Myanmar The U.S. House of Representatives nearly unanimously on Thursday adopted a resolution calling the Myanmar military's campaign against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority... More
Energy New action plan places prime focus on a rich set of defense, energy projects With 454 projects as part of the second 100-day action plan, Turkey aims to upgrade its performance in defense, energy and technology while ensuring fair development with social reforms More
War On Terror Clearing YPG from Manbij would pave way for Raqqa's liberation, locals say The residents of Raqqa will support Turkey's likely operation in northern Syria's Manbij and expect Ankara to do the same for their city by expelling the PKK-affiliated People's... More
Politics US senators harden stance on Trump for MBS role in Khashoggi murder, Yemen war The U.S. continues to take steps to corner U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration on their uncompromising support for the Saudi crown prince's controversial policies in Yemen and the kingdom's role in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi More
War On Terror Free Syrian Army scales up preparations for Turkish operations The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has ramped up its preparations for a Turkish military offensive to the east of Euphrates, stressing that it is ready to provide support in the operation.Although... More
War On Terror No options left for Turkey but to launch operation east of Euphrates to secure its borders It has been years since Turkey first told the U.S. that there was no difference between the PKK and YPG as both are terrorist organizations, calling on Washington to halt its support for the latter. However, after being ignored by the U.S. numerous times on the matter, Ankara must now take its own measures to preserve its national security More
Europe Anti-Muslim attacks becoming more violent in Germany, report says The number of attacks on Muslims and Muslim institutions in Germany has been around 570 this year, lower than in 2017. However, the number of people who were injured in anti-Muslim... More
Asia Pacific Rohingya children face challenge of getting an education The ability of Rohingya children to access quality education is severely restricted both in Myanmar and in the refugee camps of Bangladesh as a whole generation faces an uncertain future More
Education At more than 8M, Turkey hosts the highest number of higher ed students Turkey has surpassed Russia with the highest number of students in higher education in the world, according to professor Yekta Saraç, head of the state-run Board of Higher... More
Portrait Chingiz Aitmatov: Farewell, Gulsary! A doyen of Kyrgyz literature, late author Chingiz Aitmatov was an influential writer whose books have been translated to more than 150 languages and who touched hearts of readers beyond borders More
Turkey Turkey questions cause of fatal train crash, mourns 9 victims Three railway crew were detained as investigators look into a fatal train accident caused by a high-speed train crashing into a railway engine, as Turkey mourns the death of nine people in the collision More
Americas Russian agent pleads guilty to US conspiracy charge A Russian woman accused of being a secret agent admitted Thursday that she conspired to infiltrate the American gun-rights movement to gather intelligence on conservative... More
War On Terror 1 Turkish soldier killed by YPG fire in Syria's Afrin One Turkish soldier was killed Thursday after terrorist People's Protection Units (YPG) opened harassment fire on Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in Syria's northwestern Afrin,... More

Columns

What happens if the UN opens an investigation on the Khashoggi case? Hilal Kaplan Although the Saudi kingdom is attempting to remove the Khashoggi case from the world's agenda, both the global... More

A female student who was denied her place at university in Turkey Nagehan Alçı Sara Akgül became a student in one of Turkey's most prominent universities, Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. She... More

A good reminder for all parties: Don't forget foreign policy Mahmut Övür For the future of the country, political parties should put aside the temporary pressures of the campaign process... More

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Opinion

To avert another crisis, Black Sea coastal states should remember what they agreed in 2002 Teoman Ertuğrul Tulun The Black Sea is a basin where the continents meet and the land routes and sea lanes connecting the world intersect... More

Is French democracy the first victim of a changing world order? Markar Esayan The ‘yellow vest' uprising may fade away due to accompanying violence and the government's backing down. But this... More

Transatlantic relations at a crossroads Karel Valansi The alliance between the U.S. and Europe is still of great importance for global security and stability and the... More

Another Islamophobic conspiracy theory: The Islamization of the 'yellow vests' Farid Hafez In every period, when divisive incidents occur, rumors regarding Islamophobic conspiracies arise. When millions... More

Rumi and his holistic human rights theory Ergin Ergül Human rights, in its broadest definition, mean undeniable and indispensable natural acquirements arising from the... More

Macron may well be the 'president of the rich,' so is the media? Mehmet Solmaz Shortly after his fifth month as president in September 2017, French President Emanuel Macron was labeled "the... More

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