ANKARA: Taiwan is planning to boost its defense spending by 6% to $19.76 billion next year, President William Lai Ching-te has said. Lai proposed the plan to spend NT$647 billion
ISTANBUL: Microsoft’s charitable giving platform has featured organizations based in illegal Israeli settlements, including one that supports the Israeli military, while removing the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), prompting
ANKARA: The Israeli army killed 24 more Palestinians in attacks in the Gaza Strip, taking the overall death toll to 39,677 since last Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the
ISTANBUL: Roshan Muhammed Salih, a British journalist and editor of the UK-based news site 5 Pillars, has expressed deep concern over the surge in racist and Islamophobic violence initiated by
ISTANBUL: AS Monaco Basket on Wednesday confirmed the signing of Trkiye’s Furkan Korkmaz from Philadelphia 76ers for the 2024-25 season, with an option for another year. “We’re happy to announce
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pope Francis discussed the “immoral display” at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony during a phone call [1] on Aug. 1, 2024. President Erdogan
ISTANBUL: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Kyiv of ‘large-scale provocation’ and ‘indiscriminate shooting’ in the Kursk region, where Moscow claims it has been fighting incursions by Ukrainian troops
ISTANBUL: Hamas will continue Gaza cease-fire negotiations after the selection of Yahya Sinwar as its new political chief, a group leader said on Wednesday. “The negotiations were managed by the
ANKARA: Belgium’s foreign minister on Wednesday called on all parties in the Middle East to avoid a regional escalation as too many civilians have already been killed. Hadja Lahbib said