Turkey’s military launched airstrikes on Thursday allegedly targeting members of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) terrorist group and their affiliates in northern Iraq, home to the group’s primary strongholds.
The Committee to Protect Journalists published its annual report on imprisoned journalists on Thursday, and perennial champion Turkey once again leads the league.
Can Dündar, the former editor-in-chief of Turkey’s last remaining opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet, condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for claiming to defend the free press in the aftermath of the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
The Pentagon on Wednesday urged Turkey to suspend its planned operation into territory in northeastern Syria controlled by Kurdish militias fighting the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) with the support of the United States.
The Middle East Women’s Coalition spoke out in Washington, D.C., about the plight of women under Sharia Law.
Turkish officials say at least nine are dead and dozens injured after a high-speed train crashed into another train in Ankara on Thursday.
Time announced its “Person of the Year” award on Tuesday, presenting it to a clumsily-named entity called “The Guardians and the War on Truth.”
Time magazine unveiled the world’s persecuted journalists, with special honors going to slain Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, as its persons of the year for 2018. Escaping its analysis of imprisoned members of the press is the name of the world’s worst jailer of journalists: Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey.
CNN reported on Monday that a source “briefed on the investigation” into the October 2 murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi provided some details about the audio recording of Khashoggi’s death, claiming his last words were, “I can’t breathe.”
Syrian state media denied reports of an attack on Damascus international airport as residents of the area said they heard the sound of explosions on Sunday night.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working to formalize ties with Saudi Arabia and hopes to make Saudi-Israeli relations official before the November 2019 elections, Channel 2 news reported Saturday.
Amal Clooney, the British-Lebanese human rights attorney married to Hollywood star George Clooney, eviscerated President Donald Trump Wednesday evening, accusing the commander-in-chief of providing autocratic regimes a “green light” to torture and murder journalists by labeling them the “enemy of the people.”
Left-wing actor Sean Penn has started production and filming a documentary about the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish state media reported on Wednesday.
Contents: Russia ‘partially unblocks’ Ukraine’s ports; Turkey and Ukraine may establish strategic military partnership against Russia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proclaimed that his country would “cover most of Venezuela’s necessities” economically during remarks in the Latin American country Monday.
Contents: Qatar withdraws from Saudi Arabia-led OPEC; The split deepens between Saudi Arabia and Qatar
Turkish President Recep Erdogan praised Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro during a meeting in Caracas on Monday for his support towards the Islamic world and the ongoing battle against “Islamophobia.”
Officials in the Turkish capital of Ankara have renamed the street where the United States embassy will soon be located after the black nationalist leader Malcolm X, in what appears to be another rebuke of the Trump administration.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered himself as a potential mediator between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday after reportedly discussing tensions between the two countries with President Donald Trump this week.
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime and its ally Russia reportedly blamed rebels for a suspected toxic gas attack in regime-held Aleppo city this weekend. A local monitor group reported that the attack wounded nearly 100 people, including many women and children.
Public anger has reportedly greeted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) during his tour of several Arab countries launched over the weekend, marking his first foreign visits since the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last month.
The U.S.-backed Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria are ready for dialogue with Turkey, which has demanded their removal despite their key role in fighting the Islamic State (ISIS), a spokesperson for the militia group declared Thursday.
The foreign secretary told the prime minister her Brexit deal was a “Turkey trap”, risking locking the UK in negotiations with the European Union (EU) for more than 30 years, just like Turkey.
An online holiday prank turned heads when the nation’s most famous turkey supplier offered to help.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is emphasizing safety in preparing this year’s Thanksgiving turkey in the wake of a salmonella outbreak this month concerning raw turkey products that sickened 164 people in 35 states.
A Turkish newspaper called Haberturk on Monday published quotes that were purportedly taken from the audio recording of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October.
President Donald Trump released a statement on Tuesday afternoon denouncing the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul as a “terrible” crime and an action the United States “does not condone,” but he also indicated he would take no further action against the Saudi government.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday urged Turkey to release pro-Kurdish opposition party leader Selahattin Demirtas from detention.
The public voted online to select one of the two turkeys provided for the ceremony, which the White House named “Peas” and “Carrots.”
President Donald Trump will pardon one of two turkeys from South Dakota at the White House on Tuesday, continuing the annual Thanksgiving tradition.
