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Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt has criticised Swedish police in Stockholm for allowing Danish anti-Islam activist Rasmus Paludan to carry out the burning of the Qur’an. Bildt, who served as Swedish Prime Minister from 1991 to 1994 and later

Chinese state media on Tuesday was stuffed with articles about the humanitarian aid China is sending to Turkey and Syria in the wake of Monday’s devastating earthquakes, including about $6 million in emergency assistance, a rescue team with 82 members, and satellite surveillance of the affected region.

An IDF delegation of 150 soldiers and 300 medical personnel has been deployed in Turkey to aid in the search and rescue attempts after the deadly earthquake that has claimed the lives of 11,500 people and counting. On Wednesday, two

The devastating earthquakes that rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday damaged a prison in the Syrian town of Rajo near the Turkish border, giving its 2,000 prisoners an opportunity to riot, during which at least 20 of them reportedly escaped.

Thinly stretched rescue workers dug through the night into Wednesday morning to reach survivors trapped beneath the rubble of the devastating earthquake that rocked southern Turkey and war-ravaged northern Syria two days ago.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced on Tuesday that it will provide assistance to preserve World Heritage sites in Turkey and Syria that were damaged by Monday’s devastating earthquakes.

Rescuers in northwestern Syria reportedly found a newborn on Monday born under the rubble of her home after a devastating series of earthquakes left much of the west of the country and eastern Turkey entirely leveled.

Countries around the world have mobilised rapidly to send aid and rescue workers after a massive earthquake killed more than 5,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

Desperate searches for survivors from multiple earthquakes that rocked Turkey and Syria over the past 48-hours continued Tuesday with the discovery of more bodies taking the death toll past 5,000.

The death toll from the magnitude 7.5 earthquakes in southeastern Turkey continued to climb on Monday morning, as rescuers scrambled to search for the injured, missing, and dead beneath the rubble of fallen buildings. The latest count as of press time put the death toll in Turkey and Syria at over 2,300 and rising.

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday morning, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,300 people. The death toll is expected to rise throughout the day.

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit southern Turkey on Monday, causing untold damage, with aftershocks continuing throughout the day.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – Cypriots on Sunday began voting for their eighth president in the ethnically divided island’s 63-year history as an independent republic, with three front-runners each portraying themselves as the safest bet to guide the country through turbulent economic times and to seek peace with breakaway Turkish Cypriots.

Norwegian authorities cancelled a Qur’an burning protest that was set to take place on Friday after Turkish officials summoned the Norwegian ambassador in Ankara.

Turkey for a second day on Friday railed against a group of Western countries that temporarily shut their consulates in Istanbul.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the strongman leader of NATO member Turkey, has expressed misgivings about sending Ukraine advanced weapons such as tanks, and suggested it is about filling the arms industry’s pockets.

Turkish President Erdogan has stated that unless Sweden bans the burning of the Qur’an, he will not agree to the country’s NATO bid.

Sweden and Turkey announced large discoveries of rare earth minerals this month. Sweden’s discovery in particular could be a major step toward breaking Chinese dominance in the rare earth industry.

A Sweden Democrats MP commented on the burning of a copy of the Qur’an, stating the reaction from the Islamic world has been unreasonable.

Turkey summoned the Danish ambassador over reports that an anti-Islam activist would be allowed to burn the Quran in Copenhagen.

Sweden closed its embassy in Turkey after protests spread across Muslim countries in the wake of a Qur’an burning in Stockholm last weekend.

Finland’s top diplomat appeared to suggest that the country may have to consider joining NATO without Sweden after objections from Turkey.

Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson came under fire, including from a top ally, for critisising a Qur’an being burned outside the Turkish embassy.

Turkey responded with outrage after anti-Islamisation campaigner Rasmus Paludan went ahead with his planned Qur’an burning protest in Sweden.

The Turkish government has demanded both Finland and Sweden extradite 130 alleged terrorists as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes new demands for approval of NATO membership. Turkish President Erdogan spoke on Sunday, saying that Finland and Sweden must deport 130

ISTANBUL (AP) – Sweden and Finland are unlikely to be able to join NATO before June, a senior Turkish official said Saturday.

The government of Uganda on Thursday terminated a Chinese company’s contract to build a major railroad to Kenya and is now considering a replacement deal with a Turkish firm.

The Turkish government has placed NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom on its list of “terrorists” and offered a $530,00 bounty on his head.

A group of Turkish background people in the French department of Essonne are accused of beheading animals in a home to ward off “demons” on Christmas Day, with one man arrested.

The Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani sent a letter this week to the Norwegian Nobel Committee nominating authoritarian Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the Nobel Peace Prize, on the grounds that Erdogan allegedly “single-handedly averted a global disaster” in Ukraine.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Even by the standards of Turkey’s and Greece’s frequently strained relations, it was a remarkable escalation. Speaking to youths in a Black Sea town, Turkey’s president directly threatened his country’s western neighbour: Unless the Greeks “stay calm,” he said, Turkey’s new ballistic missiles would hit their capital city.

The end of 2022 brings with it a host of campaign seasons across the planet, set to change the way major states are governed and how they interact with each other.

The elderly suspect in a Paris mass shooting that sparked violent riots before Christmas developed a “hatred of foreigners” after a home invasion in 2016, according to reports.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj was freed from prison in Nepal on Friday after serving most of his sentence for killing American and Canadian backpackers and was taken to the airport for a flight back to Paris, his attorney said.