North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday warned Brazil, China, India, and other heavy buyers of Russian oil they could face stiff secondary sanctions if they keep doing business with Moscow.
A criminal court in Ankara on Wednesday ordered a ban on Grok, the artificial intelligence (A.I.) platform developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI.
A senior Israeli official told Breitbart News on Wednesday that it was necessary for Congress to block sales of the F-35 Lightning to Turkey to prevent aggression toward Israel.
The United Nations deployed teams to the Syrian coast on Monday as wildfires spread across Latakia province for the fifth day.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is hopeful that his decade-long quest to obtain the F-35 joint strike fighter might finally succeed after an upbeat meeting with President Donald Trump at the NATO summit last week – but Trump does not seem to be in any hurry to give Erdogan his long-sought prize.
The government of Turkey offered a warm welcome to a delegation representing the jihadist terrorist organization Hamas on Wednesday, expressing support for its cause and accusing the government of Israel of “genocide” for engaging in self-defense operations against the group.
Turkish authorities on Monday arrested cartoonist Dogan Pehlevan for committing an “Islamophobic hate crime” by drawing a cartoon allegedly depicting Islam’s prophet Muhammad.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that his country’s chances of buying advanced F-35 fighter jets from the United States are looking up after his meeting with President Donald Trump at the NATO summit this week.
Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly warned in a conversation with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday that Europe could face a new mass migration wave and “nuclear leakage” if the conflict between Iran and Israel escalates.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday condemned Israel’s airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear program and, in his typically self-aggrandizing manner, offered his “state wisdom and deep experience” to negotiate an end to the conflict.
Human rights activist and former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom testified before Congress on Tuesday about the persecution he had personally experienced from the Islamist regime in Turkey, warning that strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s stranglehold on power is a threat to NATO.
Israeli forces seized a yacht bound for Gaza and made its crew of pro-Hamas activists watch footage of the October 7 massacre.
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Syria, Thomas Barrack, said this week that the United States will scale down its military presence in Syria, going from eight military bases to just one.
Despite months of talks, both Russia and Ukraine appear to have barely shifted from their initial negotiation positions.
Ukrainian delegation walked out of direct talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday, the second time the two sides have met face-to-face.
Putin will not attend Monday’s proposed ceasefire talks in Turkey, Kremlin says, as Ukraine keeps whether it will attend an open question.
Thomas Barrack, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey who was also named as special envoy to Syria last week, raised the American flag over the ambassadorial residence in Damascus on Thursday for the first time since 2012.
Reports on Thursday confirmed that Turkish Islamist strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan had organized a constitutional committee, featuring ten lawyers and mostly senior members of his Justice and Development Party (AKP), to replace the nation’s current constitution.
Ukraine says it has handed Russia a “memorandum” on a proposed ceasefire, urging Moscow to do the same in return.
Calls for leaders’ talks between Zelensky, the U.S., and Russia, while Moscow said that the next round of “direct talks” will be soon.
Islamist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters on Thursday that he has “no interest” in running for another term in office during remarks calling for the country to draft an entirely new constitution.
The United Nations estimated in a report this week that half a million refugees have returned to Syria since the fall of dictator Bashar Assad, with another million expected to follow by the end of this year.
Delegations from Ukraine and Russia met in Turkey on Friday for the first time since 2022, but progress appeared limited by mid-afternoon.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Russia would make “adjustments” in its demands to Ukraine “due to developments on the ground,” a vague declaration following the Kremlin’s confirmation that strongman Vladimir Putin would reject Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call to meet in person.
Progress on Russia-Ukraine peace talks will depend on a leaders meeting with President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump said.
The Kremlin has refused to confirm who’s going to Turkey and whether it will include Putin while Ukraine has said that Zelensky will only sit down with the Russian leader.
Soon after President Donald Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the White House said he was prepared to meet with Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former al-Qaeda and Islamic State lieutenant who has governed Syria since his insurgent alliance toppled dictator Bashar Assad in December.
Istanbul, Turkey, appeared in position on Monday to host a historic restart of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine – and, potentially, leaders Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky – a coveted position that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan worked for years to establish.
Ukraine laid out its pre-negotiation demands for this week’s talks, saying there must be a ceasefire before they begin.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant Kurdish separatist organization in Turkey, confirmed Monday it will disband after 40 years of conflict and over 40,000 deaths.
Former Foreign Minister of Colombia Álvaro Leyva revealed in a letter published on Tuesday that far-left President Gustavo Petro refused to speak to Chinese communist dictator Xi Jinping for the entirety of a lavish banquet on his official visit to Beijing in 2023 — an incident Leyva claimed as evidence of Petro’s drug addiction problems.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Donald Trump held what both leaders described as a “productive” telephone conference on Monday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday brushed aside the demands of Syrian Kurds for partial autonomy under a decentralized Syrian government as “nothing more than a dream.” The junta currently in control of Damascus was also unreceptive to Kurdish ambitions for independence.
April 24 marked the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, during which up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Ottman Empire.
Heads of state and religious leaders around the world offered condolences and messages honoring Pope Francis following the announcement of his passing on Monday, honoring him as compassionate, warm, and a “moral beacon” in a divided world.
A massive dust storm or “haboob” swept across central and southern Iraq on Tuesday, hospitalizing 3,747 people with breathing difficulties according to Iraqi health officials.
Greece signed a deal Monday to purchase anti-ship missiles from France as it seeks to bolster its defenses.
A new round of U.S.-Russia talks reportedly starting on Friday with an in-person discussion with President Vladimir Putin.
The State Department confirmed on Thursday the liberation of American-Russian prisoner Ksenia Karelina, whom the Russian government had sentenced to 12 years in prison last year on charges of “treason” for donating to a Ukrainian charity.
Turkish officials, including Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, remarked on Sunday and Monday the ten-percent tariff President Donald Trump imposed on goods originating in their country was “relatively beneficial” and Turkish markets would survive any volatility in the long term.
