Top diplomats call for extension of 12-hour Gaza ceasefire
Efforts to extend humanitarian ceasefire continue in Paris as it holds in Gaza
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Netanyahu agrees to 12-hour “pause” in Gaza, Kerry hopeful for extension
Read More →US, UN to announce humanitarian ceasefire initiative: Hamas official
John Kerry and Ban Ki Moon meet in Cairo in efforts to stop the violence in Gaza
Read More →US, UN stand by Egyptian ceasefire proposal
Both push for ceasefire, hope it will be followed by dialogue on causes of the crisis
Read More →No change to Egyptian ceasefire proposal: Egypt FM
Gaza is an open wound and Band-Aid won’t help, says Ban Ki Moon
Read More →Egypt summons Turkish charge d’affaires over Erdogan comments
Turkish Prime Minister describes Al-Sisi as “illegitimate… tyrant”, questions Egypt’s ability to broker peace treaty between Hamas and Israel
Read More →Al-Sisi ‘illegitimate tyrant’: Erdogan
Turkish prime minister criticises Egyptian president over Gaza
Read More →Turkey PM says party to reveal presidency candidate next week
Erdogan is widely believed to be planning to run for the presidency in the 10 August elections.
Read More →Iran president visits Turkey hoping to fix troubled ties
Rouhani will meet his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, where the powerful neighbours are expected to discuss security concerns as well as trade opportunities.
Read More →Kurdish rebels ramp up pressure ahead of Turkey vote
Erdogan is widely expected to run, but to win he needs support from the country’s Kurdish minority, who make up one fifth of the population and form a majority in the southeast.
Read More →Turkish police crackdown on protests condemned
Police clashed with protesters in Istanbul, firing tear gas and water cannon at people clustered on side streets, defying a government ban on demonstrations on the iconic Taksim Square – the epicentre of last year’s turmoil.
Read More →BREAKING: Turkey PM warns of crackdown if protesters defy ban
AFP - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Saturday police would clamp down on anyone defying a ban on demonstrations at Istanbul’s Taksim Square on the anniversary of a wave of mass protests last year. “If you read the rest…
Read More →Turkey beefs up security on protest anniversary
Eight people died and thousands were injured in the heavy-handed police crackdown that ensued, as clouds of tear gas wafted through the much-loved park on Taksim Square.
Read More →BREAKING: Turkish police detain 18 in mine disaster probe: TV
Turkey Yesterday declared rescue operations over following this week’s devastating coalmine blast after retrieving the bodies of two last trapped miners, bringing the final death toll to 301.
Read More →‘Revulsion’ over Turkey response as mine blast toll tops 300
The nationwide trauma over the incident has turned to rage, fuelled by claims of negligence against mine operators and what many see as a heartless response from the government.
Read More →Race to save trapped miners after Turkey blast kills 232
Most of the deaths have been caused by carbon monoxide poisoning
Read More →Turkey PM puts death toll from mine disaster at 232: TV
AFP - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan put the death toll from a mine explosion at 232 on Wednesday, local media reported. Erdogan was inspecting the site of the accident in the western town of read the rest…
Read More →Turkey PM rebuffs criticism over press freedom
Erdogan’s speech to parliament followed a report by the US-based watchdog Freedom House earlier this month, which downgraded Turkey’s status from “partly free” to “not free” and said the country had seen the biggest decline in press freedom in Europe.
Read More →Turkey court hears witnesses in police murder trial
Yapici said once Korkmaz regained consciousness he was again kicked on the head and as he fled his attackers, was set upon by plain-clothes policemen with gas masks who ruthlessly kicked and beat him on the legs.
Read More →Some improvements for Syrian refugees in Egypt: UNHCR Egypt
Foreign ministry stresses need for international cooperation to assist with Syrian refugee crisis
Read More →States hosting Syrian refugees near ‘breaking point’
UNHCR, ministers stress the need for a political solution to ease Syrian humanitarian crisis
Read More →Global condemnation of Minya mass death sentences
Prosecutor general orders appeal for all 528 sentenced in Minya on Monday
Read More →Lebanon’s Audi says Q1 net profit $85.8m
Reuters – Lebanon’s Bank Audi reported first-quarter net profit of $85.8m on Sunday, the same level as in the same period a year before. The bank said in a statement its net profit was driven read the rest…
Read More →Egypt, Turkey and Iran: Exchanging roles in a tumultuous Middle East
By Fadi Elhusseini After less than a year of exceptional Egyptian-Turkish rapprochement, the events of 30 June 2013 ruptured this relationship. Similarly, when Egyptian and Iranian statesmen began to decrease tensions and a thaw in read the rest…
Read More →Turkey, Russia agree on boosting Blue Stream gas pipeline: Minister
To 19 billion cubic metres (bcm) annually from 16 bcm
Read More →Moody’s downgrades Turkey outlook to ‘negative’
Putting the country’s investment-grade rating at risk
Read More →Triumphant Turkey PM renews pledge to crackdown on rivals
The scandal has played out with a spate of wiretaps and social media leaks implicating Erdogan in graft and exposing high-level security talks weighing military action in Syria.
Read More →Turkey president, officials urge more Gulf investments
Gul arrived in Kuwait on Tuesday for a three-day visit, leading a high-level delegation of more than 100 people, including from the business sector.
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