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Exclusive-Turkey's priority is fulfilling NATO responsibilities, defence minister says
ANKARA - Turkey wants to improve its ties with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), but its priority is fulfilling its...
Aug 12, 20241 min read


Children of freed sleeper agents learned they were Russians on the flight, Kremlin says
MOSCOW - A family of Russian sleeper agents flown to Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep under...
Aug 3, 20243 min read


Analysis-Prisoner swap a legacy boost for Biden but critics see risks
WASHINGTON - The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West in decades could help U.S. President Joe Biden burnish his foreign...
Aug 2, 20245 min read


Americans, Russian assassin freed in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap
MOSCOW/ANKARA/WASHINGTON - U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan returned to the United States on Thursday,...
Aug 2, 20244 min read


Putin meets Syria's Assad to discuss Turkey and Israel
MOSCOW/AMMAN - Russian President Vladimir Putin met Bashar al-Assad in the Kremlin as Moscow nudges the Syrian leader towards a meeting...
Jul 25, 20242 min read


One part of Cyprus mourns, the other rejoices 50 years after split
NICOSIA - Greek Cypriots mourned and Turkish Cypriots rejoiced on Saturday, the 50th anniversary of Turkey's invasion of part of the...
Jul 22, 20243 min read


Factbox-What are the key issues in the Cyprus conflict 50 years since invasion
NICOSIA - There will be celebrations in the north, and mourning in the south of Cyprus on Saturday, the 50th anniversary of a Turkish...
Jul 20, 20242 min read


Erdogan says Turkey will not approve NATO attempts to cooperate with Israel
ISTANBUL - Turkish President Tayyip #Erdogan said on Friday it is not possible for NATO to continue its partnership with the Israeli...
Jul 12, 20242 min read


Erdogan says Biden, U.S. complicit in alleged Israeli war crimes
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration are complicit in what he called ...
Jul 12, 20242 min read


Turkey's Erdogan offers to help end Russia-Ukraine war; Kremlin rules him out as intermediary
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Ankara could help end the Ukraine-Russia war,...
Jul 4, 20241 min read


Turkey closes Syria border after violence flares in both countries
AMMAN/ISTANBUL - Turkey closed its main border crossings into northwest Syria on Tuesday after Turkish troops came under fire from...
Jul 3, 20242 min read


Turkey, US in talks on nuclear plant projects, Turkish official says
ISTANBUL - Turkey is holding talks with the United States on the construction of large-scale nuclear power plants and small modular...
Jul 3, 20241 min read
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