Daily Sabah (Turkey)
BAYRAKTAR TB3 MAKES FIRST OVERSEAS OPERATIONAL DEBUT AT NATO DRILL
THE BAYRAKTAR TB3 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), developed by Turkish drone giant Baykar, carried out its first operational demonstration abroad as part of NATO’s Steadfast Dart 2026 exercise, according to a report yesterday.
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TSK’S EXPANDING REACH BOOSTS ANKARA’S DIPLOMATIC CLOUT: ANALYSTS
RECENTLY, discussions over the potential participation of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in a possible Gaza Task Force, coupled with ministry officials’ repeated emphasis that the TSK is “ready for duty anytime, anywhere,” have brought renewed...
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ANKARA CONDEMNS ISRAEL’S ATTEMPT TO ANNEX WEST BANK
condemned Israel’s actions in the occupied Palestinian territories, specifically its actions in the West Bank, warning that recent decisions could undermine prospects for a two-state solution. Speaking during the Turkish Defense Ministry’s weekly press...
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MITSOTAKIS GETS WARM WELCOME AS ANKARA SEES BRIGHTER SIDE IN TIES
GREEK Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accompanied by ministers, was welcomed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Presidential Complex in Ankara yesterday. Mitsotakis was in Türkiye for the 6th High-Level Cooperation Council that aims to...
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Israel widens Gaza, West Bank offensive
AT LEAST three Palestinians were killed Monday when the Israeli military struck west of Gaza City, according to hospital sources. Shifa Hospital reported the deaths amid the months-old cease-fire that has seen continued fighting. The Israeli army said...
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THOUSANDS OF AUSTRALIANS MARCH AGAINST ISRAELI PRESIDENT’S VISIT
THOUSANDS of Australians protested yesterday against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit in solidarity with the Jewish community following a deadly mass shooting last year. Herzog is visiting Australia this week following an invitation from...
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GAZANS LOOKING TO PASS RAFAH CROSSING FACE DELAYS, MISTREATMENT
PALESTINIANS gathered Sunday on both sides of the newly reopened Gaza-Egypt crossing, seeking passage after its first opening since 2024 under a U.S.-backed cease-fire, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared for a Washington trip...
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Erdoğan touts victory of hope in quake-hit region
In under three years, Türkiye has rebuilt and revived its cities devastated by the 2023 earthquakes, Erdoğan said, hailing the nation’s resilience and hope to recover, thanking thousands for trusting his government and vowing to further intensify...
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3 YEARS LATER, LIFE ACTIVELY RESTORED IN EARTHQUAKE ZONES
THREE years ago, in the early hours of Feb. 6, Türkiye experienced one of the most catastrophic earthquakes in its modern history. A powerful magnitude 7.7 tremor struck Türkiye’s southern and southeastern regions, causing profound and lasting...
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Erdoğan meets el-Sissi for talks on ties, Gaza
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan traveled to Egypt from Saudi Arabia yesterday, his second stopover in a regional tour. Erdoğan, accompanied by a delegation of ministers and businesspeople, was welcomed by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi....
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SYRIA ANNOUNCES NEW DEAL WITH PKK/YPG TO STABILIZE TRUCE, INTEGRATION
government on Friday announced a new agreement with the PKK/YPG terrorist group to stabilize a cease-fire that ended weeks of clashes and to lay out the steps toward integration between the two sides, Syrian state television reported. According to...
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2026 to be ‘record year’ for natural gas
will be a new “record year” for natural gas in Türkiye, a top official said yesterday, evaluating the developments in the energy sector, including the adoption of a new strategy to broaden the capabilities with different business models and...
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GLOBAL PLASTICS COULD DOUBLE HEALTH THREATS BY 2040: STUDY
health impacts linked to greenhouse gases, air pollutants and toxic chemicals emitted from the global plastics system could more than double by 2040, a study found. Modelling research, published in the Lancet Planetary Health on Monday, identified...
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TÜRKİYE, NIGERIA SEEK TO DEEPEN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AS TINUBU VISITS
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Ankara yesterday as the two countries seek to deepen political, economic and defense cooperation that has gained momentum in recent years. Ties between Türkiye and Nigeria,...
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DOMESTIC DEFENSE SECTOR FINDS SUCCESS AT SEA WITH DRONE BOATS
THE BOOMING Turkish defense industry is taking its success to the sea as it boosts its export performance in the field of unmanned surface vessels (USVs), also known as drone boats or naval drones, according to a report on Monday.
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Fatal shooting sends shock through US
DEMOCRATS demanded that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and increasing tensions in a city already shaken by another...
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Fuel gone, Gaza turns to trash fires
DESPERATE Palestinians at a garbage dump in a Gaza neighborhood dug with their bare hands for plastic items to burn to fend off the cold and damp winter in the enclave, battered by two years of Israel’s war on Gaza. The scene in the Muwasi area of the...
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‘Board of Peace’ steps into Gaza deadlock
U.S. PRESIDENT Donald Trump yesterday formally launched his ambitious “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum, unveiling a new international body initially tied to Gaza’s fragile cease-fire but pitched as a broader platform that could reshape, and...
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HYPOTHERMIA KILLS GAZA INFANT AS TRUMP UNVEILS CEASE-FIRE VISION
infant died from hypothermia in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, underscoring the worsening humanitarian crisis as world leaders gathered at a Swiss resort with U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza cease-fire plan high on the agenda. Three-month-old Shaza Abu...
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ERDOĞAN, SHAQUILLE O’NEAL SHARE COURT, SIGNED BALLS IN ISTANBUL
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met NBA icon Shaquille O’Neal yesterday in Istanbul, turning a routine photo opportunity into a striking snapshot of sports diplomacy. The meeting took place on the court at the Turkcell Basketball Development Center, where Erdoğan...
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GAZA FAMILIES BACK NEW ‘BOARD OF PEACE’ AS US-LED PLAN TAKES SHAPE
PALESTINIAN families and clans in the Gaza Strip on Sunday publicly endorsed the newly formed National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, pledging grassroots support for its humanitarian mission as an ambitious U.S.-led international framework...
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U.S.-BACKED TERRORISTS IN SYRIA LOSE CONTROL OF OIL, GAS, DAM
THE SYRIAN army yesterday continued dashing the dreams of so-called autonomy of the U.S.-backed YPG, the Syrian wing of the terrorist group PKK. In the second major push in two weeks against the group, the army seized swathes of the country’s north,...
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STRATEGIC VALUE, VAST CRITICAL MINERALS: WHY U.S. WANTS GREENLAND
an autonomous territory of Denmark, became a central point of geopolitical debate after U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his interest in taking control of the strategic Arctic island, citing national security concerns. Greenland covers 2.16...
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Erdoğan calls for unity amid YPG push
IN REMARKS published yesterday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told fellow members of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) at a meeting on Monday that they would not allow the “brotherhood of Arabs, Turks and Kurds” to be disrupted. He was...
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AID LIFELINE AT RISK AS ISRAEL TARGETS MSF
crowded into wards at a Gaza hospital fear they could be left without care after Israel announced it will bar 37 aid organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, from operating in the territory from March 1 over staffing disclosure requirements....
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PROTESTS GROW AFTER 2 ICE SHOOTINGS WIDEN CLASH OVER TRUMP CRACKDOWN
TENSIONS over U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown escalated across the United States on Thursday after a second shooting involving federal immigration officers in as many days, intensifying protests and sharpening a widening...
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UN CONDEMNS U.S.’ VENEZUELA OPERATIONS FOR UNDERMINING INT’L LAW
THE U.N. human rights office warned yesterday that the recent U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro undermined international law, warning against actions that threaten states’ territorial integrity. U.S. forces ousted Maduro in a...
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AFTER MADURO, TRUMP CROSSHAIRS TURN TO GREENLAND, CUBA, COLOMBIA
A DAY after a venturous U.S. military operation in Venezuela, President Donald Trump renewed calls Sunday for an American takeover of Greenland on national security grounds, threatened military action against Colombia over cocaine trafficking, and...
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‘Happy New Year’
‘Good night’ and ‘Happy New Year’ were his reactions as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was escorted to a high-security prison in New York on a stunning night, after he and his wife were seized by U.S. forces and flown to New York on drug-related...
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SWISS GRAPPLE WITH IDENTIFYING VICTIMS AFTER DEVASTATING BAR BLAZE
on Friday faced the grim task of identifying victims from a devastating blaze that tore through a crowded New Year’s Eve party at the Le Constellation bar, a ski resort, killing around 40 people and leaving more than 100 injured, many critically. The...
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Fight against terror, corruption marked 2025
without elections, Turkish politics had its fair share of turbulence and fast-paced developments. Undoubtedly, highlights of the year for politicians from all parties were new phases in the terror-free Türkiye initiative, and the arrest and detention...
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Erdoğan meets Somalia’s president after Israel recognizes Somaliland
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met yesterday, discussing Israel’s decision to recognize Somaliland, the breakaway region that Mogadishu considers part of its territory. The bilateral talks mostly focused on...
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SYRIA SECURES, OPENS CRIMINAL PROBE INTO ASSAD-ERA MASS GRAVE
SYRIA’S government has ordered troops to guard a mass grave used to conceal atrocities under Bashar Assad and opened a criminal investigation after a media report that detailed a yearslong scheme by the former regime to hide thousands of bodies at the...
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STRONG STORM BATTERS GAZA, ENDANGERING DISPLACED FAMILIES IN TENTS
A POLAR low-pressure system bringing heavy rain and powerful winds swept through the Gaza Strip, worsening conditions for Palestinians sheltering in fragile tents and overcrowded facilities with little protection from the elements.
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CONGO REFUGEES TELL OF DEATH, LOST CHILDREN AS WAR ERUPTS AGAIN
CONGOLESE refugees fleeing into Rwanda described neighbors being slaughtered and children lost amid the chaos, as renewed fighting erupted despite a peace deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump. “I have 10 children, but I am here with only...
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SUDAN’S BURHAN MEETS ERDOĞAN AS TÜRKİYE SEEKS END TO CONFLICT
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday met with Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chairperson Abdel Fattah al-Burhan at the Presidential Complex in the capital Ankara, as Türkiye reiterated its call for an end to Sudan’s ongoing conflict. Burhan’s visit...
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ERDOĞAN LINKS SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE TO COUNTRY’S LONG-TERM GROWTH
THE TÜBA and TÜBİTAK Science Awards Ceremony took place yesterday at the Beştepe National Congress and Culture Center in Ankara, bringing together President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, senior government officials, leading scientists, academics and key...
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GAZA HEALTH OFFICIALS RAISE ALARM AS DRUG SUPPLIES HIT CRITICAL LEVELS
GAZA’S Health Ministry warned Sunday that hospitals in the Palestinian enclave are facing critical shortages, with medicine stocks down by 52% and medical supplies by 71%. The warning followed a press conference held at al-Shifa Hospital in western...
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Türkiye complains Israel complicates Gaza peace bid
IT HAS been nearly two months since a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas began, but Israel’s violations of the deal have delayed a proposed Gaza peace plan by the United States, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stressed during a round table discussion in...
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Cease-fire brings calm, not safety, as Gazans move back into ruins
family’s building still rises two stories above the flattened remains of Gaza City, an improbable silhouette in a landscape of broken concrete and twisted steel. After more than two years of Israeli bombardment, the structure stands only in part: one...
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ERDOĞAN HOSTS FAMILY OF 6-YEAR-OLD PALESTINIAN GIRL KILLED IN GAZA
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday received the family and relatives of 6-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed after being trapped in a vehicle during an Israeli attack in Gaza, according to the Turkish Presidency. During the meeting at the...
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WINTER DELUGE FLOODS THOUSANDS OF GAZA TENTS, HOSPITAL
HEAVY rainfall from a new lowpressure system early yesterday flooded thousands of tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, as well as a hospital. According to Anadolu Agency (AA), rainwater leaked into sections of al-Shifa Hospital in...
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KIZILAY DELIVERS 100 TONS OF AID TO SUDAN AS CRISIS DEEPENS
THE TURKISH Red Crescent (Kızılay), in cooperation with the Sudanese Red Crescent, is providing 100 tons of humanitarian aid to help ease the crisis caused by the ongoing conflict in Sudan. Sudan has been facing intense clashes between the Sudanese...
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Gaza’s amputees struggle as medical evacuations lag
in her wheelchair, Haneen al-Mabhouh dreams of rebuilding her family, of cradling a new baby. She dreams of walking again. But with her leg gone, her life in Gaza is on hold, she says, as she waits to go abroad for further treatment. An Israeli...
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ERDOĞAN, PUTIN DISCUSS UKRAINE, TIES IN TURKMENISTAN
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday held extensive talks on the war in Ukraine at a meeting in Turkmenistan, officials said. Erdoğan and Putin held a closed-door meeting on the sidelines of the International...
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ENTERING THE MINDSET OF GÖBEKLİTEPE
outset of this piece, I wish to say that despite what its title might suggest, this is definitely not a piece of mysticism inspired by what has been unearthed at the ancient archaeological site of Göbeklitepe in the southeast of Türkiye. As such, it is...
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TÜRKİYE ENTERS ALERT PHASE AS FERTILITY FALLS BELOW RENEWAL RATE
TÜRKİYE is entering a structurally transformative demographic era as its fertility rate drops below the population renewal threshold, signaling the onset of a profound aging cycle with multidimensional socio-economic implications.
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ERDOĞAN WELCOMES HUNGARY’S ORBAN IN ISTANBUL
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban with an official ceremony at the Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul. Erdoğan and Orban held bilateral and delegation-level meetings before attending a signing ceremony...
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43 CHILDREN AMONG 79 DEAD IN SUDAN PARAMILITARY DRONE STRIKES
Dozens of Sudanese civilians, including many children, were killed in a paramilitary drone attack on the army-held town of Kalogi in Sudan’s South Kordofan state, a local official confirmed Sunday. The attack, which took place on Thursday, involved...
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TFF PURGE ENGULFS ÇAKAR, YANDAŞ, BALTACI IN MOST EXPLOSIVE SWEEP YET
TURKISH football awoke Friday to another seismic jolt as prosecutors launched a pre-dawn operation sweeping players, club executives, agents and even former refereeturned-TV pundit Ahmet Çakar into custody, intensifying a betting scandal that has...
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‘STRONG REASONS TO BELIEVE’ ISRAEL COMMITTED WAR CRIMES IN GAZA
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that Israel’s war on Gaza was “fundamentally” flawed and there are “strong reasons to believe” war crimes have been committed. “I think there was something fundamentally wrong in the way this...
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ERDOĞAN PLEDGES TAKING RISKS TO END PKK TERRORISM
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday reiterated his commitment to the terror-free Türkiye initiative launched by government ally Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chair Devlet Bahçeli. Addressing a parliamentary group meeting of the Justice and...
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GAZA CHILDREN FIND COMFORT, TACKLE WAR TRAUMA IN VIRTUAL REALITY
Children traumatized by Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza are participating in a therapy program that uses virtual reality headsets to provide an escape from their surroundings, with organizers reporting faster improvements in psychological well-being...
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DEADLY ASIA FLOOD DEATH TOLL TOPS 1,000 AS COUNTRIES DEPLOY MILITARY
THE DEATH toll from devastating floods and landslides across Asia rose above 1,000 yesterday, as Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to assist survivors in the hardest-hit areas. Separate weather systems brought torrential, extended...
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Kızılelma hits historic air-to-air milestone
TÜRKİYE’S first unmanned jet combat aircraft, Bayraktar Kızılelma, achieved a new milestone as it struck a jet-powered target aircraft with a beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile, marking a first in the world, its developer Baykar said...
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Pope calls for Christian unity at İznik site
POPE Leo XIV on Friday joined Orthodox patriarchs and other Christian leaders in commemorating an important moment in Christian history, gathering at the site in Türkiye of an unprecedented A.D. 325 meeting of bishops to pray that Christians might once...
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LARGE-SCALE N. WEST BANK OPS IN ‘DANGEROUS ESCALATION’
THE ISRAELI army launched a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank yesterday, deploying reinforcements and military bulldozers in the Tubas governorate as helicopters fired on unidentified targets, according to local sources.
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Action plan takes aim at femicide, abuse
THE FIFTH action plan of the Turkish government against femicides and violence targeting women was unveiled yesterday at an event in Ankara. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the launch of the plan at the Congress and Culture Center of the...
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TÜRKİYE’S EFFORTS TO REESTABLISH GAZA AFTER FRAGILE CEASE-FIRE
TÜRKİYE is keen on contributing to the recovery of Gaza and experts point out that Ankara may play a part in the Palestinian enclave’s reconstruction after years of heavy Israeli bombardment. In this context, Hüseyin Fazla, founder and director of...
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ERDOĞAN HIGHLIGHTS PEACEMAKING BIDS FROM GAZA TO UKRAINE
The G-20 summit in South Africa was an opportunity for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to meet with international leaders and promote Türkiye’s vision for greater global cooperation and lasting peace. Speaking at a news conference on the sidelines of...
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NATION MOURNS TRAGIC CRASH
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into the military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia on its return from Azerbaijan, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said yesterday, reiterating condolences for those who died and the nation. Speaking during his...
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Türkiye’s ‘Green Homeland’ takes root
FROM the capital to the forests of western Türkiye, citizens, officials and children wielded shovels and saplings yesterday in a nationwide campaign bringing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s “Green Homeland” vision to life. Across 81 provinces,...
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TÜRKİYE ADVANCES FIRMLY AS GLOBAL POWER, ERDOĞAN SAYS
TÜRKİYE yesterday marked the 87th anniversary of the passing of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the republic, with nationwide and international ceremonies led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who reaffirmed the nation’s commitment to building on...
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Latest body exchanges push Gaza war death toll past 69,000
THE OFFICIAL Palestinian death toll in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has crossed 69,000 with the latest exchange of bodies as part of a cease-fire, Gaza officials said Saturday. The latest jump in deaths occurred as more bodies were recovered in the...
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LOUVRE HEIST RENEWS QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW EUROPE’S TREASURES WERE WON
AS FRENCH police race to track where the Louvre’s stolen crown jewels have gone, a growing chorus wants a brighter light on where they came from. The artifacts were French, but the gems were not. Their exotic routes to Paris run through the shadows of...
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U.S. PUSHES FOR UN RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE INT’L FORCE IN GAZA
THE U.S. has circulated a draft resolution at the U.N. Security Council seeking authorization for an international stabilization force in Gaza, a key pillar of U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan, Washington’s mission to the U.N. said...
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NEW YORKERS BREAK TRADITION TO PICK SOCIALIST MAMDANI AS MAYOR
NEW YORKERS elected Zohran Mamdani, a young, self-described leftist, socialist, as mayor Tuesday, while Democrats secured two key governorships in early results viewed as a warning to President Donald Trump ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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War steals 520M childhoods in 2024
ONE in five children worldwide lived amid active warfare last year, as the number of minors in conflict zones climbed to about 520 million in 2024 – 47 million more than in 2023 and the highest since tracking began in 2005, according to a Save the...
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LIVING AMONG DEAD: WAR-DISPLACED GAZANS SEEK REFUGE IN CEMETERIES
WITH no other refuge from the war, dozens of Palestinian families in Gaza, including Maisa Brikah and her children, have spent five months living amid gravestones in a sun-baked cemetery in Khan Younis. A blonde-haired toddler sits outside one tent,...
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ISRAEL THREATENS TO RAMP UP LEBANON STRIKES OVER HEZBOLLAH DISARMAMENT
ISRAEL threatened Lebanon yesterday with intensifying strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, a day after an Israeli air raid killed four people, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. Despite a November 2024 cease-fire with the Lebanese...
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HURRICANE MELISSA KILLS 50, RAVAGES CARIBBEAN BEFORE FADING AWAY
HURRICANE Melissa, once a roaring Category 5 storm and among the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic, has weakened into open waters, but its deadly legacy lingers across the Caribbean – with at least 50 people dead, thousands displaced and damage...
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