Daily Sabah (Turkey)
CONQUEST OF ISTANBUL MARKS TURNING POINT IN WORLD HISTORY
of Istanbul on May 29, 1453, remains one of the most transformative moments in world history, marking not only the rise of the Ottoman Empire as a global power but also the end of the Byzantine Empire after more than 1,100 years of existence. The city...
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NATO split puts Ankara center stage
RECENT disputes involving the United States, NATO and European allies have renewed focus on Türkiye’s evolving role within the alliance, with experts pointing to Ankara’s efforts to maintain strategic balance between Washington and Brussels,...
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AUSTRALIANS FROM GAZA FLOTILLA RECOUNT TORTURE, SEXUAL ABUSE IN ISRAELI CUSTODY
AUSTRALIAN Gaza flotilla activists, who returned home yesterday, told local media that they were subjected to severe mistreatment in Israeli detention after the country’s military raided their vessels in international waters last week
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ISRAEL KILLS INFANT, PARENTS IN GAZA, WOUNDS 7 IN WEST BANK
A 6-MONTH-OLD infant and his parents were killed yesterday when an Israeli airstrike targeted their apartment in a central Gaza refugee camp, officials said. The strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp claimed all three civilians, medics confirmed.
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Türkiye proved reliable energy transit partner amid crises: Erdoğan
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday said Türkiye has proven to be a reliable energy transit partner and key actor for peace, stressing that its infrastructure has strengthened its role in regional stability. Türkiye is determined to advance...
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Erdoğan hails ‘army of peace’ at Efes 2026
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan flew into the western city of İzmir yesterday for the Distinguished Observer Day of Efes 2026, an international exercise where the Turkish Armed Forces showcased its abilities and the country’s defense industry...
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Erdoğan stands firm on Türkiye’s ‘great cause’
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan remains defiant as ever as he challenges critics of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and, more importantly, what he called “a cause for great Türkiye and the nation.” Erdoğan underlined yesterday that what he...
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50 NATIONS GATHER AS COUNTRY PROJECTS STRATEGIC REACH AT EFES 2026
nations are gathered in Seferihisar as Türkiye’s largest combined joint livefire exercise enters its final days, with autonomous drone swarms, carrierlaunched unmanned combat vehicles and a homegrown layered air defense system taking center stage...
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TRUMP WARNS OF NARROWING WINDOW FOR IRAN DEAL AMID STALLED TALKS
PRESIDENT Donald Trump warned that “there won’t be anything left” of Iran if a peace deal is not reached, as a fragile truce continues to unravel amid renewed drone attacks targeting U.S.-aligned interests in the Gulf. Washington, engaged in a...
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Israel presses deadly Gaza assaults
continued killing Palestinians in Gaza yesterday, after claiming to have assassinated a senior Hamas member a day earlier. The Israeli army killed four and injured several others in airstrikes on Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah – the latest violation of...
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Coordinated Turkic power a must: Erdoğan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday called for greater coordination across the Turkic world in light of regional crises, warning that regional conflicts and emerging digital threats make closer cooperation essential for shared security and...
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Türkiye aims for Middle Corridor benefits with Kazakhstan
SPEAKING after the signing of several bilateral agreements with Kazakhstan, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday said the East-West Middle Corridor was becoming more crucial and that the two countries are intent on promoting it more for supplying...
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TÜRKİYE, ARMENIA NEAR LAUNCH OF DIRECT TRADE
preparations for the launch of direct trade between Türkiye and Armenia as part of the ongoing normalization process between the two countries have been completed, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Öncü Keçeli said the...
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ERDOĞAN UNVEILS $5.3B PACKAGE TO SUPPORT AGRICULTURE SECTOR
TÜRKİYE unveiled yesterday a new financial package worth $5.3 billion (TL 240.62 billion) to support transformation and employment in the agriculture sector in the country, with the first tranche of $750 million to be available this year, President...
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TÜRKİYE, BELGIUM PUSH FOR STRONGER DEFENSE, TRADE, INVESTMENT LINKS
TOP TURKISH and Belgian officials yesterday highlighted “significant” opportunities to deepen economic cooperation in defense, technology, logistics and green energy, while reaffirming their goal of significantly increasing bilateral trade.
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CANARY ISLANDS OVERSEE COMPLEX EVAC OF HANTAVIRUS-HIT CRUISE SHIP
PASSENGERS aboard a cruise ship hit by a deadly Hantavirus outbreak that triggered international concern began returning home yesterday from the Canary Islands as part of a complex repatriation effort. Three passengers from the MV Hondius – a Dutch...
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U.S., IRAN EXCHANGE FIRE IN GULF AS CEASE-FIRE TEETERS ON COLLAPSE
THE FRAGILE cease-fire between the United States and Iran wobbled again Friday after fresh clashes erupted in the Gulf, with both sides trading accusations of aggression while fears grew that the conflict could spiral back into a wider regional war....
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ERDOĞAN WELCOMES TEBBOUNE AS TURKISH-ALGERIAN TIES ELEVATE WITH DEALS
ALGERIAN President Abdelmadjid Tebboune arrived in Türkiye on Wednesday for a three-day visit. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave a warm welcome to the president at the Esenboğa Airport in Ankara, shaking hands with the 80-year-old leader, who made...
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ZELENSKYY ACCUSES RUSSIA OF SPURNING DUAL CEASE-FIRES AFTER 27 KILLED
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday accused Russia of spurning efforts to halt fighting and save lives by launching new attacks on Ukraine despite unilateral cease-fires. His comments raised the specter of retaliatory Ukrainian strikes on Moscow...
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EU SAYS IRAN WAR HAS ALREADY COST BLOC MORE THAN $35 BILLION
EU ENERGY Commissioner Dan Jorgensen warned yesterday of the rising energy costs for the bloc triggered by the war in Iran and the subsequent blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. “Since the outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East, the European Union...
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8,000 BODIES STILL BURIED UNDER GAZA RUBBLE, WITH BELOW 1% CLEARED
MORE than 8,000 Palestinian bodies are believed to remain buried under rubble in the Gaza Strip, where less than 1% of debris has been cleared after Israel’s two-year genocidal war on the enclave, an Israeli media report said yesterday, citing a U.N....
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IRGC WARNS U.S. STUCK BETWEEN ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ MILITARY OPS OR ‘BAD DEAL’
THE U.S. faces a choice between launching an “impossible” military operation or accepting a “bad deal” with Tehran, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said yesterday, after President Donald Trump disparaged Iran’s latest peace proposal.
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Record green output slashes power prices
RECORD electricity generation from renewable sources in Türkiye has pushed wholesale power prices to historic lows, helping soften the impact of higher energy import costs linked to the Iran conflict. Supported by strong investment and favorable...
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ISRAELI ‘PIRACY’ ATTACKS ANOTHER AID FLOTILLA
THE ISRAELI military intercepted yesterday a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters, arresting 211 activists, organizers confirmed, in an incident that has caused international outrage. Organizers of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) said...
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‘GET SMART SOON’: TRUMP ISSUES NEW IRAN WARNING OVER NUCLEAR DEAL
Donald Trump warned Tehran yesterday to “get smart soon” and accept strict U.S. demands on its nuclear program, as a U.S. naval blockade further tightened economic pressure on Iran. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, meanwhile, was due to testify before...
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ISRAEL WEAPONIZING GAZA WATER ACCESS ‘COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT’: MSF
THE INTERNATIONAL medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has accused Israel of systematically depriving people in Gaza of the water they need to survive, in what amounts to “collective punishment” of Palestinians. The extensive destruction of...
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ISRAEL KILLS AT LEAST 14 IN S. LEBANON IN DEADLIEST DAY SINCE TRUCE
ISRAELI strikes in southern Lebanon killed 14 people Sunday, the country’s Health Ministry said, marking the deadliest day since a cease-fire in the Israel-Hezbollah war took effect more than a week ago. It came as Israel and the Iranbacked group...
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Trump survives gunfire, motive unclear
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington on Saturday night after a man opened fire on nearby security personnel, according to authorities. The man...
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FORMULA 1 SET FOR 5-SEASON ISTANBUL RUN: PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Friday that Istanbul will host Formula 1 races for five consecutive seasons between 2027 and 2031. Speaking at the Formula 1 Turkish Grand Prix promotion event at the Presidential Dolmabahçe Working Office in...
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IRAN-U.S. TALKS REMAIN FRAGILE AS TEHRAN DIVISIONS COMPLICATE DEAL
WHILE the first round of Iran-U.S. talks in Islamabad raised cautious hopes for progress, the negotiations ended without a breakthrough, falling short on key disputes over the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear program.
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GLOBAL FORCED DISPLACEMENT SURPASSES 117M AS CONFLICTS INTENSIFY
REFUGEE movements, migration flows and forced displacement continue to accelerate at an unprecedented scale, driven by protracted conflicts, political instability and weakening global conflict-prevention mechanisms.
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U.S. ARRESTS DOZENS OF MILITARY VETERANS PROTESTING IRAN WAR IN CAPITOL
A GROUP of U.S. military veterans, including some with visible disabilities, was arrested on Monday while protesting the U.S.-Israel war against Iran. Many among the group of about 60 veterans and family members were clad in military fatigues as they...
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ISRAEL DEMANDS CIVILIANS STAY AWAY FROM S. LEBANON DESPITE TRUCE
ISRAEL’S military warned Lebanese civilians yesterday not to return to dozens of villages in southern Lebanon, alleging Hezbollah activity there is violating a cease-fire reached last week. Thousands of displaced residents have begun making their way...
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‘PINOCCHIO’ ANTI-GOVT DEMONSTRATION TARGETS NETANYAHU IN TEL AVIV
ANTI-GOVERNMENT protests continued in Tel Aviv on Saturday as demonstrators voiced growing frustration over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership and the handling of the wars with Iran and Lebanon.
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Erdoğan pushes truce-to-peace shift
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday urged the sides in the Iran war to seize the two-week cease-fire as an opportunity to secure lasting peace. “I believe the window of opportunity opened by the cease-fire should be used in the most effective way...
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TRUMP RENEWS CRITICISM OF POPE LEO OVER IRAN
U.S. PRESIDENT Donald Trump on Tuesday night renewed his criticism of Pope Leo, who has condemned Trump’s war and immigration policies. In a post on Truth Social, Trump urged that “someone please tell Pope Leo” about the killings of protesters by Iran...
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NYC POLICE DETAIN DOZENS FOR PROTESTING U.S. ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL, WAR
POLICE detained dozens of protesters in New York City during demonstrations demanding a halt to U.S. arms sales and military support to Israel. Demonstrators included the anti-war group Jewish Voice for Peace, which said around 90 people were detained....
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IRAN WARNS MIDEAST PORTS AHEAD OF US-IMPOSED MARITIME BLOCKADE
IRAN threatened all ports in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman as the U.S. military counted down to a blockade of all Iranian ports and coastal areas yesterday. The move came as President Donald Trump turned up pressure on Tehran in a step that could...
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Talks sink, Trump shifts to Hormuz
With each side blaming the other for the failure of talks to end six weeks of fighting that has killed thousands, roiled the global economy and sent oil prices soaring, the U.S. president created another shock wave with his Strait of Hormuz...
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ÇAĞRI BEY ARRIVES IN SOMALIA FOR 1ST OVERSEAS DEEP-SEA MISSION
deep-sea drilling vessel has arrived in Somalia for a “historic mission,” marking the beginning of Ankara’s first overseas deep-sea drilling operation, a top official announced yesterday. “The Çağrı Bey (ship) has arrived in Somalia for its historic...
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Oil dips below $100, stocks rally on US-Iran cease-fire relief
GLOBAL stock markets took a breather yesterday while oil dipped below $100 a barrel as a two-week Middle East cease-fire was agreed and hopes arose for a resumption of oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz. The news capped weeks of market...
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Threats, ultimatums heighten peril
IRANIAN officials called on young people yesterday to form human chains to guard power plants as U.S. President Donald Trump warned that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Tehran failed to meet his latest deadline to accept a deal that includes...
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LEBANON FACES GAZA-STYLE HEALTH CRISIS AS ISRAEL STRIKES HOSPITALS
TWO YEARS ago, Dr. Mohammed Ziara watched Gaza’s hospitals collapse under Israeli bombardment. Ambulances were struck mid-run, patients fled in panic, and the city’s fragile health system was reduced to chaos. Today, he sees the same pattern unfolding...
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HOW FAR CAN OIL PRICES CLIMB AMID MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS?
HAVING once again tested the level of $110 per barrel this past week, oil prices have seen an unprecedented run since the start of the conflict in the Middle East. But could oil prices reach new records beyond $150 and even that of $200, as some...
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TRUMP VOWS WIDER STRIKES ON IRAN AS NATIONS SEEK HORMUZ OPENING
U.S. PRESIDENT Donald Trump has sharply escalated his rhetoric on the war in Iran, warning that Washington has “not even started” targeting what remains of the country’s infrastructure, as a widening conflict threatens global energy flows and pushes...
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IRAN DISMISSES U.S. CLAIMS OF WEAKNESS IN VOW TO CONTINUE FIGHTING
IRAN has vowed to keep fighting until its adversaries surrender, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims that its military capabilities have been significantly degraded and warning of “even harsher” attacks. Tehran will not accept the “vicious...
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IRAN DEFIANT DESPITE TRUMP’S CLAIM OF TEHRAN CEASE-FIRE APPEAL
U.S. PRESIDENT Donald Trump said he was nearly ready to wind down the war and claimed Iran’s president wanted a cease-fire, even as Tehran hit an oil tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait’s airport yesterday and airstrikes pounded the Iranian capital.
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Erdoğan heralds new era as Türkiye launches 5G services
TÜRKİYE launched 5G technology yesterday in what President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said would mark the beginning of a new era not only in communications but in all other industries. Commercial 5G services are scheduled to begin as of today and are...
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ISRAEL KILLS 3 IN GAZA, 1 IN W. BANK AS SETTLERS ABUSE IRAN WAR CURBS
ISRAEL’S continued violations of the Gaza cease-fire killed three more people Monday, local health officials said, while another Palestinian was killed by its military in the occupied West Bank. Medics said three people were killed and two others...
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Int’l Zero Waste Day reflects Türkiye’s rise as global leader
Through nationwide systems and global initiatives, the country has trained over 28 million people and scaled infrastructure like deposit return systems and marine cleanups, positioning itself as a key driver of global zero-waste policies and...
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HORMUZ BLOCKADE HITS FERTILIZER FLOW, RAISES FOOD FEARS
FARMERS around the world are feeling the squeeze of the Iran war. Gas prices have shot up and fertilizer supplies are waning due to Tehran’s near shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli bombing. The fertilizer shortage is...
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U.S.-IRAN TALKS HIT BRICK WALL
IRAN and the U.S. hardened their positions yesterday, with both sides signaling no breakthrough in talks as Washington moved thousands of additional troops toward the region and Tehran tightened control over the strategic Strait of Hormuz, raising the...
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IRAN TAKES AIM AT U.S. CARRIER AMID BEHIND-THE-SCENES DIPLOMACY TO END WAR
IRAN said yesterday it fired a volley of cruise missiles at a U.S. aircraft carrier, as strikes continued across the Middle East despite back-channel diplomatic efforts to end the nearly four-week war. A conflict that began on Feb. 28 with a...
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CHILDREN PAYING DEVASTATING PRICE OF MIDEAST WAR: UNICEF
A SENIOR UNICEF official has warned that children across the Middle East are paying a “devastating price” since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran erupted last month. “Twenty-three days into the escalating conflict in the Middle East, children across the...
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WORLD FACES ENERGY CRISIS WORSE THAN 1970S OIL SHOCKS: IEA
THE WORLD faces an energy crisis worse than both 1970s oil shocks combined if the Middle East war drags on, the head of the International Energy Agency warned yesterday, as Israel launched fresh strikes on Tehran and threatened weeks more fighting.
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Iran, Trump in sharp standoff as war rages
IRAN exchanged threats with Donald Trump yesterday as both threatened to escalate their conflict by targeting energy infrastructure in the Gulf, raising fears of a wider regional crisis and further disruption to global markets. Air raid sirens sounded...
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EID AL-FITR ARRIVES UNDER SHADOW OF WAR, ANXIETY
MUSLIMS around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr in somber circumstances this year, as an escalating war in the region replaces the holiday’s customary joy with fear and anxiety. A time normally marked by communal prayers, family visits and...
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ISRAEL RAISES STAKES ON TOP IRANIAN OFFICIALS AFTER KILLING INTEL CHIEF
ISRAEL warned yesterday that its military was authorized to target any senior figure of Iran after claiming to have killed Tehran’s Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib. The announcement, a day after Iranian security chief Ali Larijani was confirmed...
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War spirals, truce out of reach
A SENIOR Iranian official said yesterday that the country’s new supreme leader had rejected de-escalation proposals through intermediaries, demanding that Israel and the U.S. first be “brought to their knees,” as Israel said it had killed Iran’s...
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ISRAEL INVADES S. LEBANON IN NAME OF ANTI-HEZBOLLAH GROUND OPS
THE ISRAELI military invaded southern Lebanon yesterday when it launched so-called “limited ground operations” against the country’s Iran-backed armed group, Hezbollah. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when the Tehran-backed...
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Hormuz escort plan raises war fears
IRAN warned other countries yesterday against joining the war with the United States and Israel after Donald Trump urged world powers to send warships to escort oil tankers through the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Energy prices have soared across the...
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WAR TURNS BEIRUT INTO SHELTER FOR HUNDREDS OF DISPLACED
INSIDE Beirut’s largest football stadium, the chants and thunder of matchday crowds have been replaced by the quiet shuffle of hundreds of displaced families trying to sleep on thin mattresses spread across cold concrete. Plastic bags filled with...
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AIMING TO CUT OFF MIDEAST OIL, IRAN DEFIES TRUMP CLAIM OF WAR VICTORY
TWO TANKERS were ablaze in an Iraqi port yesterday after being hit by suspected Iranian explosive-laden boats, a step up in attacks that have cut off oil from the Middle East and defied Donald Trump’s claim to have won the war he launched two weeks...
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Erdoğan pushes urgent talks to avert regional blaze
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday called for an urgent return to diplomacy to halt the escalating conflict involving Iran and the U.S., warning that the war risks causing widespread damage across the region and the global economy. Speaking at a...
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Iran keeps pounding Gulf, blocks Hormuz
IRAN carried out new attacks yesterday on Israel and Gulf Arab states, intensifying a war started by Israel and the United States that has driven oil prices higher and rattled the global economy. Sirens warned of incoming missiles in the futuristic...
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MIDEAST WAR SENDS OIL PRICES SOARING TO THEIR HIGHEST SINCE 2022
OIL PRICES briefly surged toward $120 a barrel yesterday, reaching their highest level since 2022 before easing slightly, as the escalating war in Iran threatened Middle East production and shipping, and rattled global financial markets.
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CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE FACES NEW THREAT AS ISRAEL, IRAN TRADE BLOWS
ISRAEL further expanded its heavy bombardment of Iran overnight yesterday, carrying out waves of strikes on civilian infrastructure, including fuel depots near Tehran, which reportedly targeted a desalination plant in Bahrain.
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Nonstop strikes widen Mideast war
Israeli airstrikes slammed Tehran and southern Beirut early Friday as U.S. forces struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, widening a weeklong war that has engulfed the Middle East and drawn multiple countries into the conflict. Explosions shook...
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GULF BUSINESSES FEEL SHOCKWAVES AS IRAN CRISIS SPIRALS ACROSS REGION
GULF countries are witnessing one of the largest business disruptions since the COVID-19 pandemic, as Iran’s retaliatory strikes have sent shock waves across the usually calm region. The U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran and Tehran’s response have forced...
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World in shock as region nears the brink
IRAN’S capital was rocked by a massive explosion yesterday as Israel said it would carry out “non-stop strikes” against its leaders and military. Iran, meanwhile, fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states in retaliation for the killing of its...
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