Erdogan: Commitment of all Turks Needed to Combat Attacks on Economy

The commitment and determination of Turks is the guarantee needed to combat attacks on Turkey’s economy, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday, in his first comments on the ongoing currency crisis in days. “As we tackle attacks against the Turkish economy today, our biggest guarantee is the commitment and determination ...

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Amnesty Worried Saudi May Execute Female Activist

Amnesty International has voiced concern about the situation of detained female Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul amid rising speculations that the kingdom may start to execute its jailed women rights campaigners. Al-Hathloul was detained back in May during an arrest spree by the kingdom of its female rights activists. “To be ...

Russia’s Lavrov Receives Turkey’s Cavusoglu: Syria Tops Agenda

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu held on Friday a joint press conference after negotiations in Moscow with Syria topping the agenda. “Turkey is one of Russia’s key partners, we see an increase in our economic relations. And we intend to build up our military-technical ...

Saudi Delays Departure of Its Medical Trainees from Canada

Saudi medical students may remain in Canada and care for patients up to three weeks past a deadline that Riyadh had set for their departure amid a diplomatic spat, several universities confirmed Thursday. The extension to September 22 was granted after Saudi Arabia, outraged over Canadian calls for the release ...

Saudi Commits New Massacre in Yemen: Strike Kills Dozens including 22 Children

A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and UAE committed a new massacre in Yemen, killing dozens of civilians including at least 22 children, just two weeks after a similar strike on a school bus in a market killed 40 children. 22 children and four women died on Thursday (August ...

Egypt Detains Sisi’s Leading Political Opponents

Egyptian authorities have detained three leading opposition figures, including a former senior diplomat, as part of an ongoing crackdown in the country. Egyptian security sources said on Thursday that the dissidents were arrested on the orders of Egypt’s public prosecutor. The detainees included ex-diplomat and former ambassador Masoum Marzouk who ...

Scores of Saudi Mercenaries Slain, Injured in Yemeni Army Offensives

Scores of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to Yemen’s former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi have lost their lives when Yemeni army soldiers and fighters from allied Popular Committees launched separate offensives against their positions across the crisis-hit Arab country. An unnamed Yemeni military source told Yemen’s Arabic-language al-Masirah television network that ...