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UEFA suspends Turkey player Merih Demiral for 2 games for making nationalistic gesture at Euro 2024
BERLIN (AP) — UEFA suspended Turkey player Merih Demiral for two matches on Friday for making a controversial gesture at the European Championship, an incident that has led to a diplomatic row between Turkey and Germany. The ban rules Demiral out of Turkey's quarterfinal against...
Erdogan to attend Turkey-Netherlands Euro 2024 quarterfinal amid diplomatic row with host Germany
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to travel to Berlin to attend the 2024 European Championship quarterfinal game between Turkey and the Netherlands, an official said Thursday, after a controversial gesture by a national team player ignited a diplomatic row between...
Leaders of Russia and China meet at a Central Asian summit in a show of deepening cooperation
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping met Wednesday for the second time in as many months as they visited Kazakhstan for a session of an international group founded to counter Western alliances. Putin and Xi last got together in May when the Kremlin leader...
Turkey summons German ambassador to protest criticism of Demiral's goal celebration at Euro 2024
LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — A controversial gesture made by Turkey player Merih Demiral at soccer's European Championship has ignited a diplomatic brouhaha between the country and host nation Germany. Turkey summoned the German ambassador on Wednesday to protest German interior...
Turkey's president accuses opposition of stoking racism after anti-Syrian rioting erupts
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused opposition parties of stoking xenophobia and racism on Monday, a day after residents in a neighborhood in central Turkey set Syrian-owned shops on fire. The rioting erupted in the Melikgazi region of central...
Impromptu LGBTQ+ protest in Istanbul after governor bans Pride march
ISTANBUL (AP) — A group of LGBTQ+ protesters held an impromptu demonstration in Istanbul on Sunday after the governor’s office banned an annual Pride March. A statement by the Istanbul governor’s office said that it wouldn't allow “various illegal groups” to hold the...
Turkey's president expresses willingness to restore diplomatic ties with Syria
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that there is no obstacle preventing Turkey and Syria from restoring diplomatic ties that were cut off at the start of the Syrian civil war more than a decade ago. His comments came just days after Syrian...
The Latest | Iran-allied militants claim an attack targeting the Israeli port city of Eilat
An Iranian-backed umbrella group known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed an attack targeting the southern Israeli port city of Eilat on Wednesday. The militants are allied with Yemen's Houthi rebels, who are suspected of attacking a ship in the Gulf of Aden the same day. ...
'Teflon Mark' Rutte set to bring consensus-building skills from Dutch politics as next NATO chief
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Over the course of more than a dozen years at the top of Dutch politics, Mark Rutte got to know a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious coalition partners. Now he's on track to bring the experience of leading four Dutch multiparty governments to the...
G7 summit opens with deal to use Russian assets for Ukraine as Italy flexes its right-wing muscles
BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (AP) — A Group of Seven summit opened Thursday with agreement reached on a U.S. proposal to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets as collateral, giving Kyiv a strong show of support even as Europe's political chessboard shifts to the right. ...
