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Bomb threat forces Vistara airline plane en route to Frankfurt to land in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Vistara airline flight en route to Germany from India made a forced landing in Turkey on Friday following a bomb threat, Turkish officials said. Flight VTI027 from Mumbai to Frankfurt, with 234 passengers and 13 crew members on board, landed at the airport...
Ukraine gets a new chief diplomat as the war with Russia enters a critical phase
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament approved the appointment of a new foreign minister Thursday, two lawmakers said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought to breathe fresh life into his administration with the war against Russia poised for what could be a pivotal phase. ...
Egypt's president makes his first visit to Turkey as relations thaw
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The presidents of Turkey and Egypt on Wednesday found common ground on the war in Gaza as they continued to mend long-strained relations, emphasizing the need for a permanent cease-fire and guaranteed delivery of humanitarian aid. Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
A lawyer denies a Kosovo man's alleged ties to Mossad
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A lawyer representing the family of a man from Kosovo who was arrested in Turkey for allegedly transferring money to Mossad operatives there insisted on Wednesday that the suspect is innocent and offered the family's cooperation in the investigation. The...
Turkey wants to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies, official confirms
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A senior official on Tuesday confirmed a report that Turkey wants to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies but stopped short of declaring that the NATO country had formally applied for membership. The Bloomberg news agency reported Monday that Turkey had...
Suspect arrested in Turkey for allegedly transferring money to Mossad operatives, report says
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish police have arrested a suspect believed to have been transferring money to operatives from Israel's Mossad intelligence agency in Turkey, the state-run news agency reported Tuesday. The suspect, identified as Liridon Rexhepi from Kosovo, entered Turkey...
Dozens of exotic animals seized at Turkish border
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish customs officials in the northwestern city of Edirne discovered dozens of exotic animals being smuggled into Turkey from Greece. State-run Anadolu Agency reported that the mid-sized sedan with Greek license plates was carrying three kangaroos, three alpacas...
Afghan taekwondo para-athlete makes history with the first medal for the Refugee Paralympic Team
PARIS (AP) — Zakia Khudadadi made history on Thursday at the Paris Paralympics by becoming the first athlete from the Refugee Paralympic Team to win a medal. Khudadadi won bronze in the women's 47kg category after defeating Turkey’s Ekinci Nurcihan. When the final buzzer sounded...
Turkey hosts meeting with Iraq, Qatar and UAE on multibillion-dollar infrastructure hub
ISTANBUL (AP) — Transport ministers from Turkey, Iraq, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are meeting in Istanbul on Thursday to discuss a multibillion-dollar regional transportation project designed to ease the movement of goods from Asia to Europe through Iraq. The proposed $20...
Smugglers throwing migrants off speedboats in Aegean Sea to avoid arrest, says Greek coast guard
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Smugglers ferrying migrants from Turkey to Greece's eastern islands have in two cases adopted the new and dangerous tactic of knocking some passengers off their speedboats into the sea to avoid capture by pursuing coast guards, Greek authorities say. All eight...
