Tag: Turkey
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Trump used ruse to fly out of Turkey after summit amid Iran threat
President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear ... -
Liverpool icon Salah arrives in Istanbul ahead of Trabzonspor move
Mohamed Salah was greeted by cheering Trabzonspor fans in Istanbul yesterday as he closed in on a move to the Turkish club. The Liverpool icon wore ... -
NATO unveils billions in arms deals to prove its firepower to Trump
NATO yesterday showcased a series of military projects worth billions of dollars in an attempt to convince President Donald Trump that U.S. allies are converting fresh defense spending into real ... -
Turkey tightens security and showcases strength and commitment ahead of NATO summit
Turkey is rolling out sweeping security measures for the upcoming NATO summit, deploying tens of thousands of police and placing air defenses on high alert, while ... -
Pope Leo XIV visits Turkey on first foreign trip for religious, political ties
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkey yesterday on his first foreign trip, fulfilling Pope Francis’ plans to mark an important Christian anniversary and bring a message ... -
NATO weighs a US demand to massively hike defense spending
NATO foreign ministers yesterday debated an American demand to massively ramp up defense investment to 5% of gross domestic product over the next seven years, as ... -
What to know about possible Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Turkey
The talks have taken place in the warring capitals of Moscow and Kyiv, from Washington and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to countries across Europe. Now, all eyes ... -
Hundreds of thousands rally in Istanbul in support of imprisoned mayor
Hundreds of thousands of protesters again congregated in Istanbul this weekend to how their support for the city’s imprisoned mayor and demand his release. Turkey’s main ... -
Turkmenistan reaches deal with Turkey to ship natural gas via Iran
Turkmenistan has struck a deal to ship natural gas to Turkey via Iran, a government daily reported yesterday [Macau time]. The official daily Neutral Tyrkmenistan said that ... -
Turkey seeks to join the BRICS bloc of emerging economies, a Kremlin official says
NATO member Turkey has applied for membership in the BRICS bloc of developing economies, a senior Kremlin official said yesterday, as Russia and China seek to ... -
Turkish soccer giant Fenerbahce announces Mourinho as coach
Former Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho was to be unveiled as the new coach of Fenerbahce yesterday, tasked with winning the club a first league title ... -
174 people stranded in the air rescued, almost a day after a fatal cable car accident in Turkey
The last of 174 people stranded in cable cars high above a mountain in southern Turkey were brought to safety Saturday, nearly 23 hours after one ... -
Underwater teams try to recover a firefighting helicopter that crashed in Turkey, killing three aboard
Underwater teams are trying to recover a helicopter that crashed in a lake over the weekend, killing three crew members, while fighting a forest fire in ... -
Putin says there will be no new grain deal until the West meets his demands
Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that the grain deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea won’t be restored until the ... -
Summit reaches agreement on admitting Sweden but faces division over Ukraine
U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday hailed an agreement for Sweden to join NATO as more work remained to determine a path forward for Ukraine’s future with ... -
Erdogan: Turkey could approve Sweden’s NATO membership if Europeans ‘open way’ to Turkey EU bid
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country could approve Sweden’s membership in NATO if European nations “open the way” to Turkey’s bid to join the ... -
Erdogan turns away reform-minded challenger to win another term
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned away a challenger who sought to reverse his authoritarian-leaning changes, securing five more years to oversee the country at the ... -
Turkey presidential election will go to runoff as Erdogan performs better than expected
Turkey’s presidential election will be decided in a runoff, election officials said yesterday, after incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan pulled ahead of his chief challenger, but fell short of ... -
Nearly MOP400,000 raised for Turkey-Syria earthquake
Caritas Macau has reportedly received nearly MOP400,000 in cash donations over the past several days since it commenced an appeal for victims of last week’s Turkey-Syria ... -
Survivors of Turkey, Syria quake struggle to stay warm, fed
Thousands who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake huddled around campfires and clamored for food and water in the bitter cold, three days after the ... -
Turkey, Syria quake deaths pass 9,500; deadliest in decade
Thinly stretched rescue teams worked through the night in Turkey and Syria, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic ... -
Quake deaths pass 5,000 as Turkey, Syria seek survivors
Rescuers raced yesterday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern ... -
Former Chelsea forward Atsu rescued after Turkey earthquake
Former Chelsea and Newcastle forward Christian Atsu was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building following the deadly earthquake that struck Turkey, the Ghana Football ... -
Powerful quake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills more than 2,300
A powerful, 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and neighboring Syria yesterday, killing more than 2,300 people and injuring thousands more as it toppled ... -
ISLAMIC STATE OFFENSIVE | Turkish troops head to Syria border as options weighed
Turkey sent busloads of troops to its border with Syria and considered military options as an Islamic State onslaught against Syrian Kurds drew Turkey deeper into ...
