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US Charge d’Affaires in Ankara Jeffrey Hovenier (L) speaks to reporters as US Istanbul Consulate Mete Cantürk, the suspect in trial over alleged links to FETÖ, leaves the courtroom in Istanbul’s Çağlayan Courthouse. (DHA Photo) A Turkish court ruled on Tuesday to release U.S. Consulate General employee Nazmi Mete Cantürk from house arrest due to […]

Dressed in military fatigues, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announces the failed coup on TV on June 23, 2019.(AP) Ethiopia’s army chief of staff and the regional president of the northern state of Amhara were killed in two related attacks when a general tried to seize control of Amhara in an attempted coup, the Prime Minister’s […]

RIYADH (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi movement launched an attack on Abha civilian airport in southern Saudi Arabia on Sunday that killed one person and wounded 21 others, the Saudi-led coalition battling the group in Yemen said.  Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV earlier said that the Iran-aligned movement had targeted Abha and Jizan airports in the south of […]

Jared Kushner’s Middle East peace plan has been rejected by the Palestinian leadership [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters] The United States has revealed a proposal to create a $50bn global investment fund for the Palestinians and neighbouring Arab states, designed to be the economic engine of the long-awaited US Middle East peace plan. The plan was posted on the White House website […]

Migrants shield themselves from dust while being detained after crossing to the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border barrier in May in El Paso, Texas. Joe Biden was critical of President Donald Trump’s policies, and the rhetoric behind them. | Mario Tama/Getty Images Former Vice President Joe Biden criticized President Trump’s “racist invective” and called […]

Ekrem Imamoglu declared victory after initial results showed he won a clear majority [Huseyin Aldemir/Reuters] Istanbul, Turkey – In a major blow to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidate Ekrem Imamoglu has declared victory in the rerun of Istanbul’s mayoral election, after initial results showed he was set for a clear […]

The official Ethiopian government news media the Ethiopian broadcasting corporation – EBC reported there was a failed coup detat attempt in one of the regional states of Amhara state. Negussu Telahun, spokesman for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, told the state Television Ethiopian broadcasting corporation – EBC, there was an organized attempt to overthrow the regional […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reads a letter from President Donald Trump. | Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP PYONGYANG, North Korea — President Donald Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a letter, a government-controlled news agency reported Sunday. Kim “said with satisfaction that the letter is of excellent content,” […]

Xi and Kim wave from an open-top limousine as they travel along a street in Pyongyang [Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP Photo] The leaders of North Korea and China lauded their two nations’ historic ties on Friday, as Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up a two-day visit to Pyongyang amid stalled talks with the United States over the North’s nuclear programme. Kim Jong Un told […]