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Europe’s biggest hospital opens in the Turkish capital

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Europe’s biggest hospital opens in the Turkish capital

The Ankara City Hospital complex hosts eight different hospitals specializing in different fields of medicine. Ankara City Hospital yesterday started admitting patients ahead of its official opening ceremony. Dubbed Europe’s biggest hospital by officials, the enormous complex has 3,623 beds and employs 12,000 members of staff The Ankara City Hospital, the latest addition to Turkey’s […]

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ICJ to rule on Iran’s legal claim to recover $2bn frozen in US Tehran says it owns $2bn in frozen assets, but US court ruled cash must be given to victims of attacks blamed on Iran.

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ICJ to rule on Iran’s legal claim to recover $2bn frozen in US Tehran says it owns $2bn in frozen assets, but US court ruled cash must be given to victims of attacks blamed on Iran.

In 2018, the ICJ court ruled that the US must lift sanctions on humanitarian goods to Iran [Yves Herman/Reuters] On Wednesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to decide reach a verdict on a bid by Iranto recover $2bn in frozen assets that the United States says must be paid to victims of attacks it blamed […]

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Russia preparing to send 50,000 tons of wheat, other aid to North Korea: lawmaker In meeting with ambassador, Russian side also raised concerns about illegal fishing by DPRK

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Russia preparing to send 50,000 tons of wheat, other aid to North Korea: lawmaker In meeting with ambassador, Russian side also raised concerns about illegal fishing by DPRK

Russia may donate 50,000 tons of wheat to North Korea this year, a Russian lawmaker said during a meeting with DPRK ambassador to Moscow Kim Hyong Jun on Monday, as part of ongoing humanitarian assistance to the country and in response to the North’s continued food shortages. The meeting in Moscow also addressed North Korean illegal […]

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Netanyahu Fires Back at Iran: Attack Tel Aviv and ‘It’ll Be the Last Anniversary You Celebrate’

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Netanyahu Fires Back at Iran: Attack Tel Aviv and ‘It’ll Be the Last Anniversary You Celebrate’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, February 10, 2019. Credit: Emil Salman At a rally celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution, a senior Iranian commander threatened to ‘raze Tel Aviv to the ground’ if the U.S. attacks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded on Monday evening to a threat issued […]

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4 dead after military helicopter crashes in Istanbul’s Çekmeköy district

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4 dead after military helicopter crashes in Istanbul’s Çekmeköy district

AA Photo Four soldiers died after a military helicopter crashed near a residential area in Istanbul’s Çekmeköy district on the Asian side, Governor Ali Yerlikaya said Monday. Ambulances and rescue crews were immediately dispatched to Kirazlıdere neighborhood, where the crash took place. The military staff pulled from the crashed helicopter were transferred to Sancaktepe Hospital, […]

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[Column] North Korean munitions factories now used for economic development, Kim Jong-un’s shift from military-first to economy-building is clearly demonstrated

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[Column] North Korean munitions factories now used for economic development, Kim Jong-un’s shift from military-first to economy-building is clearly demonstrated

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un makes a speech on Feb. 8, the 71st anniversary of the establishment of the North Korean military, at the Ministry of People‘s Armed Forces. (Yonhap News) If the North Korean munitions factories meant for weapon production were being used to make agricultural or construction machinery, could we believe it? It’s […]

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Moon: Trump-Kim summit to produce ‘specific, substantial’ outcomes By Kim Yoo-chul

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Moon: Trump-Kim summit to produce ‘specific, substantial’ outcomes By Kim Yoo-chul

President Moon Jae-in speaks at the start of a weekly meeting with his senior presidential secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae, Monday. Yonhap President Moon Jae-in expressed the hope Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un can build off their first meeting to make “more specific and substantial progress” at their […]

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I love you’ – Sarah Formosa’s final words to her father before he was shot in Somalia

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I love you’ – Sarah Formosa’s final words to her father before he was shot in Somalia

“I love you” were the quick last words Sarah Formosa said to her father, Paul Anthony Formosa, who was shot and killed by Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group on Monday while working for a Dubai government-owned port operator in the country’s semi-autonomous Puntland region. On Sunday, the day before his killing, Paul called the father […]

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Army targets terrorists in Hama countryside, foils their infiltration attempt into military points in Idleb countryside

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Army targets terrorists in Hama countryside, foils their infiltration attempt into military points in Idleb countryside

    Hama,SANA _ Syrian Arab Army responded to terrorists’ breaches of de-escalation zone agreement with precision strikes on their movements and directions of infiltration into  military points and safe villages in Hama northern countryside and Idleb southern countryside. SANA reporter said that army units on Monday launched precision strikes on terrorist groups’ dens in the outskirts […]

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Putin’s ‘Great Society’ program: Russian government outlines 12 major National Projects

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Putin’s ‘Great Society’ program: Russian government outlines 12 major National Projects

MOSCOW, February 11. /TASS/. The Russian government has published information on its website about all the 12 National Projects, which are going to be implemented up until late 2024. The data were compiled on the basis of documents and certification from the National Projects that were approved at a session of the presidium of the […]

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