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Turkey will take US bounty on senior PKK leaders cautiously: Turkish official
Nov 07, 2018 07:58Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin has described the US State Department's decision to offer rewards in exchange for information on three key figures of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group as a “late” move that the Ankara government will take “cautiously.”
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Dissident journalist dies after torture at Aal-e Saud regime's prison
Nov 07, 2018 02:43A journalist and writer in Saudi Arabia has reportedly died as a result of torture while in the custody as the regime grapples with an international crisis over the murder of prominent dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Turkish police detain 13 suspects over affiliation to Gulen movement
Nov 07, 2018 02:29Turkish security forces have arrested more than a dozen people on suspicion of affiliation to a movement led by US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the Ankara government accuses of having masterminded the July 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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President Erdogan: Turkey will not abide by US sanctions on Iran
Nov 06, 2018 09:38Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed the US for rolling back sanctions on Iran, saying Ankara will not abide by the restrictive measures against its neighbor.
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Iran's Civil Aviation Organization rejects reports of Turkey's fuel refusal to Iranian planes
Nov 04, 2018 02:57The Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CAO.IRI) has dismissed some media reports that some Iranian airliners were refused fuel in Turkey's Istanbul airports, saying there is no suspension in flights between the two countries.
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Turkey, US mutually lift sanctions on top gov't officials in sign of easing tensions
Nov 03, 2018 03:30Turkey and the United States have mutually removed sanctions on top government officials, signaling a thaw in frosty relations after the Turkish government detained American Christian pastor Andrew Brunson.
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Erdogan: Order to kill Khashoggi came from ‘highest levels’ of Saudi gov't
Nov 03, 2018 03:12Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the assassination of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul had been ordered at the "highest levels" of the Saudi government, but he does “not believe for a second” that King Salman issued the order.
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Norway summons Saudi envoy over Khashoggi murder
Nov 02, 2018 12:11Norway has summoned Saudi Arabia’s ambassador over the killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Arab kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul last month.
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Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan share stance on Middle East: FM Zarif
Oct 31, 2018 02:46Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran, Turkey and Azerbaijan have similar stances on developments in the Middle East and are determined to strengthen joint cooperation.
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UN rights chief urges intl. experts to help murdered Saudi journalist’s investigation
Oct 31, 2018 02:37United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has called for international experts to be involved in an independent investigation into the murder of prominent Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who went missing after visiting the kingdom’s consulate in Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul earlier this month.