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Two Swedish journalists detained in Turkey ASIA

Two Swedish journalists detained in Turkey

Police on Saturday detained two Swedish TV journalists in the sensitive Kurdish-majority province of Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey after they filmed near a military zone, a local news agency reported.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Israel names first ambassador to Turkey since 2010 ASIA

Israel names first ambassador to Turkey since 2010

Israel nominated a new ambassador to Turkey Tuesday, it’s first since the two countries normalised ties after the 2010 crisis triggered by Israel's deadly storming of a Gaza-bound ship.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey arrests head of opposition newspaper ASIA

Turkey arrests head of opposition newspaper

Turkey detained on Friday the head of the board of opposition daily Cumhuriyet, which saw nine of its staff arrested last week, the newspaper said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkish district governor dies after southeast bomb attack ASIA

Turkish district governor dies after southeast bomb attack

A Turkish district governor wounded in a bomb attack on his office in the largely Kurdish southeast has died in hospital, the state-run Anadolu Agency and other media said on Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey blasts EU over crackdown criticism ASIA

Turkey blasts EU over crackdown criticism

Turkey on Monday slammed EU criticism of its crackdown following the July 15 coup bid and warned relations were increasingly fragile as the bloc crafts a report on its stalled membership bid.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Kurdish militant group claims deadly Turkey attack ASIA

Kurdish militant group claims deadly Turkey attack

A Kurdish militant group that has carried out a string of attacks in Turkey this year on Sunday claimed a bombing on the southeastern city of Diyarbakir that killed 11.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Istanbul airport police fire warning shots at suspect motorbike INTERNATIONAL

Istanbul airport police fire warning shots at suspect motorbike

Police at Turkey's largest airport in Istanbul on Sunday fired warning shots at a motorbike that failed to stop at a security checkpoint, with the facility on high alert after the deadly June attack blamed on jihadists, local officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Islamic State claims Turkey bombing ASIA

Islamic State claims Turkey bombing

A news outlet linked to the Islamic State said its fighters staged a bombing that killed 11 people in southeastern Turkey, according to US-based monitors, after Ankara blamed Kurdish militants for the attack.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkish court jails nine staff of opposition daily ASIA

Turkish court jails nine staff of opposition daily

An Istanbul court on Saturday remanded in custody ahead of trial nine staff from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, in an intensifying crackdown a day after the leaders of the country's main pro-Kurdish party ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
20 wounded in blast near police building in Turkey ASIA

20 wounded in blast near police building in Turkey

Around 20 people were wounded when a blast struck outside a police building early Friday in Turkey's southeastern city of Diyarbakir, the centre of the country's Kurdish minority, security officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS leader urges Mosul fighters to turn ‘blood into rivers’ ASIA

IS leader urges Mosul fighters to turn ‘blood into rivers’

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi urged his fighters in an audio recording posted online on Thursday not to retreat from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, but also to invade Turkey and attack Saudi Arabia.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey detains editor, top staff at opposition newspaper ASIA

Turkey detains editor, top staff at opposition newspaper

Turkish police detained the editor and senior staff of a leading opposition newspaper on Monday over its alleged support for a failed coup in July, in a move described by a top EU politician as the crossing of a red line against freedom of expression.

4:45 AM November 25 2016