Ankara lashes out at Germany, UNSC over Greece, Cyprus
Turkey lashed out left and right on Friday, accusing Germany of losing impartiality in its role as mediator between Turkey, Greece and Cyprus, and also blasting the decision by the ...
Flour docked in Lebanon not stolen from Ukraine, source at importing firm says (update)
An official at a Turkey-based grains trading company denied on Friday that barley and flour aboard a ship docked in a Lebanese port had been stolen from Ukraine, saying the ...
Firefighters contain wildfire in southwestern Turkey near hotel, residential area (Update)
Firefighters succeeded in containing a wildfire close to residential areas in southwestern Turkey, the national forestry authority said on Friday.
The regional forestry authority of Mugla province said the blaze, ...
‘WAGatha Christie’ libel trial ends in defeat for devastated Vardy
Coleen Rooney, wife of former England soccer captain Wayne, emerged victorious in her high-profile libel match with the spouse of an ex-teammate after a High Court judge agreed that Rebekah ...
Cyprus gets underwater robot
Police on Friday took delivery of an underwater remotely operated vehicle camera donated by the United States under the CYCLOPS programme, a US-funded security training facility for the eastern Mediterranean.
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Dubai real estate sales surge 60 per cent as investors, Russians snap up property
Dubai’s red-hot property market surged in the first half of the year as investors piled in, with Russians among the top five buyers as the emirate benefits from an ...
Euro zone inflation hits yet another record high after big jump
Euro zone inflation rose to another record high in July and its peak could still be months away, keeping pressure on the European Central Bank to opt for another big ...
As Lebanese staple runs short, tempers flare at bakeries
Mohamed Abu Khodr had been waiting for hours outside a Beirut bakery in hopes of buying two bags of subsidised bread he needs to feed his family. But there was ...
Russia says Ukraine struck prison in Donetsk region, killing 40
Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday that Ukraine struck a prison in the separatist-held territory with U.S.-made HIMARS rockets, killing 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war and leaving 75 wounded.
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NatWest boosts investor payouts even as inflation gathers pace
British bank NatWest (NWG.L) raised its full-year guidance and made a bumper payout to shareholders on Friday after rising interest rates lifted its finances, despite runaway inflation threatening to ...
Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever talks on out-of-court deal on Israeli dispute break down
Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company Unilever Plc (ULVR.L) did not reach an out-of-court agreement on a dispute over the sale of the ice cream maker’s ...
Russia tasks Wagner Group mercenaries with frontline sectors as infantry losses mount
Russia has tasked mercenaries to hold sections of the frontline in Ukraine in a sign it is running short of combat infantry, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said on Friday, ...
Giant video screen falls on boyband Mirror dancers at Hong Kong concert
A big video panel fell onto a stage during a concert by Hong Kong boyband Mirror on Thursday, injuring at least two dancers, one of them seriously, and prompting authorities ...
Kentucky floods kill 8, death toll expected to rise
Flooding in eastern Kentucky has caused at least eight deaths, Governor Andy Beshear said and the death toll is expected to reach double digits as water continues to rise.
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Ukraine bombs Russian forces in the south, missiles hit near Kyiv
Ukraine stepped up its counter-attacks against Russian forces in the south while Moscow bombed Kyiv’s outskirts for the first time in weeks as Europe’s biggest conflict since World ...
Thousands of dead migrant seabirds wash up on Canada shore, avian flu suspected
The carcasses of thousands of migrant seabirds have washed up on the shores of eastern Canada this week and preliminary findings showed that the birds died of avian flu.
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Ukraine steps up drive to retake Russian-controlled south with air strikes (Updated)
Ukraine stepped up its drive to retake its Russian-controlled south by trying to bomb and isolate Russian troops in hard-to-resupply areas, but it said on Thursday it saw evidence that ...
As party members decide, Truss has upper hand in contest to be Britain’s new PM
Few members of the governing Conservative Party supported foreign secretary Liz Truss when the leadership contest began this month, but now there’s a sense of inevitability that she will ...
U.N. says details for safe Ukraine grain shipments still being worked out
U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Thursday he was hopeful that the first shipment of grain from a Ukrainian Black Sea port could take place as early as ...
Don’t ‘play with fire’ over Taiwan, China’s Xi warns in call with Biden
Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned against playing with fire over Taiwan in a call with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday, highlighting Beijing’s concerns about a possible visit ...
U.S. on the brink of recession as GDP contracts again in second quarter
The U.S. economy unexpectedly contracted in the second quarter, with consumer spending growing at its slowest pace in two years and business spending declining, raising the risk that the ...
Russia fines WhatsApp, media regulator asks for Novaya Gazeta’s registration to be revoked
A Russian court on Thursday fined Meta Platforms Inc’s META.O WhatsApp messenger, Snapchat owner Snap Inc SNAP.Nand other foreign firms for their alleged refusal to store the ...
European stocks trim gains on some downbeat earnings
European shares came off session highs on Thursday, as a slew of downbeat earnings including from Santander took the shine off a global rally driven by easing worries about the ...
Turkish lira edges closer to 18 against dollar
Turkey’s lira weakened further on Wednesday to near 18.0 against the dollar and the record lows it hit late last year as worries about the government’s foreign exchange policy ...