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Updated September 3, 2023 at 3:41 p.m. EDT|Published September 3, 2023 at 2:02 a.m. EDT Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov attends a news conference in Kyiv, on Monday, Aug. 28. (Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP/Getty Images)Ukraine is replacing its defense minister with a former member of parliament after a year and a half…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Vladimir Putin on Monday, hoping to persuade the Russian leader to rejoin a deal allowing Ukraine to safely export grain. Moscow withdrew from the agreement in July. But Putin made it clear that the initiative would not be restored right…

By ZeroHedge - Aug 29, 2023, 2:00 PM CDT Erdogan announced a trip to Russia to restore the expired Black Sea grain deal, a move likely to attract scrutiny from the West due to ongoing tensions with Russia over Ukraine. The Black Sea Grain Deal's expiration in July has contributed…

The United States dispatched its flagship aircraft carrier strike group to southern Turkey last week in the latest sign of rapprochement between the two NATO allies.  US Ambassador to Turkey Jeff Flake hosted Selcuk Bayraktar, CEO of Turkey’s homegrown drone manufacturer Baykar and son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, onboard…

Author of the article: Published Aug 21, 2023  •  Last updated Aug 22, 2023  •  3 minute read UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Monday called unauthorized construction by Turkish Cypriots inside the U.N. buffer zone dividing Cyrus a violation of the status quo that is contrary…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is planning to visit South Asia in August, and one of his destinations will be Islamabad, Pakistan. The visit is scheduled to take place in the first week of the upcoming month. Accompanying President Erdogan will be a high-level delegation, including Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postponed his travel to Cyprus and Turkey scheduled for this week after having a pacemaker inserted on Saturday night. “The prime minister must be under observation, as is standard for such a procedure,” Netanyahu’s spokesman Topaz Luk said. “The visits will be rescheduled soon.” Netanyahu underwent…

The Ukrainian leader said he had spoken with the NATO chief and the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a key mediator between Russia and Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began last February. A member of a Ukrainian assault unit taking cover from drones and shelling at a frontline position in…

How unloading of oil from FSO Safer is defusing Red Sea’s ticking ecological time bomb JEDDAH: The risks of an ecological and humanitarian catastrophe happening off the coast of Yemen are receding as a UN-led operation to pump more than a million barrels of crude oil out of an abandoned…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on an official visit to the country Photos: WAM By WAM Published: Thu 20 Jul 2023, 3:49 PM Last updated: Thu 20 Jul 2023, 5:15 PM Turkey's First Lady Emine Erdogan visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Accompanying the First Lady and her accompanying…