Turkey: 52 FETO terror suspects arrested in raids
A total of 52 suspects linked to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the terror group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey, were arrested in…
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Candidate in upcoming Iraq elections claims ‘to be a prophet’
Baghdad – In a peculiar case, a candidate for parliamentary elections in the province of Dhi Qar claimed to be a prophet in order to win…
Turkey condemns Juncker’s statements on detained Greek soldiers
The Foreign Ministry has rejected as “hypocritical” statements by European Union Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker regarding two detained Greek soldiers in Turkey. “With these remarks…
Iran releases messaging app Soroush to replace Telegram
The Iranian government has officially released a mobile messaging app in a bid to encourage users to abandon the currently banned Telegram messenger. Soroush, a homegrown app…
BP ink Azerbaijan exploration deal with SOCAR
BP has announced today that it has signed a production sharing agreement (PSA) with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic for exploration rights to…
Amazon surprises Wall Street with huge profits, optimistic outlook
Amazon.com Inc’s march in retail and cloud computing showed no sign of slowing on Thursday, as the company reported a surge in first-quarter sales and…
For Iraq, Bombing ISIS in Syria Was the Easy Part
The Iraqi air force sortied high-tech F-16 fighter jets armed with laser-guided bombs to strike suspected Islamic State forces near the town of Al Shaddi…
Iran media confirms arrest of British-Iranian scientist
Iranian media confirmed on Thursday that Abbas Edalat, a British-Iranian scientist and peace campaigner, has been arrested for his alleged role in an “infiltration network”….
EU customs deal modelled on Turkey would reduce UK to ‘semi-colonial’ status after Brexit
Mehmet Ogutcu, who previously worked as an advisor to former Turkish Prime Minister Turgut Ozal, said Turkey’s decision to strike a customs union deal with…
US should allow France to lead the way on Syria war
France and the US may have worked together to strike the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons infrastructure on April 13, but the two countries have had…