One month after the conclusion of the Karabakh war, President Ilham Aliyev
organized a bombastic military parade in Baku on December 10, with the
participation of his big brother, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey. The
speakers at the parade did not confine themselves to the military achievem…
The U.S. added fewer Covid-19 cases than in previous days, but hospitalizations
hit another record, following a Thanksgiving holiday that was the busiest travel
period in the country since the pandemic began.
Turks are piling into gold, long their favorite investment, as the country’s
financial system unravels. The average daily volume of gold sold at the Grand
Bazaar in Istanbul shot up to 4,500 pounds from about 450 pounds.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended Muslim prayers in the Hagia Sophia two
weeks after he declared the building—a museum for the past 86 years—a mosque
again in a controversial move aimed at reviving nationalist sentiment.
A string of Turkish companies have accumulated debt of about $2 billion to
Russian state energy giant PAO Gazprom, according to people familiar with the
matter, liability that could hinder Ankara’s drive to reduce its reliance on
Russian natural gas, in part by boosting imports from the U.S.
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Turkey is taking steps to stem a backlash against the nearly four million
displaced people from war-ravaged Syria, whose presence and a badly faltering
economy have stoked anger at President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey is providing military assistance to Libyan authorities that has allowed
the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli to contain the advance of a powerful
militia commander but also opened a deadly new front in conflicts pitting Ankara
against Middle East rivals.
Russia’s president and his Turkish counterpart discussed in Moscow how to divide
up control of northern Syria when U.S. troops leave, highlighting Washington’s
diminished say in Syrian affairs.
Early Wednesday morning, French police conducted a raid in a suburb north of
Paris targeting several men they suspect were linked to the deadly Friday
attacks.
A group of cybersecurity experts say they have unearthed ties between an
American hacker who maintains a neo-Nazi website and an internet campaign to
smear Emmanuel Macron days before he was elected president of France.
The Russian programmer arrested in Spain on accusations of cyber fraud operated
a vast network of compromised computers for malicious purposes, U.S. authorities
allege.
Police detained a man Friday for locking himself in the bathroom of a Thalys
bullet train parked in Rotterdam’s train station, prompting authorities to
evacuate the area.
Militants seized hostages, including some Americans, at a Western-operated
energy field in Algeria, fanning fears of violence amid France’s efforts in
Mali.
The daughter of Col. Moammar Gadhafi gave birth to a baby girl in Algeria just
hours after fleeing Libya with her mother and other members of the elusive
Libyan leader’s kin, according to Algerian government officials.
A group of 16 wealthy French urged the government to create a one-time levy on
the nation’s richest taxpayers, saying they wish to stand by their country amid
hardships.
Tunisia’s deposed president goes on trial Monday—providing the first public
accounting of the practices of a ruler whose autocratic style launched the Arab
Spring revolution.