ISTANBUL: Testimony from released Palestinian prisoners shows how Israeli authorities have turned more than a dozen prison facilities into places where Palestinian detainees waste away, with food rations cut to starvation levels.
A freed Palestinian …
ANKARA: The Israeli army killed 24 more Palestinians in attacks in the Gaza Strip, taking the overall death toll to 39,677 since last Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Wednesday.
A ministry statement added that some 91,645 others hav…
ISTANBUL: El Salvador needs to make more efforts to enhance Bitcoin transparency and mitigate its risks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday in a report.
“On Bitcoin, while many of the risks have not yet materialized, there is joint …
ISTANBUL: Microsoft’s charitable giving platform has featured organizations based in illegal Israeli settlements, including one that supports the Israeli military, while removing the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), prompting an internal pe…
ANKARA: North Korea will send nearly 300,000 young people to ‘live and rebuild’ in a major flood-hit zone along the Chinese border, NK News reported Wednesday, citing the Korean Central News Agency.
It is part of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s rec…
ANKARA: Taiwan is planning to boost its defense spending by 6% to $19.76 billion next year, President William Lai Ching-te has said.
Lai proposed the plan to spend NT$647 billion ($19.76 billion) on defense next year, Focus Taiwan reported on Wednesd…
