October 7, 2024

ANKARA: Southeast Asian allies South Korea and the Philippines on Monday agreed to form a bilateral “strategic partnership” to enhance cooperation in security, economy, energy, and other areas. During their summit in the capital Manila, visiting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed

ISTANBUL: Trkiye’s benchmark stock index, BIST 100, opened with a 0.51% increase on Monday, rising by 46.43 points to reach 9,155.77. The index closed on Friday with a 2.37% gain, ending at 9,109.34 points and recording a daily trading volume of 78 billion Turkish liras ($2.29 billion). As of 10.45

ISTANBUL: New orders in Germany’s manufacturing sector fell by 5.8% in August compared to the previous month, according to data released Monday by the federal statistical authority Destatis. On an annual basis, orders were down 3.9%, with Destatis attributing the decrease to a high volume of large orders for transport

ISTANBUL: House prices in the UK rose by 4.7% year-on-year in September, marking the highest annual increase since November 2022, finance firm Halifax announced Monday. On a monthly basis, prices edged up by 0.3% in September, with the average property price reaching £293,399 ($384,500), up from £292,540 in August and

ISTANBUL: Israel has long been renowned for its ability to shape public discourse pertaining to its behavior toward the Palestinians, particularly in the West. Its greatest public relations triumph is undoubtedly the manner with which it managed the media treatment of its response to Oct. 7 in North America and

ISTANBUL: Television host Bassem Youssef stars as a fictional International Criminal Court (ICC) judge passing judgment on Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the satirical song “Bibi’s Trial,” which has garnered hundreds of thousands of likes and reviews. Directed by filmmaker Bassel Nasser and produced by Ali Shehata and Yousef