October 13, 2024

ANKARA: North Korea on Sunday warned that South Korea will face a “horrible disaster” if the latter’s drones are flown again over Pyongyang. The fresh warning, another indication of heightened tensions between the two arch-rivals, was thrown by Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, according

ANKARA: In a series of pre-dawn airstrikes on Sunday, Israeli warplanes targeted multiple locations in southern Lebanon, causing significant destruction, according to the Lebanese National News Agency. At approximately 3:45 a.m., an airstrike leveled the historic old mosque in the center of the town of Kfar Tibnit, completely destroying the

ANKARA: Sam Hou Fai was elected Sunday as the new chief executive of China’s Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR), securing an overwhelming majority, according to China’s state-run Xinhua News. Sam secured 394 votes out of 398 valid ballots cast, announced Song Man Lei, president of the Electoral Affairs Commission for

ANKARA: Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Sunday lashed out at the opposition for not supporting the growing calls for a cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon. Wong said that the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, is ‘extreme’ for not supporting Middle East cease-fire calls, local broadcaster SBS News reported. Wong’s comments

ANKARA: The world’s top sporting governing bodies such as FIFA for football, FIBA in basketball, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are still silent on Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip as the war entered its second year on Oct. 7. Israeli clubs, national teams, and athletes have been eligible

ISTANBUL: Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza a year ago, public criticism of Israel in the West has come with increasing risks, especially on social media. Academics have been targeted, with some facing investigations and others subjected to online backlash for expressing their opposition to the Israeli government.