ANKARA: The Scottish National Party (SNP) has expelled a member of the Scottish Parliament following controversial comments the lawmaker made on social media about Israel’s brutal offensive on Gaza, according to press reports on Sunday. John Mason, MP for Glasgow Shettleston since 2011, wrote in an August post, “If Israel
ISTANBUL: Two people were arrested in Israel on Monday for allegedly working for Iran and ‘plotting the assassination’ of a senior Israeli official.??????? A statement by the Israel’s internal intelligence service Shin-Bet (Shabak) stated that two Israeli citizens were arrested for allegedly plotting the assassination of a senior Israeli figure.
ISTANBUL: The second phase of a polio vaccination campaign began in the war-torn Gaza Strip on Monday, the Health Ministry said. The ministry said the new phase targets children under 10 in central Gaza. This phase is scheduled to last for three days, with the possibility of extending it for
ISTANBUL: An ongoing Israeli offensive has wreaked havoc across the northern Gaza Strip amid a tight siege that has left the area’s population on the verge of starvation. The Israeli army claims that its deadly offensive in northern Gaza aims to prevent Hamas fighters from regrouping in the area. Palestinians
ANKARA: Israel is ‘undermining’ the UN and its peacekeeping force in Lebanon to give itself free rein, Ireland’s foreign minister said on Monday, ahead of the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg. Israel’s attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon aim to “drive the eyes and ears out of South
ANKARA: Sri Lanka has formally decided to apply for BRICS membership, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath announced Monday. Speaking to the diplomatic corps in the capital Colombo, Herath said the country will submit its membership request at the upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, scheduled for Oct. 23-24. Sri Lanka’s secretary
