ISTANBUL: The Palestinian territories have seen an 85% drop in illiteracy rates in the last two decades, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday. In a statement marking World Literacy Day, the bureau said the illiteracy rate stood at 2.1% among Palestinians 15 and older in 2023, down
ISTANBUL: Russia on Sunday claimed it took control of a city in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Moscow continues its offensive along multiple fronts. A statement by the Defense Ministry said its forces took control of the city of Novohrodivka, located about 14 kilometers (8.6 miles) southeast of the city
ISTANBUL: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday appointed new deputy heads and advisers to the presidential office, the latest in a series of appointments in a mass government reshuffle. Two decrees were published on the website of Ukraine’s presidential office, appointing former Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk and Viktor Mykyta,
ANKARA: Three Israelis were killed in a shooting attack at the border with Jordan on Sunday, according to Israeli media. Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said a truck driver opened fire at King Hussein (Allenby) Bridge crossing between Jordan and the occupied West Bank. The Israeli Magen David Adom emergency service said
ISTANBUL: A painting exhibition by Lebanese artist Raouf Rifai met art lovers at Kelimat Art Gallery. The theme of the exhibition, ‘Humanity nourished by the history and heritage of our civilization,’ consists of a collection of Rifai’s body_abstract works. Rifai said his works ‘serve as a mirror reflecting the reality
ISTANBUL: Trkiye is actively working to facilitate the handover of the body of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, to her family for burial, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday. ‘We continue the necessary work to deliver the body of
