ISTANBUL: Germany’s demand for assurances from Israel that it will not use German-supplied weapons against civilians in Gaza does not relieve it of its duty to prevent genocide, experts warned. According to German media reports, Germany recently requested that Israel provide assurances that it would not deploy German weapons against
ANTALYA: The number of foreign visitors in the touristic southwestern coastal city of Antalya has reached 15 million in 2024 as of October figures, according to a sector representative. Hakan Saatcioglu, president of the Turkish Professional Hotel Managers Association (POYD), said at its monthly meeting that the season has been
ANKARA: Turkish security forces “neutralized” five PKK/YPG terrorists in northern Syria, near the Turkish border, the country’s National Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. The terrorists were targeted in the Operation Euphrates Shield zone in northern Syria, the ministry said. Turkish authorities use the term “neutralize” to imply the terrorists in
ISTANBUL: The Lebanese group Hezbollah Tuesday claimed rocket attacks on deployments of Israeli forces in northern Israel and shooting down two drones over Lebanon. The group said its fighters targeted Israeli soldiers with rockets in the vicinity of Al-Marj military site in northern Israel. Hezbollah fighters also shelled Israeli soldiers
ISTANBUL: At least 23 people were killed and 31 injured late Tuesday in a series of violent airstrikes on several towns and regions in southern and eastern Lebanon, according to official figures. Lebanon’s official news agency reported that the strikes in the south targeted the districts of Nabatieh, Bint Jbeil
ISTANBUL: China launched a new Earth observation satellite Wednesday from northwest China, according to state news agency Xinhua. The Gaofen-12 05 satellite was sent into space at 7.45 am Beijing time (2345GMT Tuesday) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite, carried by a Long March-4C rocket, entered its planned
