ISTANBUL: Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus on Monday said Trkiye is “dismayed by the ongoing artificial intelligence-assisted genocide in Gaza.” “We are appalled by reports revealing how technology is being intentionally misused by Israel to conduct indiscriminate attacks on civilians. “This techno-brutality, which reduces the lives of Palestinians to sole

KAMPALA: Uganda and a Turkish company signed a deal on Monday to construct a 272-kilometer railway, marking a significant step toward improving transportation infrastructure in East Africa. The railway, designed to enhance both speed and cargo capacity, is expected to strengthen Uganda’s links to regional trade routes, including the Indian

ISTANBUL: Taiwan on Monday ‘strongly condemned’ the joint-military drills by China around the island nation, calling them ‘irrational’ and ‘provocative.’ The Defense Ministry said it ‘will deploy appropriate forces to respond and defend our national sovereignty’ against the Joint Sword-2024B exercises by Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). A statement by

Cyprus has won its first Grand Slam medal in judo in Abu Dhabi. The 20-year-old judoka Zanet Michaelidou won the bronze medal in the -78kg category, making history. At the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, Cypriot judo won two 9th places with Petros Christodoulides (-66kg) and Odysseas Georgakis (-81kg). Michaelidou wrote

ANKARA : Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday said that further war and chaos in the Middle East are not in the interests of any party, reiterating his call for a cease-fire in Gaza. During a phone call with his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz, Beijing’s top diplomat said the

ISTANBUL: Palestinians suffered ‘another night of horror’ in the Gaza Strip after two deadly Israeli strikes in the enclave, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said Monday. Four people were killed and 40 other injured when Israeli warplanes hit a hospital courtyard in the central city of Deir al-Balah,