Istanbul: Members of a banned leftist group took a prosecutor hostage in his office Tuesday inside a courthouse in Istanbul, authorities said. Police said negotiators were speaking to two militants in attempts to end the
New Delhi: India today discussed with Turkey the issue of its 39 hostages in war-torn Iraq as also increasing threat of Islamic Militant outfit ISIS in the region.External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today held compressive
London: Three British teens who were believed to be on their way to Syria to join militants there were detained in Turkey and quickly returned to the UK and arrested on suspicion of planning terrorist
Ankara: Turkey said on Thursday that it has detained an intelligence agent suspected of helping three British schoolgirls escape to Syria through Turkey, to join the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, according to media reports.Turkish
Bengaluru: Nine persons, who had reached Istanbul on tourist visas from Bengaluru, were detained by Turkish authorities while they were trying to cross over to Syria, and deported to India with police here stating it
Hyderabad: Wanting to join the terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a 19-year-old woman from the city who was residing in Qatar had flown to Turkey from there, but changed her mind
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu today held talks on a range of bilateral, regional and global issues and favoured stepping up the two-way engagement in diverse areas.
Istanbul: A Turkish intelligence official says authorities believe the common law wife of one of the gunmen behind the attacks in France came through Turkey days before and may have crossed into Syria.The official told
Jerusalem: On the eve of a trip to the Middle East, Pope Francis is urging religious and political leaders to speak out against attacks on Christians by Islamic State extremists.In an interview published on Friday,
Mashantucket: Competitive eater Joey Chestnut has won a turkey-eating contest in Connecticut, setting a record by devouring an entire bird.Ten contestants vied to see who could eat the most of a 20-pound (9-kilogram) turkey in
Another day, another goal, and another group selfie from Brazilian sensation Neymar. The Barcelona forward scored twice for his country on Wednesday night as they continue to build from their 2014 World Cup travesty on home
Ankara: Turkey and Iraq have mutually abolished visa requirements during a visit by Iraq's new Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to Ankara Wednesday.Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Iraq's al-Jaafari signed a protocol for lifting visa
Ankara: Turkish government Tuesday said the Iraqi Kurdish forces could cross its territory into Syria at any moment to fight against Islamic State (IS)."There is no political problem in deploying Peshmerga forces of Iraqi Kurdish
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday greeted Turkey on the eve of its national day and expressed confidence that bilateral relations between the two countries will deepen as time progresses.In his message to Recep Tayyip
Ankara: Three Turkish soldiers were killed in a raid staged by rebels of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in southeast Turkey Saturday, the Turkish armed forces said in a statement.Three PKK militants attacked Turkish
Ankara: Turkey and Singapore have signed a strategic partnership agreement to boost economic, political and cultural cooperation, as well as security collaboration, during the official visit of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong here."We (Turkey
Santiago, Chile: U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Saturday the U.S. is making “considerable progress” in its negotiations with Turkey over the plan to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels in their fight against
Ankara: Turkey tried to strengthen security measures along the Turkish-Syrian border so as to confront threats from the Islamic State (IS) militant organisation in Syria by sending a dozen of military tanks to its southeastern
Damascus: Syria's Deputy Foreign Faisal Mekdad said on Saturday that the recent decision of the Turkish government to join the US-led anti-terror coalition was "a huge deception", the state news agency SANA reported.The Turkish government
Ankara: Turkey will continue to support Macedonia's aspiration to join NATO and the European Union (EU), Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday."Turkey supports Macedonia for NATO membership and will continue to do so.
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