13+ hour, 39+ min ago   (356+ words) ISTANBUL – Turkish authorities have detained at least 47 people following a series of raids on the offices of LGBTQ+ associations in a probe into prostitution and obscenity, prosecutors said. The crackdown is part of a campaign that the government says is…...

4+ day, 20+ min ago   (180+ words) ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said on Thursday that there were no discussions about a military reaction from Islamabad under the Mecca agreement in response to the Houthis' attacks on Saudi Arabia, but added that Pakistan would act when the "time comes". The…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (742+ words) ANKARA – Turkey will soon begin drilling a challenging oil-targeted well in the western Black Sea, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday. “We will soon begin drilling an oil-targeted well in the western Black Sea. It will be a difficult…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (732+ words) LONDON – Iraq is pressing OPEC+ for a substantial increase in its oil production quota, seeking to have future output targets calculated from a baseline of 6 million barrels per day as the group reviews how much each member can sustainably produce,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (396+ words) The United States invested in a war on Iraq without grasping the repercussions that would follow, irrespective of how brutal Saddam Hussein’s Baathist-dynastic regime was. What we witness today is the blowback of that war against those who launched it…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (915+ words) ANKARA – NATO member Turkey would consider taking its relations with the China and Russia-led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to a higher level, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, signalling Ankara’s interest in deepening engagement with a bloc that has become increasingly…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (281+ words) ISTANBUL – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday a mechanism is needed to permanently ensure the safety of commercial maritime transport in the Black Sea before a grain crisis escalates. Earlier this week, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Turkey…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (293+ words) ISTANBUL - Two Turkish-flagged commercial vessels collided off Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara on Wednesday and one of the ships, which had 10 crew on board, is believed to have sunk, the Istanbul governor's office and Turkish maritime affairs authority said....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (637+ words) RABAT – Morocco is set to acquire two Dutch unmanned surface vessels to bolster its ability to conduct anti-submarine warfare, counter naval mines and monitor its coastal waters, as Rabat accelerates the integration of autonomous systems into its armed forces. The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (95+ words) Erdogan: Turkey will take steps for new power plants with Russia middle-east-online.com Erdogan: Turkey will take steps for new power plants with Russia ISTANBUL - Turkey will take steps for new power plant projects with Russia, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan…...