Israel is making the visa process difficult in order to reduce the number of Turkish tourists visiting Jerusalem, according to Turkish tour operators. Mehmet Esmer, the owner of Turkish-based tour company Mihmandar, said on Tuesday that Israel’s Interior Ministry has aggravated the visa...
Global energy demand is predicted to grow by more than a quarter between 2017 and 2040, according to the International Energy Agency's (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2018 on Tuesday. The IEA's report showed that population growth with an extra 1.7 billion people mostly in the urban areas of...
Uganda is carrying out anti-Ebola vaccination targeting 2,000 health and frontline workers in five districts neighboring the Democratic Republic of Congo. They include Kabarole, Bunyangabo, Kasese, Ntoroko and Bundibugyo. Uganda’s Ministry of Health estimates that every week over 20,000...
The number of Palestinians martyred increased to four Tuesday amid renewed Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, with strikes ongoing throughout the enclave. A Palestinian injured during an Israeli attack on the town of Rafah, south of Gaza, died, according to a statement by Palestinian...
Israeli fighter jets on Monday evening struck positions across the blockaded Gaza Strip in response to the launch of scores of rockets from Gaza into southern Israel, according to the Israeli army. Along with the airstrikes, Israeli artillery units shelled positions across the Hamas-run...
Iran has continued to implement the main nuclear restrictions set by its 2015 deal with major powers even as the United States reimposed sanctions against Tehran, a U.N. atomic watchdog report showed Monday. Iran has kept its stock of low-enriched uranium as well as the level to which...
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Europe against undermining transatlantic ties, following a defence spat between US President Donald Trump and French leader Emmanuel Macron. Trump had tweeted on Friday that Macron's call for a "real European army" was "insulting". The US leader's criticism...
Almost 2,000 minibus taxi drivers and conductors as well as passengers were arrested in Kenya on Monday, authorities said, as police began enforcing long-ignored road safety rules. The crackdown against the minibus taxis, known as "matatus", and buses resulted in long queues and unusually...
ber 2 ISTANBUL (AFP) - Turkey on Monday lashed out at "unacceptable" comments by the French foreign minister accusing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of playing a "political game" over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey had shared recordings linked to...
Jordanian rescuers on Monday found the body of a five-year-old girl killed in flash floods that have left a total of 13 people dead in the kingdom, the civil defense said. On Friday torrential rains swept the south of the country, forcing nearly 4,000 tourists to flee the famed desert...
Iran's armed forces will protect Iranian oil tankers against any threats, an Iranian military official said on Monday, after the United States said the ships were a "floating liability" and warned ports operators not to allow them to dock. "Iran's armed forces ... are prepared today as...
Turkey's state-run news agency says the country's coast guard has launched a search-and-rescue mission to locate 10 migrants who are reported missing after their boat sank in the Aegean Sea. Anadolu Agency says the boat went down on Monday off the coast of Dikili, in Izmir province,...
Oil producing countries should cut output by one million barrels per day to re-balance the market, Saudi Arabia's energy minister said Monday, following a drop in crude prices. "The technical analysis we reviewed yesterday shows that we need a reduction approaching one million bpd to...
It is “unacceptable” that the full circumstances behind Jamal Khashoggi's murder still remain unclear, the British foreign secretary said. Speaking ahead of his visit to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Jeremy Hunt urged Saudi officials for a full co-operation with Turkey to...
Russian president on Sunday supported the idea of forming a unified European army. "Europe is a powerful economic entity and union. For this reason, it is very natural for member countries to want to be independent and sovereign in defense and security," Vladimir Putin told Russia Today...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged on Sunday to hold accountable those responsible for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Pompeo had a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert. "The Secretary...
Health and security officials in the Gaza Strip say at least six Palestinians have been killed and six others wounded by Israeli forces who carried out a ground incursion in the besieged enclave. Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said in a statement the...
Top Saudi intelligence officials close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked a small group of businessmen last year about using private companies to assassinate Iranian enemies of the kingdom, according to three people familiar with the discussions. The Saudis inquired at a time...
Saudi Arabia, the world's top crude exporter, said Sunday it will cut oil output from next month, as major producers held a key meeting to discuss shoring up sliding prices. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih announced the kingdom was cutting its supplies by 500,000 barrels per day from...
The head of investigations at the Turkish Daily Sabah newspaper has told Al Jazeera that Jamal Khashoggi's last words were "I'm suffocating ... Take this bag off my head, I'm claustrophobic", according to an audio recording from inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi, a...
