US authorities have sentenced Lebanese businessman Kassim Tajideen to five years in prison and ordered a fine of $50 million on suspicion of financing Hezbollah.
US authorities have sentenced Lebanese businessman Kassim Tajideen to five years in prison and ordered a fine of $50 million on suspicion of financing Hezbollah.
A series of explosions rocked an ammunition depot in Turkey's Hatay province, near the Syrian border, early Friday and nearby homes were evacuated but there were no reports of casualties, Turkish broadcaster NTV said. The cause of the blasts, at around 3:30 am (0030 GMT) in Hatay's Reyhanli...
The Turkish Central Bank has dismissed its chief economist Hakan Kara and some department managers after a decision by the bank's assembly, a document seen by Reuters showed Friday. Among those dismissed were the bank's research and monetary policy general manager Pinar Ozlu and markets...