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Turkey: Parliament ratifies bill on electoral alliances

The Turkish parliament has ratified Tuesday a bill which paves the way for electoral alliances among political parties. After a 20 hours of deliberation, lawmakers approved the 26-article bill that sets up the framework for forging electoral alliances in the country. The bill,...

Thirteen dead in inferno after Turkey bus crash

ISTANBUL (AFP)- Thirteen people including children were killed and 20 others injured Tuesday when a Turkish passenger bus burst into flames after colliding with a truck in northern Anatolia, state media reported. The bus, which was travelling from Istanbul to the northern city of Tokat,...

Palestinian PM safe in Gaza after explosion near convoy

An explosion occurred on a Gaza road shortly after a convoy carrying Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah passed by on Tuesday, a border official said, but live television showed he was unhurt and attending a scheduled event. The cause of the blast was not immediately known....

Russia to begin delivering S-400 to Turkey in 2020

Russia will begin implementing the contract on the delivery of S-400 air defense systems with Turkey in early 2020, the presidential aide on military cooperation told a local television on Monday. "Turkey expressed a wish to accelerate its implementation and we managed to find the most...