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Albanian premier due in Turkey for talks on Wednesday

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama will pay an official visit to Turkey on Jan. 6 on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's invitation, Turkey's Communications Directorate said on Tuesday. In a statement, the directorate said bilateral relations between Turkey and Albania as well as steps...

Israeli firm in Gaza extracts drinking water from air

The densely populated Gaza Strip has long lacked sufficient drinking water, but a new project helps ease the shortage with a solar-powered process to extract potable water straight from the air. Unusually, the project operating in the Islamist-run Palestinian enclave, which has been...

Turkey's social divides laid bare in Netflix hit

One is a headscarf-wearing cleaning lady from the poor suburbs of Istanbul, the other a jet-setting psychiatrist who breaks glass ceilings and harbours suspicions about conservative Islam. Together, the two women make for a compelling story in a hit Netflix series that has pushed...

Turkey: Arms, ammunition of PKK terrorists seized

A huge cache of arms and ammunition was seized by Turkish security forces following an operation in the country's southeastern region against PKK, a terrorist organization, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. Gendarmerie forces carried out search activity after the Yildirim-1 Cudi...