The Strait of Messina Bridge would measure nearly 3.7 kilometers (2.2 miles), with the suspended span reaching 3.3 kilometers (more than 2 miles), surpassing Turkey's Canakkale Bridge, currently the longest, by 1,277 meters (4,189 feet). With three car lanes in each direction flanked by ...
... the group had ordered 15,000 pagers. Only 8,000 arrived, and nearly half were distributed to members. Others destined for Lebanon were intercepted in Turkey days after the attack when Hezbollah tipped off officials there. Hezbollah's investigation into how its communications networks were infiltrated found that the purchase ...
Sunday's visit was swiftly condemned as an incitement by Palestinian leaders as well as Jordan, the Al-Aqsa Mosque's custodian, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. The Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired three drones at Israel; Israel's military said a “suspicious aerial target launched from Yemen” was ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Timberlake has been diagnosed with Lyme disease, the former NSYNC star said on Instagram Thursday. Timberlake shared the news in a post commemorating his Forget Tomorrow tour, which wrapped in Turkey on Wednesday, adding that the disease “can be relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically.” The ...
... Southern Europe and the Balkans, searing heat, dry conditions and strong winds are fueling deadly fires and prompting evacuations in places like Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. Wildfires there have threatened Turkey's fourth largest city of Bursa, forcing more than 3,000 people to flee. The Forestry Ministry says three ...
Millions more fled to Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Europe. The Assad dynasty manipulated sectarian tensions to stay in power, a legacy driving renewed violence in Syria against minority groups, despite promises that the country’s new leaders will carve out a political future for Syria that includes and represents all ...
... European countries, would go to Ukraine. Trump hardened his stance toward Moscow after months of frustration with Putin about unsuccessful talks for a ceasefire. Trump gave Russia until early September to agree to a ceasefire. Guzel reported from Istanbul, Turkey. Associated Press writers Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey; Katie M
... will lead to reconciliation and stability in the province." Talks were ongoing in Jordan for a long-term truce. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of neighboring Turkey, who has been involved in regional talks for a ceasefire in southern Syria, said 2,500 "lightly armed" government forces will be granted permission ...
... said he does not believe the violence in Sweida will derail those talks and that there could be a breakthrough "in the coming weeks." Neighboring Turkey, which wants to curtail the influence of Kurdish groups along its border and has tense relations with Israel, has offered to provide defense assistance ...
... community in Israel, where they are seen as a loyal minority and often serve in the Israeli military. A truce mediated by the U.S., Turkey and Arab countries was announced Wednesday. Under the accord, Druze factions and clerics were to maintain the internal security in Sweida as government forces ...
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