Nov 06 Blinken caps off frantic Mideast visit with limited progress on Gaza ‘humanitarian pauses’ support By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The top U.S. diplomat hopes that pauses in the war would allow for a surge of humanitarian aid to Gaza and the release of hostages captured by Hamas during the militants' deadly Oct. 7 incursion, while also preventing the conflict… Continue reading
Oct 24 Hungary in the spotlight after Turkey approves Sweden’s bid to join NATO By Justin Spike, Associated Press The delay on Tuesday comes as Hungary remains the main hurdle to Sweden's admission into NATO after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan submitted a protocol to Turkey's parliament on Monday to approve its admission. Continue reading
Oct 23 Turkey’s Erdogan takes key step toward ratifying Sweden’s NATO admission By Suzan Fraser, Associated Press All 31 NATO allies must endorse Sweden’s membership. Turkey and Hungary have yet to ratify it. Continue reading
Oct 12 NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg presses Turkey to advance Sweden’s membership application By Lorne Cook, Associated Press Stoltenberg is pressing Turkey to quickly ratify Sweden's membership in the military organization. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said three months ago that he would help hasten the process in the Turkish parliament. Continue reading
Oct 05 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing after U.S. shoots down armed Turkish drone in Syria By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Pentagon said Thursday the U.S. military shot down an armed Turkish drone that came within 500 meters of American troops in northeastern Syria, in a rare use of force by one NATO member against another. Continue reading
Oct 01 Turkey strikes suspected Kurdish militant targets in Iraq after Ankara attack By Suzan Fraser, Associated Press Turkish warplanes carried out airstrikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq on Sunday following a suicide attack on a government building in the Turkish capital, Turkey's defense ministry announced. Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 12:09 Turkey’s Erdogan says he trusts Russia ‘just as much as I trust the West’ By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn, Teresa Cebrian Aranda The nation of Turkey sits at a crossroads of the world, and its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is its preeminent leader. Reelected to office earlier in 2023, he has now been in power for 22 years. In an exclusive interview… Continue watching
Sep 11 How a rescue team is working to bring ill researcher in Turkish cave back to the surface By Suzan Fraser, Associated Press A major rescue operation is underway in Turkey’s Taurus Mountains to bring out an American researcher who fell seriously ill nine days ago at a depth of some 1,000 meters — or about 3,000 feet — from one of world’s… Continue reading
Sep 09 Rescuers rush to save ailing U.S. researcher stuck 3,000 feet deep in a Turkish cave By Associated Press Rescue teams began the arduous process Saturday of extricating an American researcher who became seriously ill while he was 1,000 meters (3,000 feet) below the entrance of a cave in Turkey, officials said. Continue reading
Sep 06 Death toll rises to 12 in severe rainstorms hitting Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria By Associated Press Rescue teams in Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria have recovered the bodies of five more people following floods after fierce rainstorms. Continue reading