ISTANBUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Thirteen Turkish soldiers were killed and 48 wounded on Saturday in a car bomb blast that targeted a bus transporting them in the central city of Kayseri, the army said. The soldiers — all low-ranking privates and non-commissioned officers — had been given permission for leave from the commando headquarters in the […]
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Turkish army says 13 soldiers killed
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Iran summons British envoy in Syria tit for tat
TEHRAN, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Iran summoned the top British diplomat in Tehran for the second time this month to complain about criticism of its actions in Syria, state television reported on Saturday. The move came after British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called in the Russian and Iranian ambassadors in London on Thursday to express his “profound […]
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S. Korea protests switch focus to impeachment court
SEOUL, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – Protesters began gathering in the streets of Seoul for the eighth straight week Saturday, pushing their demands for the swift and permanent removal of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-Hye. Organisers said the mass rally would march on the Constitutional Court whose nine justices are considering the validity of the impeachment bill […]
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Obama: Syria’s Assad, Russia and Iran have blood on hands
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – President Barack Obama declared Friday that Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime, Iran and Russia are responsible for the carnage in Aleppo and argued there was nothing Washington could have done to stop the war, short of a military takeover of Syria. And he warned Assad, who has been engaged in a brutal civil […]
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Obama cautions Trump over provoking China on Taiwan issue
WASHINGTON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – US President Barack Obama warned his successor Donald Trump on Friday against provoking a “very significant” response from China by reaching out to Taiwan. Trump has broken with four decades of US diplomacy by suggesting Washington’s “One China” stance may be reviewed and by accepting a call from Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen. […]
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China protests Dalai Lama meeting with Indian president
BEIJING, (MILLAT+APP/AFP) – China has objected to the Dalai Lama meeting with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee earlier this month, saying the talks had negatively impacted ties between the Asian neighbours. The Tibetan spiritual leader met with Mukherjee at the Indian presidential palace in New Delhi during a child welfare summit attended by Nobel laureates and […]