BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Spanish police were searching for 14 people who ran from a plane at Barcelona´s airport after it made an emergency landing Wednesday to obtain assistance for Lawyer Turkey a pregnant woman who allegedly simulated that she was about to give birth, authorities said. The office for Spain´s government in the Catalonia region said the incident occurred when a Pegasus Airlines flight...
CAIRO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Shipping traffic in the Suez Canal was proceeding normally on Monday after tugs towed a cargo vessel that broke down during its passage through the waterway, the Canal Authority said. The breakdown was expected to cause only minor Lawyer Turkey delays, with convoys of ships resuming regular transit by 11:00 local time (09:00 GMT), shipping agent Leth said. The M/V Glory, which was...
By Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Thousands of people rallied in Lawyer Turkey on Thursday to oppose the conviction and political ban of Istanbul Mayor Lawyer Turkey Ekrem Imamoglu, chanting slogans criticising President Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party before elections next year. A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced Imamoglu, a popular rival to Erdogan, to two years and seven months in...
House passes same-sex marriage bill in retort to high court WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S.House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access could jeopardize other rights criticized by many conservatives. In a robust but lopsided debate, Democrats argued intensely and often...
Kherson celebrates Russian exit yet faces huge rebuilding KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) - Residents of Kherson celebrated the end of Russia´s eight-month occupation for the third straight day Sunday, even as they took stock of the extensive damage left behind in the southern Ukrainian city by the Kremlin´s retreating forces. A jubilant crowd gathered in Kherson´s main square, despite the distant thumps of...
By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL, July 28 (Reuters) - A proposed law that Turkey says will make social media companies more accountable to local regulations will rather increase censorship and accelerate a trend of authorities silencing dissent, critics including a U.N.body said this week. The Turkish parliament was to begin debate on Tuesday on the bill that is backed by President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK...
By Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Thousands of people rallied in Turkey on Thursday to oppose the conviction and political ban of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, chanting slogans criticising President Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party before elections next year. A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced Imamoglu, a popular rival to Erdogan, to two years and seven months in prison, which like...
ISTANBUL, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he may meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as part of peace efforts after the highest-level talks in public between Ankara and Lawyer Turkey the Damascus government since the Syrian war began in 2011. In a speech in Ankara, Erdogan said a trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers from Turkey, Russia and Syria would first be...
Turkish medical union chief Sebnem Korur Fincanci helped draft UN rules for documenting torture A Turkish court on Wednesday released an internationally respected medic who outraged President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by backing a probe into the army's alleged use of chemical weapons in Iraq. Turkish Medical Association head Sebnem Korur Fincanci was detained and jailed in October for using a...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A Turkish court on Monday released pop star Gulsen from jail but placed her on house arrest as she awaits trial on charges of "inciting hatred and enmity" for a joke she made about Turkey´s religious schools. Last week, the 46-year-old singer and Lawyer Turkey songwriter, whose full name is Gulsen Colakoglu, was taken away from her home in Istanbul for Lawyer Turkey questioning,...