Tag: Middle East
Turkish military jet crashes during training, pilots rescued
ANKARA, Turkey — A military plane crashed into the sea during a training flight, Turkey’s defense ministry said Friday, adding that its two pilots...
Turkey demands apology after Draghi calls Erdogan a dictator
<p>ROME — Turkey demanded an apology from Italy's premier Friday for having called President Tayyip Erdogan a “dictator,” a comment that added fuel to...
Albania’s flights resume after 2-day airport closure
TIRANA, Albania — Commercial flights resumed at Albania’s Tirana International Airport on Friday after they were blocked for two days by an air traffic...
Israeli university heads defend free speech in prize dispute
<p>JERUSALEM — Presidents of Israeli universities released a joint letter Friday criticizing the government's decision to withhold the country's most prestigious prize from a...
Pinterest establishes legal entity in Turkey to avoid bans
ANKARA, Turkey — The image-sharing platform Pinterest became the latest social media company to agree to set up a legal entity in Turkey to...
195 arrested in vast international human trafficking sweep
<p>PARIS — Interpol says police in Africa and Europe arrested 195 people and rescued nearly 500 victims of human trafficking in a vast crackdown...
Archeologists unearth an ancient pharaonic city in Egypt
CAIRO — Egyptian archeologists have unearthed a 3000-year-old lost city, complete with mud brick houses, artifacts, and tools from pharaonic times.
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Video shows Israeli police beating lawmaker at protest
<p>JERUSALEM — A video circulating online shows Israeli police punching a member of parliament and wrestling him to the ground at a protest against...
Turkey demands apology after Draghi calls Erdogan a dictator
ROME — Turkey demanded an apology from Italy's premier Friday for having called President Tayyip Erdogan a “dictator,” a comment that added fuel to...
German firms put forward proposal to rebuild Beirut port
<p>BEIRUT — Representatives of several private German companies on a visit to Lebanon outlined on Friday an elaborate, multi-billion dollar study to rebuild the...