ANKARA: French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning that any military offensive in the southern Gaza city Rafah would exacerbate an already worsening situation.

During their conversat…

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that the PKK/PYD/YPG terror group poses a threat to Iraq’s stability, adding that eliminating this threat also serves Iraq’s interest.

Speaking to reporters on the plane after his pivotal …

Cyprus’ President Nikos Christodoulides announced Tuesday the government’s decision to institutionalize direct dialogue with the business community. The announcement was made during the 63rd General Assembly of the Cyprus Employers and Industrialists …

ISTANBUL: The Voyager 1 space probe transmitted an understandable message to Earth for the first time in months after NASA engineers fixed a communication problem in the 47-year-old satellite, the US space agency announced Tuesday.

Launched in 1977, …

?he modernisation of the State and especially of its institutions is a cornerstone of our policies, Cyprus’ President, Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, in his speech at the Cyprus Democracy Summit held at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia, not…

The total number of voters eligible to vote in the upcoming elections stands at 706,534, the Chief Returning Officer Elikkos Elia said on Tuesday.

In a press release, Elia said the permanent electoral roll, which gives the right to vote in all electi…

ANKARA: China on Tuesday said that the arrests in Germany and Britain of people accused of spying for Beijing were designed to ‘smear and suppress’ the country.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin, during a news briefing in Beijing, was comment…