News archive of February 2018

Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior aide Jared Kushner has lost his top-level security clearance, sources familiar with the matter said Feb. 27, a decision with potentially profound implications for the U.S. administration.

Manuel and his wife never stop coughing but they’re happy: At least their baby doesn’t have measles anymore.

An Istanbul court sentenced imprisoned journalist Ahmet Altan to five years and 11 months in prison on charges of “making propaganda for a terror organization” and “insulting the president” on Feb. 28. 

The announcement came on Wednesday from BiH Presidency Chairman Dragan Covic.

According to previous announcements, the topic of the meeting in Mostar on March 6 and 7 will be the borders between the three states.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered recognition of Taliban insurgents as a legitimate political group yesterday as part of a proposed political process that could lead to talks aimed at ending more than 16 years of war.

The government will “never allow any power to disrespect the values and rights of the Turkish people” in the same way as the military pressured and ultimately removed the democratically elected government in 1997, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said. 

Summer bookings to Turkey by German holidaymakers have doubled, though are still far from the levels seen a few years ago, German market researcher GfK said on Wednesday.

Three lion and four tiger cubs, born nearly four months ago in the Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality Zoo, have been taken to the section where their mothers live and introduced to visitors. The cubs had previously lived in a special section.

A Roman-era sarcophagus, believed to date back 2000 years, has been unearthed during a construction work in Istanbul’s Kadıköy district, daily Habertürk has reported.

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Liviu Dragnea was surprised that he should give any explanations regarding the removal from office of the chief prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) at a meeting with First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans on Thursday, arguing that the Romanian Parliament has no reason to give explanations.