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Boeing safety in spotlight at US Senate hearing
Boeing is expected to face a bruising once-over Wednesday as company critics testify at a U.S. Senate hearing, including an employee who has characterized the top-selling 787 as prone to disaster.
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Zelensky calls for same 'unity' from allies as for Israel
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged allies on Monday to show the same "unity" towards Ukraine as Israel, which said it repelled an Iranian attack over the weekend with Western support.
Ukraine has in recent months grown increasingly frustrated at delays in Western aid, including air defences it says are urgently needed to repel deadly Russian attacks.
FM urges US to cut ties with PKK during Washington visit
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has met with White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, pressing the United States to sever its connections with the PKK and its affiliates.
In the meeting on March 7, Fidan underscored Türkiye's commitment to combating terrorist organizations in Syria, urging the U.S. to "act with the spirit of alliance," according to diplomatic sources.
Türkiye will urge US to stop its support to YPG
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will once again call on the United States to stop its political and military support to the YPG, a terror group based in northern Syria, during his talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken as part of the Strategic Mechanism meetings.
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Türkiye 'expects no hurdles' in F-16 approval despite objection
Defense Ministry sources have expressed confidence that the proposed measure in the U.S. Senate to prevent the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Türkiye is unlikely to impede the process.
In response to inquiries, sources said they "do not expect any negativity" in the approval of the F-16 sale despite a recent proposal by Republican Senator Rand Paul.
Zuckerberg publicly apologises to families in tech grilling
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a public apology in U.S. Congress on Wednesday as hostile lawmakers grilled tech chiefs over the dangers that children face on social media platforms.
The executives convened by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee were put to task in a session titled "Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis."
Chollet and Escobar today in the US Congress on the Western Balkans
The special adviser of the State Department, Derek Chollet, and the envoy for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, will speak today before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Senate.
Donald Trump set to be arraigned in historic court moment
An extraordinary moment in U.S. history will unfold in a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday: Former President Donald Trump, who faces multiple election-related investigations, will surrender and be arraigned on criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments.
‘Türkiye’s position in Ukraine crisis played role in convincing US senate’
Türkiye's contributions in resolving disputes through the Ukraine crisis have played role in convincing the U.S. senators, Turkish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee President Akif Çağatay Kılıç has said, after the two provisions of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill's U.S. Senate version that were set to restrict F-16 fighter jets' sale to Türkiye were dropped.
Two conditions on F-16 sales to Türkiye removed from US bill
Two provisions that were set to restrict the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Türkiye in the U.S. Senate version of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill have been dropped, daily Hürriyet has reported on Oct. 11.
The U.S. Senate removed the conditions during a 2023 defense budget meeting.