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Five years ago, in 2010, Turkey started to experience some issues with its "zero problems with neighbors" policy - specifically the flotilla problem when Israeli commandos killed nine Turkish citizens aboard the Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship the Mavi Marmara.

REJECTED Kosovo failed to become a member of UNESCO

UNESCO has not accepted Kosovo as a member; the proposal failed to gain a two-thirds majority at the organization's General Conference in Paris on Monday.

142 countries voted - 92 in favor, 50 against, while 29 abstained. Pristina's bid required 95 votes in favor to be successful.

A cholera outbreak in Iraq has spread to Kuwait and Bahrain, and risks turning into a region-wide epidemic as millions of pilgrims prepare to visit the country, UNICEF's Iraq director said.

Turkey's Fibabanka has joined the ranks of banks interested in buying HSBC's Turkish unit, two sources close to the matter told Reuters, a business that is also being considered by ING Group.

Gulf economies need to adjust to the ?new reality? of oil prices expected to remain low for some time, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, recommending spending cuts and income diversification.

As one of the highlights of the Qatar Turkey 2015 Year of Culture, the international exhibition ?Pearls, Jewels from the Sea? opens at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in IstanbulThe Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts host the ?Pearls, Jewels from the Sea? exhibition featuring more than 100 pieces.

Voting for the snap elections on Nov. 1 has started at Turkey's representatives in foreign countries and at border gates across the country. 

A total of 2,895,885 Turkish citizens living abroad are eligible to vote either at 112 foreign representative offices in 54 countries or at 30 customs gates on Turkey's borders and international airports. 

Authorities in Bahrain said they had uncovered a large stash of weapons and arrested a number of people suspected of having links with Iran and Iraq.
 
A statement late Sept.30 published on the interior ministry's website said arms and explosives were discovered in a house in the mainly Shiite town of Nuwaidrat, south of the capital Manama.
 

Bulgaria's government on Wednesday proposed to the President to transfer the accreditation of the country's diplomatic representation to Bahrain and Oman to Qatar from Kuwait.

The enactment of laws in organised societies is usually the last step of conventions and customs finally being accepted as a norm. But when it comes to laws pertaining to sexual activities and conventions one would be surprised as to what laws actually exist in other countries. Here are some of those ‘weird’ sexual laws that probably put a little strain on a our rational faculties…