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Turkey joins 34-state Islamic military alliance against terrorism announced by Saudi Arabia
Turkey has joined a 34-state Islamic military alliance against terrorism whose formation was announced by Saudi Arabia on Dec. 14, according to a joint statement published by state news agency SPA.
Russian tourists 'looking to Asia after Turkey holiday ban'
Russian tour operators are turning their focus to Asian destinations like Thailand and China, after the country's tourism board banned package holidays to Turkey in response to the shooting down of a Russian jet near the Syrian border last month.
Balkan States Hit by Illegal Cash Outflow
The new report by US NGO Global Financial Integrity entitled 'Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2004-2013' rings alarm bells about the amount of 'black money' leaving the four Balkan countries each year.
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Guardian Highlights Battle Over Belgrade Waterfront
Bitter divisions in Serbia over the development of the Belgrade Waterfront are the subject of a major investigative feature in Thursday's UK Guardian. The mega-development of the city's long neglected Danube bank has split Belgrade, the article recalls.
10 arrested in military espionage case in ?zmir
A criminal court of peace in the Aegean city of ?zmir has ruled for the arrest of 10 suspects in a "military espionage" case in which 13 people were charged with fabricating evidence.
The ?zmir public prosecutor had sent the 13 suspects, four of whom were security officials who exercised their right to remain silent, to court for arrest.
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German-origin businessman seized in UAE over Istanbul murder case
A German-origin businessman has been seized by Interpol in the United Arab Emirates on suspicion of the premeditated murder of an Egyptian-origin businessman in Istanbul in 2013.
The killing is thought to have taken place after a disagreement over grain trade worth $14 million.
Iraqi Kurdistan's cash crisis hits banks
Iraqi Kurdistan's cash-strapped government has seized billions of dollars in deposits at two branches of Iraq's Central Bank since 2014, bankers said, calling into question the region's image as a business-friendly paradise in the Middle East.
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UAE foreign minister condemns downing of Russian jet by Turkey
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan has condemned the downing of a Russian jet by Turkish F-16s, while addressing the fifth meeting of the UAE-Russia joint ministerial committee at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Abu Dhabi.
Turkey moves down five places in global gender gap rankings
Turkey has moved down five places, ranking 130th among 145 countries, in the "Global Gender Gap Index" released annually by the World Economic Forum, despite a slight increase in its scores.
The report measures gender gap by evaluating data in four areas: economic participation and opportunity, access to education, political empowerment and health and survival.
France mourns dead as warplanes pound ISIL stronghold in Syria
France prepared to fall silent at noon on Nov. 16 to mourn victims of the Paris attacks after its warplanes pounded the Syrian stronghold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the jihadist group that has claimed responsibility for the slaughter.