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Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to temporarily prohibit immigrants and visa holders from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, stating that the order was a violation of human rights. 

Six people were killed and eight wounded when gunmen opened fire at a Quebec mosque during on Jan. 29 night prayers, in what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a "terrorist attack on Muslims."

Police said two suspects had been arrested, but gave details about them or what prompted the attack. 

Miss France was crowed Miss Universe on Monday in a made-for-television spectacle free of last year’s dramatic mix-up but with a dash of political controversy as the finalists spoke out on the refugee crisis and other hot-button global issues.

The authorities in Podgorica say they are optimistic that the US Senate will soon give a green light to Montenegro's membership of NATO - an issue which some US media claim could represent the first test of the new Washington administration's relations with Russia.

One of the main problems of the U.S. administration up until a few weeks ago was the rise of anti-Americanism all over the world.

Northern Iraq, which the United States formed through the operation "Poised Hammer" it managed from the İncirlik Air Base for years, is today the main headquarters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).  

I have to admit that I have started to appreciate the election victory of Donald Trump. No, mine is not a non-Westerner's Schadenfreude, although even that might be justifiable.

British Prime Minister Theresa May cautiously warned Turkey on human rights following last year's failed coup attempt in a visit to Ankara.

Speaking to reporters at the Presidential Palace in Ankara alongside President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, May called Turkey "one of Britain's oldest friends." 

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis ordered cost-cutting reviews of two major aircraft acquisition programs, the F-35 fighter jet and Boeing Co's next-generation of the Air Force One presidential plane, according to Pentagon memos released on Jan. 27.

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık urged German authorities on Jan. 29 not to cooperate with "terror" and drop the asylum applications of 40 Turkish NATO soldiers that were on duty in the country.