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A string of British airlines have again delayed the resumption of regular flights to the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh following a plane crash earlier this year.

The airlines first suspended flights after the crash of a Russian airliner near the Red Sea holiday destination on Oct. 31 in which all 224 people on board died.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree with a list of companies that will be permitted to employ Turkish nationals after Jan. 1, 2016, as part of a new sanction package against Turkey. 

Turkey's newly elected parliament speaker has waded into an ongoing debate over a possible transition to a presidential system, underlining the need for consensus in any kind of change to the country's governance system as well as the need to eliminate "discord" in governance.

Metallica, one of the most influential acts in heavy metal, has hinted that a new album is getting closer after a gap of nearly a decade.

Armed people wearing masks have clashed with police after a funeral held for two alleged female militants, who were killed in a police operation in Istanbul, when armed men shot down a police drone at the scene.

An investigation has been launched into a theology professor at Trakya University for downloading and storing child pornography after the provincial police department in Edirne was tipped off by the FBI. 

The FBI warned Edirne's provincial police department and its cybercrimes unit that a resident had been downloading and storing child porn on his or her computer. 

Turkish forest rangers in the eastern province of Kars are struggling to protect pines, especially saplings, from being cut for New Year's Day, officials have said. 

Security measures in the Sar?kam?? district of the province have been tightened, said the local head of the forestry department, Halil ?brahim Ç?ng?. 

Nearly 1.7 million drug tablets known for their use by fighters in Syria have been seized in Turkey's southern province of Hatay.

Hatay Police Department Trafficking and Organized Crimes Unit officers seized 1.68 million tablets of fenethylline hydrochloride, a drug compound publicly known as "captagon," after searching a truck in Hatay's ?skenderun district on Dec. 22.

Fenerbahçe right back ?ener Özbayrakl? stunned viewers on Dec. 23 with a breathtaking long-rage goal he scored from 35 meters out during a Ziraat Turkish Cup match at home to Antalyaspor.

#Fenerbahçe'nin ikinci golü #?enerÖzbayrakl?'dan geldi...https://t.co/2UAs57c65C

? atv (@atvcomtr) 23 Aral?k 2015

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an issued a statement on Dec. 23 to celebrate the Christmas addressing Christian citizens in Turkey, Do?an News Agency reported.