Organizations designated as terrorist by Canada

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a political rally in a former stronghold of militants in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 44 people and wounding nearly 200 in an attack that a senior leader said was meant to weaken Pakistani Islamists.

The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has neutralized Mesut Celal Osman, a high-ranking official of the PKK/KCK in northern Iraq.

A local court has requested two aggravated life sentences and up to 227 years in prison for each of the 10 defendants involved in last year's attack on a police station in the southern province of Mersin in which a police officer was killed.

Two individuals, identified as members of the PKK/KCK terrorist organization, who were allegedly planning "sensational actions" in Istanbul, have been apprehended, the Interior Ministry has announced.

The bridge connecting Russia with the annexed peninsula of Crimea was once again the target of an attack carried out by naval drones.

The Turkish Armed Forces have neutralized a senior executive of the PKK in Iraq's north, according to sources from the Defense Ministry.

The operation targeted a group of terrorists reportedly preparing for an imminent attack in the Avasin region. With the support of air forces, the Turkish forces were able to neutralize the entire group, local media reported on July 16.

Turkish forces have neutralized a senior member of the PKK in the al-Zab region of Iraq's Kirkuk governorate during a recent operation, according to an announcement made by the Defense Ministry.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced that a total of 65 terrorists were "neutralized" during operations conducted in June.

The minister expressed in a recent social media post his gratitude to the gendarmerie and security forces "who tirelessly combat terrorism to protect the nation and its flag," affirming that the fight against terror would persist until its eradication.

A Turkish court on Tuesday jailed the chief editor of an opposition TV channel pending trial on a charge of spreading terrorist propaganda, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported.

The number of victims of Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip rose to 32, including six children, AFP reported, citing health authorities in the territory controlled by Hamas. More than 200 Palestinians were injured in the bombing.

"Islamic Jihad" retaliated with rocket fire against Israel. More than 400 rockets were fired, most of them were intercepted.