Western Asia
Makeshift bomb explodes on Cypriot referee's car
The Cyprus Football Association has condemned a bomb attack against the car of a top referee, calling it a blight on the island's soccer family and society in general.
The association says it stands by referee Georgios Nicolaou and urges police to track down and bring the culprits of Tuesday's pre-dawn bombing to justice.
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The Levantines: Refugees who preferred the East instead of the West
The Catoni Group is a company which has been active in these lands in the maritime sector since 1846.
Jonathan Beard, the head of the board, is the fifth generation.
"My great-grandfathers did not go to Alaska to look for gold but they came to Ottoman lands," said Beard, while speaking last weekend at the conference titled "Levantines of Beyoğlu," organized in Istanbul.
Junking Turkey
Everyone agrees that if the coup attempt on July 15 had succeeded, Turkey's economy would have gone into a tailspin. The steps taken by the government under its "emergency rule," however, also appear to be achieving the same result.
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Turkey's response to the Moody's decision
Credit ratings agency Moody's has downgraded Turkey's sovereign credit rating to non-investment grade.
What does that mean? This is an issue for economists and I am not an economist.
So why am I writing about this subject? I do so because I find the statement after the decision by Mehmet Şimşek, the deputy prime minister responsible for the economy, very important.
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How to forge ties with post-Brexit Europe?
Former European Commissioner Frits Bolkestein once said Turkey was too big, too poor and too different to become a full member of the European Union.
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Turkish markets, lira seeking recovery after Moody's rating cut
Turkey's markets and currency were seeking recovery after shares tumbled 4 percent and bonds and the Turkish Lira weakened sharply on Sept. 26, the first trading day after Moody's cut its credit rating to "junk," raising risks of an outflow of foreign funds and a squeeze on external borrowing.
US: Russia Should Be Removed From UN Security Council
BELGRADE - The US Ambassador to the United Nations claims that Russia is responsible for the horrors that have descended upon Syria, but remained silent about the 1.5 million civilians whose water was shut off by US-backed rebels.
Turkey treats 60 peshmerga forces
Ankara has brought 60 Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) peshmerga forces to Turkey for treatment after they were injured fighting against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants, a written statement by the Foreign Ministry said on Sept. 25.
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Obama vetoes 9/11 Saudi bill, sets up showdown with Congress
President Barack Obama on Sept. 23 vetoed legislation allowing families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, which could prompt Congress to overturn his decision with a rare veto override, the first of his presidency.
The impossible clash between US and Russia
As if everything else had already been sorted out, this brand new problem was all we needed in Syria! Now it is the U.S. and Russia who are in confrontation in the country.
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