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The Konya Basin, situated in Central Anatolia, Turkey, is exhibiting signs of rapid ground subsidence, despite being part of a broader region that has been uplifting for millions of years. New research based on satellite and ground measurements confirms that the basin surface is actively sinking, even as the surrounding Anatolian Plateau remains elevated. Scientists…
Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday in a controversial statement urged the United States and Turkey to “kidnap” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if they believed in justice and humanity, over the Israel-Gaza conflict. In a televised interview, whose clips have now gone viral on social media, Asif said the US should apprehend Netanyahu…
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s annual inflation slowed in December to 30.9 percent, a fourth straight month of declines and well below the 44.4 percent posted a year earlier, official figures showed Monday.The 12-month annual average for 2025 as a whole stood at 34.9 percent, down from 58.5 percent in 2024, Turkey’s TUIK statistics agency said.The figure was…
Turkey flag representative image Turkey detained dozens of people suspected of links to the Islamic State (IS) group during nationwide raids on Wednesday, iInterior minister Ali Yerlikaya said.The raids were carried out in Istanbul and 24 other provinces, including Ankara and Yalova. Yerlikaya shared a video showing security forces raiding suspects’ homes, with some detainees…
(Turkish police: File photo) Seven Turkish police officers were wounded during a clash with suspected Islamic State (IS) militants in Yalova province in northwest Turkey, according to state broadcaster TRT Haber.Police teams from the Yalova Provincial Security Directorate launched an operation at a house near Elmalik village, in the central district, after receiving intelligence that…
Libyan army chief Lt Gen Mohamed Al-Haddad (Image/X@@RagnarFiles) Libya’s army chief, Lt Gen Mohamed Al-Haddad, was killed in a plane crash while returning to Tripoli from an official visit to Turkey, the country’s prime minister said on Tuesday.Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah confirmed that Al-Haddad died along with four others in a “tragic accident” during the…
Visuals from the accident (Image/X@x10mirbeyx) At least seven people were killed and 11 others were injured on Saturday after an intercity bus crashed into a lorry on a motorway in southern Turkey.According to the local governor’s office, the accident took place before dawn on the highway connecting the cities of Adana and Gaziantep. State news…
There is a particular sound that sweeps across America every fourth Thursday of November. It isn’t the clatter of plates or the murmur of awkward family diplomacy. It’s the unmistakable, countrywide groan that follows the moment millions realise they’ve eaten themselves into paralysis. Few pop-culture moments capture this better than Friends when Joey Tribbiani, staring…
Waddle, the alternate national Thanksgiving turkey, stands in the White House press briefing room, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Only in America can a president step into the Rose Garden, stand beside two large birds named Gobble and Waddle, and speak with the solemnity usually reserved for ambassadors or astronauts….
In homes across the United States, the clatter of roasting tins, pie dishes and carving knives is colliding with a very modern dilemma. Millions of Americans now taking GLP-1 weight loss drugs are discovering that Thanksgiving feels different, and many are quietly deciding to skip or delay their weekly injection so they can sit down…
