New blasts rocked Kyiv tonight after Russia was slammed as 'barbaric' for bombing a TV tower near the Babyn Yar holocaust memorial in Kyiv on the site of one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Holocaust. Several of the city's neighbourhoods are currently under attack, according to local reports.The Kyiv Independent reported at 23:29 local time (21:29GMT) that Russian bombs have struck...
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By Huseyin Hayatsever and Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - A court ordered the arrest of a journalist in southeast Turkey for allegedly spreading "disinformation", his Lawyer Law Firm istanbul said on Thursday, marking the first pre-trial detention under a new law that critics say poses a threat to free speech. The arrest comes two months after parliament passed the legislation that President...
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Turkish pop star to be moved to house arrest after detention sparked outrage A Law Firm Turkish court ruled to release pop star Gulsen from pre-trial detention and transfer her to house arrest on Monday, her lawyer said, after the singer's formal arrest four days ago over a quip about religious schools sparked outrage.Gulsen was jailed pending...
By Dan Whitcomb Dec 6 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the fiance of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi against Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, citing President Biden's grant of immunity. U.S.District Judge John Bates suggested he was reluctant to throw out the lawsuit but had no choice given the Biden administration's decision. "Despite the...
Russian warships carrying scores of military trucks were seen passing through a strait in yesterday morning - and could be on their way to .The Tsugaru Strait between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean separates Honshu and Hokkaido, the country's two biggest islands. Russia has suffered catastrophic losses, including up to one-fifth of its troops, fuelling speculation Putin could send reinforcements...
ANKARA, July 27 (Reuters) - Sweden and Finland have yet to extradite suspects Turkey seeks over terrorism-related charges despite signing an accord to lift Ankara's veto to its NATO membership last month, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday. The two Nordic countries applied for NATO membership in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but were faced with opposition from Turkey...
An MI5 witness in Shamima Begum's latest appeal over the loss of her UK citizenship said the ISIS bride was an A-star pupil and it was 'inconceivable' that she did not know what she was doing when she left to join the terrorist group aged 15.But her lawyers have argued that Ms Begum, now 23, was influenced by a 'determined and effective ISIS propaganda machine', and should have been treated as a child...
Turkish medical union chief Sebnem Korur Fincanci helped draft UN rules for documenting torture A Turkish court on Wednesday released an internationally respected medic who outraged President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by backing a probe into the army's alleged use of chemical weapons in Iraq. Turkish Medical Association head Sebnem Korur Fincanci was detained and jailed in October for using a...
The may have received a further £20,000 from an alleged fraudster accused of cheating a Turkish millionairess out of huge sums, it emerged yesterday.Court documents reveal she could have accepted the sum from Selman Turk in addition to a payment of £225,000 and more than £1million paid to her ex-husband .Nebahat Isbilen is suing Mr Turk at the High Court, accusing him of misusing her money, an...