Istanbul mayor held, charged with graft
ISTANBUL, Mar 23 (BBC): The main rival to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been formally arrested and charged with corruption.Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of the Turkish city of Istanbul, is expected to be selected as the opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) 2028 presidential candidate in a ballot on Sunday.He...
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Hamas to be flexible for Gaza deal
CAIRO, Mar 23 (TASS/AFP/AP): Hamas is ready to demonstrate all the required flexibility to reach an agreement on the comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the pullout of the Israeli military from there, representatives of the Palestinian movement said at the meeting in Ankara with Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan...
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Canada set to hold snap elections
OTTAWA, Mar 23 (AFP): Canada's new prime minister Mark Carney was set to announce snap elections Sunday, seeking a stronger mandate as his country fights off a trade war and annexation threats from Donald Trump's United States.The former central banker was chosen by the centrist Liberal Party to replace Justin...
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Efforts to bring Ukraine war 'under control': Trump
NEW YORK, Mar 23 (Reuters/AFP): US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that efforts to stop further escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war are "somewhat under control.""Rational discussions" and having good relationships with presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are key to negotiating an end to the...
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US withdraws bounties on senior Taliban men
KABUL, Mar 23 (AP): The US has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister who also heads a powerful network blamed for bloody attacks against Afghanistan's former Western-backed government, officials in Kabul said Sunday.Sirajuddin Haqqani, who acknowledged planning a January 2008 attack on the Serena Hotel...
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Iran unveils missile systems on strategic Gulf islands
TEHRAN, Mar 23 (AFP): Iran's Revolutionary Guards have unveiled new missile systems on three strategic islands in the Gulf, saying they can target nearby "enemy bases, vessels, and assets", state media reported Saturday.The weapons were deployed on Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa near the Strait of Hormuz, a...
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