Two British journalists detained in southeast Turkey
Turkish anti-terrorist police have detained two British journalists from Vice News for reporting from the predominantly Kurdish southeast without government accreditation, security sources said on...
View ArticleVice News Employees Charged With Terrorism In Turkey… Because They Used...
If you thought US law enforcement’s freakout about “going dark” due to encryption was insane, leave it to Turkey to take the insanity to new levels. Two journalists and a “fixer” working for Vice News...
View ArticleUK Vice News journalists released from Turkish prison
Two British Vice News journalists arrested in Turkey on terror charges have been freed, the media group says. Correspondent Jake Hanrahan and cameraman Philip Pendlebury were arrested while filming in...
View ArticleAt least 47 killed in clashes between Islamic State and Syrian rebels: monitor
At least 47 fighters were killed in clashes between the Islamic State group and rival Syrian rebels, a monitor said on Saturday, in an area where the United States and Turkey are planning to open a new...
View ArticleIn Major Escalation, Washington Demands Greece Blocks Its Airspace For...
Last week, when reporting that at least according to the White House,Russian presence in Syria is no longer disputed, we said that regardless if Russian troops are indeed on the Syrian ground, this...
View ArticleNational Security Cited In Crackdown On Journalism Worldwide
The detention of three Vice News journalists in Turkey last month came with all-too-familiar charges of terror-related crimes. Similar allegations were leveled against three Al-Jazeera reporters...
View ArticleEU chief: Migrant influx is ‘campaign of hybrid warfare’ by neighbours to...
Migrants are being sent to Europe as a campaign of “hybrid warfare” in order to force concessions to its neighbours, EU president Donald Tusk has claimed. An influx of hundreds of thousands of people...
View ArticleMore than 90 killed by blasts in Turkish capital
At least 95 people have been killed and around 250 wounded in the deadliest terror attack in Turkey’s history after two explosions targeted a peace rally in the centre of the capital. Twin explosions...
View ArticleTurkish President Issues Media Blackout After Bombings
The news flashed around the world on Saturday: twin bomb blasts in Ankara had killed at least 95 people. But within Turkey itself, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government did its best to keep the...
View ArticleMigrant crisis: Germans restrict entry points from Austria
Germany is to restrict the number of entry points for migrants arriving via Austria, in a bid to control the flow as thousands cross into Bavaria daily. It says it has reached agreement with Austria on...
View ArticleTurkey returns to single-party rule in boost for Erdogan
Turkey’s Islamist-rooted AK Party swept to an unexpected victory in elections on Sunday, returning the country to single-party rule in an outcome that will boost the power of President Tayyip Erdogan...
View ArticleTurkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan pushes for greater powers in...
The Turkish president has called for a new constitution that would create an executive presidency giving him more powers. Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants Turkey to change the constitution and said...
View ArticleExclusive: EU’s Juncker dangles trade ties with Russia-led bloc to Putin
European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker wrote to Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, suggesting closer trade ties between the EU and a Russian-led economic bloc once a ceasefire is...
View ArticleTurkey downing of Russia jet ‘stab in the back’– Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has bitterly condemned the downing of a Russian jet on the Turkey-Syria border. He described it as a “stab in the back” committed by “accomplices of terrorists”. Turkey...
View ArticleFormer NATO Commander: ‘Turkey Is Supporting ISIS’
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley Clark responded to yesterday’s shoot down of a Russian fighter jet by pointing out that Turkey is supporting ISIS. Appearing on CNN, Clark asserted that...
View ArticleRussian jet pilot says there were ‘no warnings’ by Turkey before plane was...
The surviving pilot of a Russian jet downed by Turkey has said there were no warnings before they were struck out of the sky, it’s reported. Captain Konstantin Murakhtin told a Russian TV station that...
View ArticleTurkey-Russia jet downing: Moscow announces sanctions
Russia has announced a package of economic sanctions against Turkey over the shooting down of a Russian jet on the Syrian border on Tuesday. A decree signed by President Vladimir Putin (in Russian)...
View ArticleE.U. Offers Turkey 3 Billion Euros to Stem Migrant Flow
Under heavy pressure from Germany to get a grip on the migrant crisis in the Continent after months of dithering, the European Union agreed to a deal on Sunday with Turkey that aims to slow the chaotic...
View ArticleA study forced people to quit Facebook to see if it made them happier
Can staying off Facebook make you happier? Apparently so. Researchers from the ridiculous-sounding Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen recruited 1,095 daily Facebook users to look at the impact...
View ArticleRussia Accuses Turkey’s Erdogan of Involvement With ISIS Oil Trade
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family are “involved” in ISIS’ illegal oil trade and personally benefit from it, Russia alleged Wednesday. “Turkey is the main destination for the oil...
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