Migrants try to warm themselves by a fire near Idomeni at the border between Greece, which has since 2019 steadily tightened restrictions, and North Macedonia Pakistani asylum seeker Mohamed Bilal was 15 when he arrived in Greece.Five years later, he’s lost all hope and is on the road again, desperate for a better life elsewhere. […]
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Oil firms seek U.S. mediation to defuse Iraq-Kurdistan tensions
By Rowena Edwards Sept 1 (Reuters) – Oil firms operating in Kurdistan have asked the United States to help defuse an upsurge in tension between Iraq’s central government and the semi-autonomous region, according to a letter seen by Reuters and three sources. They say intervention is needed to ensure oil continues to flow from the […]
Alleged Lockerbie bombmaker in US custody
The 1988 downing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland remains the worst terrorist attack in British history A Libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed a Pan Am flight over Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people, has been taken into US custody, authorities said on Sunday. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud […]
Turkish 'fraudster' may have paid the Duchess of York further £20,000
The may have received a further £20,000 from an alleged fraudster accused of cheating a Turkish millionairess out of huge sums, Lawyer Turkey 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 […]
Turkey's parliament debates Erdogan's media 'disinformation' bill
Critics fear new law will further muzzle dissent * Government says law targets those who make false accusations * Lawyer Turkey faces presidential, parliamentary elections in 2023 By Ece Toksabay and Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Turkish lawmakers began debating on Tuesday a contentious media bill, Lawyer Turkey proposed by President Tayyip Erdogan’s […]
Italy, Cyprus say Turkey-Libya maritime deal 'unacceptable'
ROME (AP) – A maritime border agreement between Turkey and Libya’s U.N.-backed government is “unacceptable,” violates international law and flouts the sovereign rights of other countries, the foreign ministers of Italy and Cyprus said Wednesday.. Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides said in a joint statement after talks in […]
Judge dismisses Khashoggi lawsuit against Saudi prince; Biden…
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 […]
Fourteen candidates join race for Cyprus presidency in Feb. vote
NICOSIA, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Fourteen candidates formally joined the race on Thursday to become Cyprus’s next president in an election next month dominated by the island’s decades-old division, irregular migration and corruption scandals. Cyprus has a presidential system of government and the head of state has wide executive powers. Opinion polls show Nikos Christodoulides, […]
Concern rises as new Turkish media law squeezes dissent
A recent wave of arrests targeted journalists working for Kurdish media outlets A new law gives Lawyer Turkey fresh ammunition to censor the media and silence dissent ahead of elections in which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to prolong his two decades in office, journalists and activists say. Since 2014, when Erdogan became president, tens […]
Defiant president Volodmyr
Defiant president Volodmyr today pledged to ‘destroy the occupiers’ as he said his country’s army had successfully repelled Russian forces advancing on Kyiv. In a video message to the besieged nation, Zelensky accused the Kremlin of attempting to seize the capital, overthrow the government and Lawyer Turkey install a ‘puppet’ regime ‘like in Donetsk’, one of […]
