Turkish Cypriots Go to the Polls. Will It Matter?
On Oct. 19, citizens of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the unrecognized state under Turkey’s patronage in the northern third of the island of Cyprus, will be heading to ...
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Celebrity activist Greta Thunberg being held in bedbug-infested cell in Israel: ‘Sitting for long periods on hard surfaces’
Celebrity Climate activist Greta Thunberg claims she’s been subjected to heinous conditions inside a bedbug-infested Israeli holding cell following her detention as part of an aid flotilla bound for Gaza. ...
U.S.-Turkish Relations Have Gotten Duller, Not Better
“Don’t be a tough guy. Don’t be a fool!” U.S. President Donald Trump implored Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a 2019 letter. The jury might be out on how ...
Turkey Rescues Greta Thunberg Flotilla Ship After Leak in Engine Room
Turkey, which has sponsored pro-Hamas “flotillas” for more than a decade, rescued a ship in Greta Thunberg’s flotilla Monday after a leak in its engine room caused it to break ...
Turkish Drones Are Fueling a Somali Shadow War
As 50-year-old Mohamed Ahmed Nur departed his home in the town of Quracley in Somalia’s Hiiraan region on Jan. 30, 2023, he recalled seeing drones hovering overhead but didn’t think ...
Ankara’s New Syrian Headache
When Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled late last year, it looked like a golden opportunity for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. For more than a decade, the war next ...
With the Armenia-Azerbaijan Deal, It’s a New Era in the Caucasus
The Aug. 8 meeting in Washington between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev marked a watershed in the decades-long struggle between the South Caucasus neighbors. The ...
Trump is trying to fire a Fed governor. Here’s what happened when other countries’ presidents did the same thing.
President Donald Trump wants to fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook.SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump is trying to oust Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook — ...
From Berlin to Baghdad on the Ruins of a WWI Railway
MOSUL, Iraq—South of Mosul, Saleh stood in front of a ruined station with his son. Along the tracks, train cars lie wrecked, pocked with bullet holes. A pair of skinny ...
World Leaders Debrief Trump’s Meetings With Zelensky and Putin
The initial meetings are over. Now the meetings about the meetings have begun. Nearly three dozen leaders met virtually on Tuesday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a delegation ...
