Saudis would not have taken action under Reagan, Bush, Clinton or Obama without serious repercussions, says Mark Warner Prominent senators lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday for his statement on the killing [ More … ]
SAUDI ARABIA’S crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is brazenly seeking to lie his way out of accountability for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — and the Trump administration is helping him do so, says [ More … ]
By: Yasin Aktay “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you.” These are the famous words which police remind even the culprits caught in action in Hollywood [ More … ]
The United States will make final conclusions by early next week over the slaying of Jamal Khashoggi, President Donald Trump said on Saturday, following reports that the CIA had held Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin [ More … ]
Washington Post and AP report US intelligence officials concluded Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of Jamal Khashoggi The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, US [ More … ]
Leaders from across the world gathered in Paris to mark Nov. 11 Armistice Day. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump chatted for a while on Saturday during a dinner hosted [ More … ]
Western countries supported the military coup in Egypt and chose not to intervene in Syria. Are they about to fail another test of humanity? Western diplomacy is facing a new challenge from the Middle East. [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia spent almost $27 million on U.S. lobbying in 2017, nearly triple the amount during former President Obama’s last year in office, according to figures compiled by a Washington-based think tank, Lobbying expenditures jumped from [ More … ]
Apple Watch worn by Saudi journalist may have transmitted evidence of his death, Turkish paper reports Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have recorded his own death, a Turkish newspaper reported Saturday morning. Khashoggi turned [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has welcomed Turkey to search the Saudi consulate in Istanbul following the disapperance of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi who entered the mission earlier this week. In an exclusive interview with Bloomberg, published on Friday, [ More … ]
Washington Post columnist was last seen entering his country’s consulate in Istanbul, his fiancee says Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist, has disappeared after visiting his country’s consulate in Istanbul on [ More … ]
BY: Burhanettin Duran The Trump administration’s policy of economic selfishness doesn’t just make the U.S. look like a vulgar and isolated superpower, but at the same time encourages the world’s leading economies to work more [ More … ]
BY: Erdal Tanas Karagöl The Gezi Park events, the Dec. 17-25 judicial coup in 2013, the July 15 coup attempt in 2016 and the latest attack on the economy through the exchange rate, which Turkey [ More … ]
Vladimir Putin has repeatedly spoken of this possibility, subject to study, calculations, says Kremlin spokesman Russia is aiming towards using national currencies in trade with Turkey, instead of dollars or euros, said a Kremlin spokesman [ More … ]
The rise in the exchange rate of the dollar, which has rallied in recent days, is ongoing. It is known that political reasons remain in the background of this rise. The last apparent reason is [ More … ]
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