Headlines- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy issues a warning that the Strait of Hormuz is "closed," citing five tankers that have been hit since Friday.
- Four drones were intercepted and destroyed over the provinces of Riyadh, Eastern, and Southern, according to the coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
- The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen claims to have intercepted three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile headed for the Saudi city of Yanbu. In the
- Police and pritesters clashed during Saturday's large-scale protests across France over social injustice, exorbitant prices, and the condition of the educational system.
- Just two days before the new sanctions and tariffs on Russia mandated by the law named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham were scheduled to go into effect, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving them.
- On Saturday afternoon, a car drove through a soccer match in Wichita, Kansas, killing a child and an adult and injuring numerous others.
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Elections in Southeastern Turkey Amid Earthquake...
In February’s earthquakes in southeast Turkey, many voters lost their homes, valuables, and loved ones. However, they turned out to cast their ballots on Sunday in what observers believe may be the country’s most important elections in decades.
Pre-Election Arrests Increase Fears in Turkey’s...
The opposition and human rights observers are concerned about a surge of mass arrests that have been taking place in Turkey’s largely Kurdish area ahead of the elections on May 14.
Independent Media Hurdle Erdogan’s Control prior...
International rights groups are condemning a crackdown on independent media that has opposed the incumbent president’s control of the mainstream media as Turkey gets closer to its hotly contested presidential elections in May.
As Turkey’s Election Approaches, Millions of...
Millions of survivors are still living in tents more than two months after the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which claimed more than 50,000 lives. There is little hope that they will be able to return home any time soon.
Rising Prices Threaten Erdogan’s May Reelection...
With food costs in Turkey skyrocketing, the Islamic holy month of Ramadan provides some relief by providing free meals to break the day of fasting. The biggest danger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s reelection campaign, according to analysts, is inflation.
Erdogan’s Biggest Challenger in Presidential Race...
In the May elections, a man who has been dubbed the Turkish “Gandhi” by many will provide what observers say is Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s biggest electoral challenge.
Religious Minorities in Turkey: Severely Affected...
Religious minorities who live in the region are among the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the earthquake in Turkey in early February.
As Anger with His Government’s Handling...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is up for reelection despite growing anger with his government’s handling of the recent massive earthquakes that hit Turkey.
Overwhelmed Cemetery as Earthquake Victims Return...
Syrians who killed in the earthquake in Turkey are having their bodies returned home to be buried, which is overcrowding the neighborhood cemeteries. To escape the civil violence, millions of Syrians travelled to Turkey.
As Local Dam Fails,Syrian Villages Flooded...
Northwestern Syrian villages are facing two disasters. After being severely damaged by a powerful earthquake on Monday, the area was later flooded as a result of the collapse of local levees.