Government And Politics
Turkish leader says his economic views are same but he'll accept finance minister's approach
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his economic policies haven't changed but his finance minister will have leeway to move away from an unconventional approach that many have blamed for a worsening cost-of-living crisis
Kuwait strikes $367 million deal to acquire Turkish-made combat drones
Kuwait says it has struck an agreement worth $367 million with Turkish drone giant Baykar to procure its TB2 drones
Erdogan says no change in Turkey's stance on Sweden's NATO membership
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that NATO should not bet on his country approving Sweden’s application to join the Western military alliance before a July summit because the Nordic nation has not fully addressed his security concerns
Israel disciplines soldiers over blunders that led to fatal Egyptian border attack
The Israeli military says that it will discipline three officers in the case of a rare attack on the Egyptian border that killed three Israeli soldiers and exposed a series of mishaps earlier this month
Turkey says it's ready to open consulate in city that Azerbaijan took from Armenian forces
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is ready to open a consulate in Shusha, a city that Azerbaijan took from Armenian forces in a war in 2020
UN says insurance coverage secured to salvage rusting oil tanker off Yemen
The United Nations Development Program says it's secured an insurance coverage to start a ship-to-ship transfer of 1.1 million barrels of crude from a rusting tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen — oil that could cause a major environmental disaster
Turkey's president unwavering on two-state policy to resolve Cyprus' ethnic division
Turkey’s president says any deal resolving Cyprus’ nearly half-century ethnic division must be based on recognition of a breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in the island nation’s northern third
Israel's opposition leader and former prime minister testifies at Netanyahu's corruption trial
The Israeli prime minister's chief political rival has testified at his corruption trial
Iraq's parliament approves budget, ending dispute over oil revenue sharing with Kurdish region
Iraq’s parliament has belatedly approved a record $152 billion budget for 2023, after months of wrangling over the sharing of oil revenue between the central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region in the north
In Yemen, 3 killed in clashes between suspected al-Qaida militants and pro-government forces
Military officials and tribal leaders say clashes between suspected al-Qaida militants and Yemen’s pro-government forces in the country's south have killed three men