President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's administration has consistently barred gatherings and protests in Taksim, citing security concerns. Nevertheless, certain political parties and labour organisations remain resolute in their determination to march to this symbolic venue.
A Chinese coercion campaign, likelier than an invasion and in some ways already happening, isn't something the US is prepared for, experts warn.
A display of power – or social media jumping to conclusions?
Joe Biden is the worst US president since Jimmy Carter. He specialises in betraying America’s friends and rewarding its enemies, in humiliating the West and empowering the Global South’s autocracies.
Their no-show at Donald Trump's hush money trial is down to two things, said the former president's niece.
The Lockheed Martin F-22 is the US Air Force’s best fighter. The Lockheed Martin F-16 is its most numerous fighter. But its workhorse fighter – the type which balances capability and mass – is the Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle, the multi-role version of the classic air-superiority fighter. The Eagle was the best fighter in the world before the F-22 came along.
The Israeli military is calling on the United Nations to investigate the presence of armed militants at a UN facility in southern Gaza after releasing video that shows armed men at the facility.
The husband of adult film actress Stormy Daniels said on Tuesday that there’s a “good chance” the couple will leave the country if former President Donald Trump is acquitted in his Manhattan criminal trial.
STORY: :: Graphic WarningSlovak Prime Minister Robert Fico suffered life-threatening injuries when he was shot in an attempted assassination on Wednesday. Fico was in the central town of Handlova for a government meeting and was shaking hands with a crowd of people... when a man near a barricade pulled out a gun and fired. :: RTV PRIEVIDZASlovak media said the shooter was a 71-year-old man, though the motive was initially unclear.The country’s interior minister said it was “politically motivated.”The 59-year-old Fico was rushed to a local hospital and then transported by helicopter to a regional capital for urgent treatment.Fico is no longer in life-threatening condition, according to a government minister.Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova said she was “shocked” by the shooting, saying it was (quote) “an attack on democracy.”The leftist prime minister returned to his role last October for the fourth time.He has drawn criticism for taking a more pro-Russian stance in the Ukraine war, as well as initiating reforms of criminal law and the media, which have raised concerns over weakening the rule of law.The shooting has drawn international condemnation from U.S. President Joe Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other European leaders.
Critics aren’t buying this big claim by the son of the former president.
Singapore's new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has pledged to chart a distinct course for the nation’s future while upholding the legacy of his predecessors. Wong, 51, was sworn into office on May 15, becoming Singapore's fourth prime minister. Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam appointed Wong to succeed Lee Hsien Loong, marking the end of the Lee dynasty's half-century reign.
The former president had suggested that his successor was reluctant to debate him. But on Wednesday, that claim was thrown out the window.
Satellite images exclusively obtained by CNN show three destroyed Russian jets and damaged buildings at Belbek airbase in occupied port city of Sevastopol on Wednesday.
Robert Fico, the Slovakian prime minister who was shot on Wednesday, has presided over a shift from pro-Western values to growing sympathies with Russia since his election victory last September.
A new radio-wave weapon which can destroy swarms of drones in one shot is to be used by the British military for the first time.
France deployed troops to New Caledonia's ports and international airport, banned TikTok and imposed a state of emergency on Thursday after three nights of clashes that have left five dead and hundreds wounded.- TikTok ban - Attal told a ministerial crisis meeting that troops had been deployed to secure ports and the international airport in New Caledonia, which has been closed to commercial flights.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for the start of a two-day state visit underlining close alignment with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Pro-Palestinian protesters occupying a building at the University of Melbourne have been told to leave by university officials, who say they’ve “crossed a line” by entering the building and disrupting thousands of students’ classes.
YouTubeThe crowd at a Columbia University graduation ceremony burst into an outraged uproar after the speaker’s microphone appeared to turn off when she mentioned Israel’s deadly military campaign in Gaza.Saham David Ahmed Ali, a candidate for a Masters degree in Public Health, was invited to make remarks on behalf of the graduating class at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health. During her address on Tuesday, she talked about her experience as a Columbia student amid the campus protests op
Lawrence Wong was sworn in as the fourth prime minister of Singapore on Wednesday evening, leading a trade-dependent nation he warned would face turbulence from worsening geopolitical tensions.
Israel will on Friday hit back in the United Nations' top court at allegations from South Africa that it has escalated a campaign of "genocide" with its military operation in Rafah.It wants the court to order Israel to "immediately" cease all military operations in Gaza, including in Rafah, enable humanitarian access and report back on its progress on achieving these orders. ric/rlp/lb
