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April 11, 2023

Enes Kanter Freedom to be presented with inaugural ‘Mayor’s Freedom Award’ in Utah city

Enes Kanter Freedom will be presented with the "Riverton Mayor's Freedom Award" on Wednesday as he continues to speak out on human rights abuses around the world.

April 7, 2023

Explosion reported at Iraqi airport at center of Kurdish conflict

An explosion reportedly struck next to northern Iraq's Suleimaniyah International Airport, located in Kurdish territory embroiled in conflict.

April 5, 2023

Turkey closes airspace to flights from Suleimaniyah International Airport in northern Iraq

Flights from an airport in northern Iraq have been banned from Turkish airspace for the time being. Turkey cited safety concerns as the reason for closing its airspace.

April 4, 2023

Moscow hosts four-way talks aimed at Syria-Turkey rapprochement

Moscow hosted four-way talks aimed at efforts to help broker a rapprochement between Syria and Turkey. This is the first encounter since Syria's civil war began in 2011.

March 30, 2023

Greece’s defense minister to visit Turkey to ease tensions between 2 NATO members

Greece’s defense minister will visit Turkey next week to ease tensions between two NATO members. Nikos Panagiotopoulos will visit Turkey Tuesday, then travel to the Hatay province.

March 30, 2023

France's top diplomat hopes NATO applications for Sweden, Finland will be 'ratified quickly'

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna wants the NATO applications for Finland and Sweden to be "ratified quickly." Turkey's parliament will vote on whether Finland can join soon.

March 27, 2023

Hungarian parliament approves Finland's NATO bid

Hungary's parliament on Monday voted in approval of Finland's bid to join NATO, removing a key roadblock in the Baltic nation's push for membership.

March 26, 2023

Search for missing Texas boy takes strange turn as family flees country without him: police

Police in Texas are looking for a missing 6-year-old disabled boy after learning he has not been seen since November 2022 and his family left the country without him.

March 20, 2023

EU, donors pledge $7.5B to Turkish, Syrian earthquake relief

The European Union and international donors pledged Monday to donate $7.5 billion in relief money to earthquake-stricken Turkey and Syria.

March 17, 2023

Flood deaths in Turkey's earthquake-stricken area rise to 16

The death toll due to floods in an earthquake-stricken area of Turkey has risen to 16 after officers found two more bodies. The flash floods are in the provinces of Adiyaman and Sanliurfa.