July 10, 2020 Turkey's president formally makes Hagia Sophia a mosque The president of Turkey on Friday formally converted Istanbul’s sixth-century Hagia Sophia back into a mosque and declared it open for Muslim worship, hours after a high court annulled a 1934 decision that had made the religious landmark a museum.
July 10, 2020 Turkey issues presidential decree to convert Hagia Sophia back into mosque The conversion has been criticized as a move to stir President Erdogan's fundamentalist support.
July 3, 2020 Saudi officials go on trial in absentia in Turkey for Khashoggi murder Jamal Khashoggi’s onetime fiancée called for justice in a Turkish court Friday, as 20 Saudi officials were tried in absentia for the murder of the writer and activist two years ago in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
July 3, 2020 At least two dead, dozens injured as explosion rocks Turkish fireworks factory At least two people have died and 74 have been wounded as a Turkish fireworks factory was rocked by a series of explosions on Friday.
July 1, 2020 Turkey: Up to 60 migrants feared dead after boat sinks Up to 60 migrants may have been trapped in a boat that sank in an eastern lake last week, Turkey’s interior minister said Wednesday.
June 25, 2020 Waterspout roars across lake in Turkey as torrential rains lash Istanbul, killing Syrian refugee A large waterspout could be seen over a lake in Turkey as heavy rain and hail storms lashed Istanbul on Tuesday, flooding streets and causing at least one death.
June 16, 2020 Will the unrest in Libya and NATO's schism drag US back into conflict? It is coming up on nine years since Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi was assassinated, splintering the North African nation into a protracted conflict of contested rulers and warring militias.
May 26, 2020 Russian 'camouflaged' fighter jets deployed to Libya to back rebel airstrikes on capital: US military The U.S. military announced Tuesday that Russian fighter jets have deployed to Libya to support Moscow’s private military contractors against the United Nations-backed government in Tripoli.
May 14, 2020 Ex-Turkish soccer player confessed to killing 5-year-old son in hospital, officials say A former Turkish soccer player was arrested Thursday after he confessed to killing his 5-year-old son while the boy was hospitalized due to a possible coronavirus contraction, authorities said.
May 13, 2020 Napolitano: List of Obama officials who requested Flynn unmasking raises 'more questions than answers' Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano told "The Daily Briefing" Wednesday that the declassified list of Obama administration officials who requested the unmasking of Michael Flynn had "opened up a can of worms."
