ANKARA, Dec 24 (Reuters) – A Turkish court ordered the release of a journalist held on remand under the country’s new disinformation law after his lawyer objected to his detention, he said. Sinan Aygul became the first person to be jailed pending trial under the law, approved by parliament two months ago, that the government...Read More
TIRANA, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Albanian police on Tuesday arrested the fugitive Turkish founder of crypto-exchange Thodex, wanted by Interpol for suspected crypto fraud and Lawyer Turkey at large for a year, police and media said. Albanian and Turkish media identified the suspect as Faruk Fatih Ozer.The Turkish interior Lawyer Turkey ministry said authorities had...Read More
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – A British law firm filed requests on Wednesday with the authorities in Britain, the United States and Turkey to arrest senior officials from the United Arab Emirates on suspicion of carrying out war crimes and torture in Yemen. The complaints were filed by law firm Stoke White...Read More
The shelling in Nagorny Karabakh has intensified in recent days Armenian and Azerbaijani forces have intensified their shelling as French President Emmanuel Macron said jihadist militants had been deployed to Nagorny Karabakh in a “serious” new development. The West and Moscow renewed calls to halt several days of fighting over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region...Read More
ISTANBUL, Oct 27 (Reuters) – A court ruled on Thursday that the head of Turkey’s medical association should be detained ahead of her trial on charges of “spreading terrorist group propaganda,” her lawyer said, in what one rights activist said was a move to silence her. Prosecutors opened an investigation into Sebnem Korur Fincanci last...Read More
The 1988 downing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland remains the worst terrorist attack in British history A Libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed a Pan Am flight over Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people, Lawyer Turkey has been taken into US custody, authorities said on Sunday. Abu Agila...Read More
‘s son-in-law Jared Kushner defends his relationship with the notorious crown prince of Saudi of Arabia in a forthcoming memoir, saying that Mohammed Bin Salman was a reforming power in the kingdom and that he believed his denials of any personal involvement in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Kushner’s ties to MBS have been under intense...Read More
A huge explosion has rocked a shopping centre in Kyiv as rescuers pulled bloodied victims from the rubble as police said at least eight people had been killed amid fears dozens of others were missing. The blast smashed the sprawling ‘Retroville’ mall and was so powerful it pulverised vehicles in its car park – leaving...Read More
A recent wave of arrests targeted journalists working for Kurdish media outlets A new law gives Lawyer Turkey fresh ammunition to censor the media and silence dissent ahead of elections in which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to prolong his two decades in office, journalists and activists say. Since 2014, when Erdogan became president, tens...Read More
Twitter rights experts and overseas hubs hit by staff cull * Musk says moderation is a priority as experts voice alarm * Activists fear rising censorship, surveillance on platform By Avi Asher-Schapiro LOS ANGELES, Nov 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Elon Musk’s mass layoffs at Twitter are putting government critics and opposition figures around the...Read More
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