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Turkish court delays ruling to oust opposition leader and annul party congress

Hundreds of CHP members, including President Erdogan’s main rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, are jailed pending trial in a sweeping probe over graft and terrorism links.

Turkey restricts access to social media, YouTube amid Opposition’s call for rallies

Netblocks says the access blockage began after the Republican People's Party (CHP) called for rallies after police barricaded its offices in Istanbul.

Firefighters battle to contain wildfires in Turkey, Greece, and Albania amid relentless heatwave

Athens: Firefighters battled to put out wildfires on Monday in three separate provinces in Turkey, in Greece and near a tourist resort in Albania,...

UN urges Australia, Turkey to end COP31 host dispute, calls delay ‘unhelpful’

The annual UN climate talks rotate among 5 regional groups. COP31’s host needs unanimous backing from the 28-member WEOG, with a June deadline set by the UN.

Junking Celebi’s plea against Centre, Delhi HC points to ‘compelling national security considerations’

The Turkish ground-handling firm had challenged the revocation of its security clearance in the wake of the flare-up between India & Pakistan, & Turkey’s military support to Pakistan.

Turkey’s looking more like Pakistan every day. Blasphemy-obsessed, imprisoned by hatred

Erdoğan’s beliefs are increasingly evident beyond Turkey’s borders, too. The new regime in Syria has embraced Sharia as the basis of its laws, just as Erdoğan seeks in his homeland.

Turkey’s ‘Asia Anew’ isn’t just a slogan—it’s a growing strategic surprise for India

While Turkey has expanded arms sales to Pakistan and Bangladesh, India has been conspicuously excluded, or rather blacklisted.

From Cyprus-Turkey buffer zone, Modi extends support for Nicosia’s territorial integrity

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday strongly pitched for the “territorial integrity” of Cyprus, the European nation which has since the 1970s been...

In crackdown against opposition, Turkish prosecutors target members of Republican People’s Party

Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the head of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on charges of threatening and insulting Istanbul's chief

India preempted Pakistan’s offensive, struck military sites, Rawalpindi airport, says PM Shehbaz Sharif

Speaking at the Pakistan-Turkey-Azerbaijan trilateral summit, Sharif confirmed Pakistan’s military had prepared a targeted strike against India 'on the night of 9 and 10 May'.

On Camera

India doesn’t want to rely solely on HAL for fighter jets. AMCA project is the first step

India has long spoken of self-reliance, yet delays have repeatedly necessitated stopgap imports, including Jaguars, Mirages, Su-30MKIs, MiG-29Ks, and Rafales.

Vietnam & China cutting into India’s footwear exports, NITI Aayog calls for tariff cuts, R&D push

With non-leather products driving global footwear demand between 2020 and 2024, India’s global market share stood at 1.85% in 2024, says a NITI Aayog report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.