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Turkey crashes out of FIFA World Cup. The story of Hakan Şükür still haunts them

Hakan Şükür remains Turkey's all-time leading scorer and the holder of the fastest goal in World Cup history. Yet he is largely absent from the country's official football history.

Cover your mouth, get a red card—Paraguay’s Almirón sent off under FIFA’s new World Cup rule

Reduced to 10 men after Miguel Almirón's dismissal, Paraguay held firm for a 1-0 win, ending Turkiye's World Cup dreams.

Don’t look at bilateral ties from Pakistan prism, says Turkey foreign minister

Ties between India and Turkey fractured last year following Ankara’s support for Pakistan during Operation Sindoor. Ankara called the Operation an 'unprovoked aggression'.

Turkey’s economy cools more than expected in first quarter amid US-Israel & Iran war

Turkey's GDP only expanded 0.1% in the first quarter from the previous three months as the central bank moved to tighten monetary policy to deter risks related to the Iran war.

Are drones from Turkey fighting each other in Sudan’s proxy civil war?

The alleged downing of a drone by Sudan’s own fleet exposes chaotic logic of Africa’s proxy conflicts, where Turkish weapons are now being turned against themselves.

Turkish court voids election of leader of Turkey’s main oppn party, triggering market selloff

The decision voids the election of Ozgur Ozel as CHP chairman and threatens to upend Turkey’s main opposition force

How attack on UAE shows nuclear plants’ vulnerability in West Asia war

More than half a dozen nuclear facilities have come under attack over the last five years, starting with Russia seizing control of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia in 2022.

‘Islamic NATO’ in the making? Turkey, Saudi, Egypt and Pakistan aim for new strategic bloc

According to a report in Middle East Eye, the foreign ministers of the four countries held talks on the sidelines of the Riyadh summit of Islamic countries.

Amid war with Israel & US, Iran’s Mojtaba Khamenei offers mediation between Afghanistan and Pakistan

In his Eid message, Khamenei also rules out Iran’s role in attacks against Turkey and Oman and asserts ‘Zionist deception’ was at play to create discord.

Pakistan joins Riyadh bloc’s condemnation of Iranian strikes. What it means for pieces on the board

The condemnation spotlights the growing alliance between Azerbaijan, Turkey and Pakistan against the backdrop of Pakistan’s Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia.

On Camera

After energy sources, India now seeks diversifying import routes to negate future Hormuz-like crises

Drawing lessons from the Hormuz crisis, govt explores ways to reduce dependence on maritime chokepoints. Experts say options are limited for LPG compared to crude.

DIA effect: Canada steams ahead with TKMS for new submarines, India’s P 75I still in works

Ottawa has handed over execution functions of critical defence projects to a CEO-led organisation for reducing procurement timelines and making it solely accountable for outcomes.

Congress is ceding ground to BJP on nationalism. It’s pushing India towards one-party system

The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.