American intelligence officials are increasingly convinced that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia is culpable in the killing of the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an appraisal that poses challenges to a White House [ More … ]
Visit by Estonian leader — currently holding EU’s rotating presidency — could ‘revive’ relations, says Turkish PM The prime ministers of Turkey and Estonia met on Wednesday for high-level talks in the capital Ankara, where [ More … ]
Turkish president says upcoming federal election of Bundestag lawmakers has swayed German criticism Domestic politics are at the heart of the current poor state of relations between Turkey and some European countries, President Recep Tayyip [ More … ]
The U.S. and NATO alliance are getting mixed signals from Turkey at a time when Russia is increasingly warming to Ankara. Turkey’s relationship with the U.S. is considered the worst it’s been in more than [ More … ]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cares more about maintaining good security ties with the Egyptian Army than with re-staffing Israel’s embassy in Cairo which has been empty since the end of 2016, National Security Council [ More … ]
Christian Democrats call for strategic cooperation between EU and Turkey on foreign policy and security issues Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats called for closer EU-Turkey ties, without pledging a full membership perspective, in their election [ More … ]
Turkey and Georgia will discuss development of economic relations during the 2nd meeting of the High Level Strategic Cooperation Council between Turkey and Georgia, the Turkish Economy Ministry told Trend May 22. Prime Minister of [ More … ]
US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly has described Saudi Arabia as a “critical ally in the region.” In an exclusive statement to Arab News at the end of his visit to Jeddah on Monday, he [ More … ]
Unlike the previous days when they experienced slump in infrastructure and turbulent political situation in the Horn, Ethiopia and Sudan, in recent decades, have decided to boost food and energy production and stimulate manufacturing, while [ More … ]
The landmark visit by King Salman to Indonesia beginning today, the first by a Saudi monarch since 1970, will usher in a new era of bilateral relations, Indonesian Ambassador Agus Maftuh Abegebriel said, according to [ More … ]
King Salman received US Sen. John McCain and held talks on different aspects of US-Saudi relations here at Al-Yamamah Palace Tuesday. “During the meeting, King Salman and the American senator reviewed the relationship between Saudi [ More … ]
Ties between Saudi Arabia and Turkey are set to scale new heights as their interests align on key regional issues following talks between King Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday. The summit [ More … ]
All eyes are on US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday. After eight years of hand-wringing and not-so-subtle backstabbing between former US President Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu, a [ More … ]
Turkey and the Dominican Republic have agreed to boost cooperation on tourism, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said during a visit to the Caribbean state on Feb. 2. Speaking in a [ More … ]
Turkish interest towards Africa was first globally evidenced in 1998 when Turkey adopted the Action Plan for Africa. Turkey received the observer status in 2005 before being accepted as a strategic partner of the African [ More … ]
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