Section: Africa&ME
Turkey urges US to review visa suspension as lira, stocks tumble
Turkey urged the United States on Monday to review its suspension of visa services after the arrest of a US consulate employee sharply escalated tension between the two NATO allies and drove Turkey’s currency and stocks lower. Relations between Ankara and Washington have been plagued by disputes over US support for Kurdish fighters in...
Ukraine teens arrested in vandalism at Jewish cemetery
Teens arrested for toppling at least 20 Jewish gravestones in August. …read more Source: Arutz...
Turkey’s Erdogan supports Ukraine over Crimea
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, during a visit to Ukraine, that Turkey won’t recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The Daily...
Erdogan Says US Decision to Halt Turkey Visas ‘Very Saddening’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said he was sad about a decision by the US embassy to stop all regular visa services in Turkey amid a diplomatic row. “Above all, this decision is very, very saddening,” Erdogan said in his first reaction to the decision, at a news conference with Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Kiev....
NATO launches Black Sea force as latest counter to Russia
NATO launched a new multinational force in Romania on Monday to counter Russia along its eastern flank and to check a growing Russian presence in the Black Sea following the Kremlin’s 2014 seizure of Crimea. …read more Source: The Daily...
Stoltenberg says NATO does not want new Cold War
NATO deployments are ‘direct response to Russia’s aggressive actions in Ukraine,’ secretary-general says …read more Source: Anadolu...
Norway’s Delegation Seeking Cooperation With Crimea After Visiting Region
SIMFEROPOL (Sputnik) — A Norwegian delegation has expressed its willingness to cooperate with Crimea and establish friendly relations with the Russian region after paying an official visit to the peninsula, member of the Crimean parliament Yury Gempel told Sputnik on Monday. The delegation comprising 11 Norwegian politicians and businessmen, as...
Stoltenberg says NATO does not want new Cold War
NATO deployments are ‘direct response to Russia’s aggressive actions in Ukraine,’ secretary-general says …read more Source: World...
Ukraine arrests 3 ‘terrorists’ accused of targeting Jews in Uman
The men were arrested earlier this month at a border crossing while carrying explosives, according to the KP news site. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
23-year-old Student Emerges First-ever Miss Wheelchair World
Miss Belarus Aleksandra Chichikova (C), winner of the Miss Wheelchair World contest beauty pageant, first runner-up Lebohang Monyatsi from South Africa (R) and second runner-up Adriana Zawadzinska of Poland react after the award in Warsaw. PHOTO: WOJTEK RADWANSKI / AFPA psychology student from Belarus, Aleksandra Chichikova, has won Miss...
