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Turkey marks its centenary as a post-Ottoman republic on Sunday with somewhat muted celebrations held under the shadow of Israel’s escalating war with Hamas...
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Italy’s government is eyeing Africa in pursuit of energy security, even as some officials defend Rome’s often-bloody colonial past on the continent — giving...
Business
While less used now with the widespread use of mobile phones, around 20,000 working public payphones remain nationwide.
World
The clocks in pensioner Mukaddes Kokeralp Cirak’s house still show the moment modern Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk died in 1938. So do the...
World
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will mark Turkey’s centenary Sunday by honouring the post-Ottoman republic’s revered founder, while chipping away at the foundation of his...
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A gigantic statue of a woman warrior representing Ukraine towered once again over the capital Kyiv Friday but with its Soviet hammer and sickle...
Entertainment
Actress Margot Robbie swapped high heels for pink Birkenstocks in the hit summer movie "Barbie."
World
Revelations that the Dutch king’s grandfather was a card-carrying member of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party have stunned the Netherlands and its royal family, whose...
Tech & Science
Iraqi gamers celebrated the release of the latest instalment of the "Assassin's Creed" action-adventure saga, set in ninth century Baghdad.
World
Down Street underground station closed in the 1930s; it then became a base of strategic importance in World War II before closing for good...