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The Catalan regional parliament has voted to declare independence from Spain, just as the Spanish government appears set to impose direct rule.The move was backed 70-10 in a ballot boycotted by opposition MPs. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy earlier told senators direct rule was needed...

Turkish and US missions mutually restrict services, say they need to reassess each other's commitment to staff security. Turkey on Sunday suspended non-immigrant visa services at all Turkish diplomatic facilities in the United States, in a tit-for-tat move amid escalating tensions between the NATO allies. Just...

Turkish leader links Israel's Mossad to Kurdish referendum, while Iranian president blames 'foreign sectarian plot'. By:Ted Regencia   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for "more decisive action" in response to the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG)'s attempt to split from Iraq, as he joined his Iranian counterpart...

Authorities in the Spanish region of Catalonia have launched a strike in protest against the central government's forceful opposition to the region's secession vote. Nearly 900 people were injured as hundreds of riot police attempted to shut down polling stations on October 1. Catalans held...

Holding a joint press conference with President Putin of Russia, President Erdoğan said: “Unfortunately, our region recently has been becoming more fragile. The referendum has no legitimacy with regard to the Iraqi constitution and international law. Unfortunately, the regional government made a grave mistake...

Turkey   will grant around 50,000 Syrians citizenship, a top Interior Ministry official said Friday. Speaking in Turkey's southern province of Şanlıurfa, one of the cities hosting Syrian refugee camps, Interior Ministry General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs Manager Sinan Güner told Anadolu Agency...

Erdogan attends Fashion for Development event during UN General Assembly Somali supermodel and entrepreneur Iman has thanked Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan for Ankara's humanitarian aid efforts towards Somalia. Erdogan attended the Fashion for Development (F4D) event as part of the launch of the annual UN...

Turkey's first lady Emine Erdoğan and a delegation including Turkish politicians and heads of Turkish aid agencies arrived in Bangladesh Thursday to visit a refugee camp hosting Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The first lady told reporters that Turkey will do everything...