Fri 21 March 2025: Millions of Turkish liras were seized from the addresses of two key figures detained as part of the corruption and terror investigations into the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, according to state prosecutors in the Turkish metropolis. Investigations by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into Istanbul Municipality Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and 99 […]
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Fri 21 March 2025: Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov announced on Thursday that a new round of Russia-US talks will take place on March 24 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Ushakov confirmed the date was set during a phone call with US National Security Adviser Michael Waltz. “Michael Waltz, […]
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Fri 21 March 2025: Somalia’s president has fired his defence minister reportedly under pressure from the United States, due to the dismissed official having close ties with Turkiye, sources have revealed. On Sunday, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud dismissed his defence minister Abuldkadir Mohamed Nur, in a reshuffle which saw him reassigned as the country’s […]
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Image is for illustration purpose. Fri 21 March 2025: China has detected cases of norovirus at a school in the coastal city of Shanghai, state media reported on Wednesday. The cases were detected after some students experienced nausea and vomiting at a middle school in the Fengxian district in the biggest Chinese city and subsequent […]
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Thu 20 March 2025: Sudan’s army is close to taking control of the Presidential Palace in Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), state TV reported today according to Reuters. The RSF quickly took the palace and most of the capital at the outbreak of war in April 2023, but the Sudanese Armed Forces have […]
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Thu 20 March 2025: The Turkish Cypriot administration’s decision to permit headscarves in secondary schools has ignited fierce debate, with teachers’ unions and opposition figures condemning it as part of a broader push towards religious conservatism. The move is particularly controversial given that the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has traditionally been more secular and […]
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Thu 20 March 2025: Police in India’s northern state of Punjab detained hundreds of farmers who have been protesting for over a year for better crop prices. Authorities also used bulldozers to dismantle their makeshift camps. Protest leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal were among those detained by the Punjab police in the early hours of Thursday. […]
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Thu 20 March 2025: The US defense secretary has vowed to appeal a court decision blocking US President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving openly in the military. Pete Hegseth said simply on X: “We are appealing this decision and we will win.” After returning to the White House this January, President Trump signed […]
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Thu 20 March 2025: At least 10,000 people were displaced in February in Mozambique’s violence-hit northern province of Cabo Delgado, a UN agency said Wednesday. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report that 93% of those movements of people were found to be due to “attacks or […]
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Thu 20 March 2025: Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping organized crime by automating and expanding criminal activities while helping conceal the moves from law enforcement, Europol warned Tuesday in its Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment report. “The same qualities that make AI revolutionary — accessibility, adaptability and sophistication — also make it a powerful tool for criminal networks,” said […]
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