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Turkey seeks arrest of businessman linked to US fraud scheme

10:58 pm December 29, 2020

Ankara: Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued a detention warrant against Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, a Turkish businessman with links to Utah-based business executives who have pleaded guilty to a USD 511 million tax credit scheme in the United States, Turkeys state-run news agency reported. Anadolu Agency said prosecutors issued the warrant against Korkmaz following a joint probe by Turkeys financial crimes investigation and tax auditing […]

Suspected foreign fighter extradited to Denmark from Turkey

9:29 pm December 18, 2020

Copenhagen: Acourt in Denmark on Friday ordered a Danish national facing terror charges on suspicion of having fought alongside the Islamic State group in Syria held in pre-trial custody until January 6. The 32-year-old man was arrested Thursday when he arrived in Copenhagen having been extradited from Turkey. The Copenhagen police said he had been in custody since he […]

Azerbaijan fully reclaims lands around Nagorno-Karabakh

6:18 pm December 1, 2020

Baku: Azerbaijan on Tuesday completed reclaiming territory ceded by Armenia under a Russia-brokered peace deal that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev hailed the restoration of control over the areas as a historic achievement. “We all lived with one dream and now we fulfilled it,” Aliyev said in an address to the nation. “We won […]

Turkish rescuers pull girl from rubble 4 days after quake

2:38 pm November 3, 2020

Izmir: Turkish rescuers in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir have pulled a young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece. The girl, Ayda Gezgin, was seen being taken into an ambulance on Tuesday, wrapped in a thermal blanket, amid the sound of cheers […]

Fighting over separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region continues

6:55 pm November 1, 2020

Yerevan: Fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh entered sixth week on Sunday, with Armenian and Azerbaijani forces blaming each other for new attacks. Nagorno-Karabakh officials accused Azerabaijan of targeting the town of Martuni with military aviation and several other areas with missile strikes overnight. Azerbaijani forces continued shelling the region’s civilian settlements in the morning, the Nagorno-Karabakh military said. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry, in turn, accused Armenian forces of […]