Erdogan in Iran amid tensions over Kurd
Tehran: Iran’s state TV is reporting the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Iran as Tehran and Ankara weigh how to respond to the Kurdish independence referendum in Iraq.
Johnson under fire for ‘bodies’ libya gaffe
Manchester: British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has come under fire for saying libya could become a magnet for tourists and investors — if it can “clear the dead bodies away” first.
French Parl approves new security law
Paris: The lower house of the French Parliament has approved by an overwhelming majority a controversial security law intended to strengthen police and intelligence capacity in fighting the extremist threat.
Erdogan death plot: 34 get life in jail
Istanbul: A Turkish court on Wednesday handed life sentences to 34 people for plotting to assassinate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a luxury Aegean hotel during last year’s failed coup.
4 dead in suicide bombing in libya’s Misrata
Tripoli: At least four people were killed on Wednesday in an ISIS suicide bomb attack at the main court building in libya’s Misrata.
Attack in sE Turkey kills 4 soldiers,
Ankara: Turkish officials say four soldiers were killed and four others were wounded in a bomb attack by Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey.