'Stateless' Turkish Cypriots protest over lack of formal IDs

NICOSIA, Nov 19 (Reuters) — Turkish Cypriots of mixed marriages protested on Saturday over what they say are inexplicable delays in gaining Cypriot citizenship, a contentious issue on the ethnically-split island. Campaigners say thousands of people are rendered effectively stateless because they are unable to obtain Cypriot identity cards, falling foul of the politics and…

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How Musk's Twitter takeover could endanger vulnerable users

Twitter rights experts and overseas hubs hit by staff cull * Musk says moderation is a priority as experts voice alarm * Activists fear rising censorship, surveillance on platform By Avi Asher-Schapiro LOS ANGELES, Nov 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Elon Musk’s mass layoffs at Twitter are putting government critics and opposition figures around the…

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Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know as NATO eyes Russia move

LONDON (AP) — Western fears that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent have eased but not disappeared.Diplomatic efforts to avert war got new energy this week after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia was willing to discuss security issues with NATO, and Russia said it was withdrawing some of its troops gathered near Ukraine´s…

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Russian warships pass through Japan strait, possibly on way to Ukraine

Russian warships carrying scores of military trucks were seen passing through a strait in yesterday morning — and could be on their way to . The Tsugaru Strait between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean separates Honshu and Hokkaido, the country’s two biggest islands.  Russia has suffered catastrophic losses, including up to one-fifth…

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Fourteen candidates join race for Cyprus presidency in Feb. vote

NICOSIA, Jan 5 (Reuters) — Fourteen candidates formally joined the race on Thursday to become Cyprus’s next president in an election next month dominated by the island’s decades-old division, irregular migration and corruption scandals. Cyprus has a presidential system of government and the head of state has wide executive powers. Opinion polls show Nikos Christodoulides,…

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New video has emerged of the moment a ‘Canadian spy’ met a teenage

New video has emerged of the moment a ‘Canadian spy’ met a teenage in Istanbul before he allegedly smuggled her into Syria.  Footage obtained by the shows Begum, then 15, and two other East London schoolgirls, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and 15-year-old Amira Abase, transferring between cars at the Turkish capital’s main bus station in 2015.…

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The idea Britain is running out of NLAW anti-tank missiles is ‘b******s’ and a video showing Ben Wallace apparently suggesting this is the case has been faked by pro-Kremlin propagandists, a senior UK official has said

The idea Britain is running out of NLAW anti-tank missiles is ‘b******s’ and a video showing Ben Wallace apparently suggesting this is the case has been faked by pro-Kremlin propagandists, a senior UK official has said.  The clip is the second teaser released by a pair of Russian ‘pranksters’ accused of taking their orders from…

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