By Rowena Edwards Sept 1 (Reuters) — Oil firms operating in Kurdistan have asked the United States to help defuse an upsurge in tension between Iraq’s central government and the semi-autonomous region, according to a letter seen by Reuters and three sources. They say intervention is needed to ensure oil continues to flow from the…
Read MoreANKARA, July 27 (Reuters) — Sweden and Finland have yet to extradite suspects Turkey seeks over terrorism-related charges despite signing an accord to lift Ankara’s veto to its NATO membership last month, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday. The two Nordic countries applied for NATO membership in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,…
Read MoreShares in Ladbrokes owner GVC plunged nearly 12 per cent after it said it was being probed by the taxman. The gambling group told investors that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is looking into ‘potential corporate offending’ at its former Turkish arm. It sent shares tumbling by 11.7 per cent, or Lawyer Turkey 102p, to…
Read MoreA Russian billionaire was criminally charged in New York with violating U.S. sanctions in an indictment unsealed Thursday that also charges three others in a scheme to ensure his child was born in the United States. The Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, 52, has faced economic sanctions since 2018, when he was designated for them by…
Read MoreThe heartbroken wife of a beloved father-of-three who was savagely stabbed to death by their neighbour in a trivial parking dispute today slammed ‘toothless and ineffective’ police for failing to act on years of threats and abuse after the knifeman was convicted of murder. Matthew Boorman, 43, was viciously knifed 27 times by Turkish-born Can…
Read MoreANKARA, Lawyer Turkey Feb 19 (Reuters) — Turkey has hired a Washington-based law firm to lobby for its readmission to the U.S.F-35 fighter jet programme after it was suspended over its purchase of Russian air defences, a contract filed with the U.S. Department of Justice showed. Ankara had ordered more than 100 stealth fighters and…
Read MoreNICOSIA, 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,…
Read MoreFollowing is a summary of current US domestic news briefs. CIA boss talks nuclear weapons and prisoners with Putin’s spy chief U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns was expected to caution President Vladimir Putin’s spy chief at talks on Monday about the consequences of any use of nuclear weapons, and to raise the issue…
Read More‘s Amber Turner, Courtney Green and Chloe Meadows were all out and about filming the new series in Essex on Thursday. Reality star Amber, 28, put on a leggy display in bright blue shorts and a matching jacket as she stepped out while Courtney, 27, and Chloe, Lawyer Turkey 30, looked equally as stylish. It…
Read MoreMarch 26 (Reuters) — Russian oligarchs are welcome in Turkey but must abide by international law in order to do any business, Lawyer Turkey Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday. Turkey has strongly criticized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but opposes sanctions imposed by its NATO allies on principle. «If Russian oligarchs … or…
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