About 2,000 passengers were stranded overnight at Hong Kong International Airport as Typhoon Noul battered the city, with some dismayed by their disrupted journeys while others complained about hotel room rates that had risen from HK$2,000 (US$255) to HK$3,000 per night. In the airport’s departure hall, almost all the chairs were occupied on Sunday morning,…
Turkish FM Hakan Fidan also said that the idea that US or Israeli airstrikes on Iran could lead to regime change was “a pipe dream.” Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned that Turkey could be pulled into a nuclear arms race if Iran acquires nuclear weapons, arguing that such a development would reshape regional security…
We should call it the “Neom factor”: the force that transforms reasonable aggressive ambition into hallucinogenic fantasyland. It glared out at me last week in a Financial Times headline: “Three ‘Heathrows’ of growth: the unstoppable rise of Middle East airports”. In short, Dubai, Istanbul, Riyadh, Doha and Abu Dhabi in aggregate have airport expansion plans…
ISTANBUL (AP) — Six leading Turkish journalists were summoned to testify to police Thursday in connection with allegations that they disseminated false information in reports about Istanbul’s imprisoned opposition mayor. The chief prosecutor’s office in Istanbul said police had been instructed to take the journalists’ statements as part of an investigation into the “Imamoglu criminal…
Home » ASIA » Ho Chi Minh City Joins Bangkok, Hong Kong, Istanbul in Seeing Phenomenal Rise in Global Tourism, Attracting Multi Million Visitors This Year Published on November 3, 2025 By: Tuhin Sarkar Ho Chi Minh City joins the ranks of global tourism giants like Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Istanbul, witnessing a phenomenal rise…
Afghan and Pakistani negotiators are to meet in Istanbul Saturday to address security issues and establish a lasting ceasefire along their shared border after an outbreak of unexpectedly intense bloody clashes. The confrontation — which resulted in dozens of deaths, among them civilians — began two weeks ago following explosions in central Kabul, which the…
Published on: Oct 02, 2025 06:10 pm IST An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 hit Turkey’s Istanbul. The tremor centered in the Marmara Sea A 5.0-magnitude earthquake rattled buildings in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul on Thursday, sending some people rushing out to the streets, Reuters witnesses and the AFAD disaster agency said. AFAD said the tremor…