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…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli navy soldiers boarded vessels and detained dozens of activists aboard a flotilla attempting to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, but 12 hours after the military began intercepting the vessels, several boats continued sailing and were nearing the besieged territory on Thursday, activists said. Supporters of the flotilla took to the streets…
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices slipped nearly 1% on Monday after Iraq’s Kurdistan region resumed crude oil exports via Turkey over the weekend and as OPEC+ plans another oil output hike in November, adding to global supplies. Brent crude futures fell 63 cents, or 0.90%, to $69.50 a barrel by 0023 GMT after…
In 2007, eight years after becoming Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chávez revoked the license of the country’s oldest private television station. Eight months into his second term, President Donald Trump suggested revoking the licenses of U.S. television stations he believes are overly critical of him. Since he returned to office in January, Trump’s remaking of the…
China’s recent high-profile diplomatic activity, including the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin and the Victory Day parade in Beijing in the same week, conveyed more than international headlines suggested. Although much of the media spotlight focused on the optics of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and North Korean leader…
Two Turkish nationals, aged 62 and 72, were arrested in Chios on Thursday for attempting to smuggle mobile phones to Turkey. During an inspection of a sailboat flying the Turkish flag and preparing to depart from the port of Chios, coast guard officers discovered 4,000 mobile phones without the required legal documentation. A subsequent search…
The president is pressuring NATO allies to stop purchasing oil from Russia, saying if they continue to do so, he’ll enact sanctions alongside them. Currently Turkey, Hungary, and Slovakia buy Russian oil, and others purchase Russian natural gas. Russia uses the profits to wage war in Ukraine. Now President Trump says NATO should also. Tariffs…
President Donald Trump challenged members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Saturday to fully remove themselves from Russian oil before he agreed to further sanctions on Moscow, raising the question as to why some member states still use Russian oil years into the invasion of Ukraine. Newsweek reached out to NATO and the…
The United States on Friday penalized two Chinese firms that acquired US chipmaking equipment for China’s top chipmaker SMIC, including them among 32 entities that were added to the Commerce Department’s restricted trade list, according to a US government posting. Twenty-three of the 32 were in China. GMC Semiconductor Technology (Wuxi) Co and Jicun Semiconductor Technology were placed on the list, formally known as…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, from left, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, China. AP/PTI Photo : PTI United States President Donald Trump’s blunt-force approach to diplomacy appears to be backfiring, potentially pushing traditional…