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Death toll reaches 27, more than 800 injured in quake-hit Turkey
Rescue teams on Saturday plowed through concrete blocks and the debris of eight collapsed buildings in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey’s Aegean coast and north of the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 27 people.
Greece asks EU to consider suspending customs union with Turkey
Greek media says foreign minister’s move comes amid mounting tensions between Athens and Ankara over disputed East Mediterranean waters.
Rights groups blast Greece for asylum violations
Two aid organisations have asked the European Commission to launch infringement proceedings against Greece for violations of Europe’s asylum law.
Galatasaray set for showdown talks with Bordeaux for Samuel Kalu
Turkish Super Lig outfit Galatasaray are ready to open talks with French Lig one club Girondins Bordeaux over the transfer of Super Eagles forward Samuel Kalu.
Greece transfers several hundred migrants from Lesbos to mainland
Greece has transferred 784 migrants from the island of Lesbos to the mainland since July 1, seeking to relieve the overcrowded refugee camps on the Aegean islands, national broadcaster ERT reported on Thursday.
Greece relocates 50 migrant minors to Germany amid coronavirus
Fifty unaccompanied minors have been transferred from Greece to Germany. They are the second group of relocations in a week and hundreds more are expected to follow as Greece moves ahead with a plan to ease overcrowded conditions at camps on the front line of Europe’s lingering refugee crisis.
Istanbul airport reopens after plane crashes on landing, killing three
Flights resumed at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport on Thursday after a passenger plane skidded off a runway and broke apart as it landed in bad weather.
Police in Greece arrest 12 migrants over violence in Samos camp
The police in Greece said on Wednesday they had arrested 12 migrants suspected of starting a mass brawl in a camp on the island of Samos three days earlier.
Mikel Obi joins Turkish club Trabzonspor
The 32-year-old midfielder, who is presently in Egypt with the Nigeria national team at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, has signed a contract for two years with an option for an additional year.
Greece intercepts boat with 77 migrants on board, arrests 2
The Greek coastguard on Friday said it has intercepted a boat with 77 migrants on board and detained two suspected smugglers.
Magnitude 5.6 quake hits western Turkey
A moderate 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook Turkey’s western province of Denizli on Wednesday, damaging some buildings and knocking bricks and tiles to the ground in the rural area, officials and the Turkish quake monitor.
One migrant drowns as boat sinks off Turkey
Coastguards on Tuesday recovered a dead body after a boat loaded with dozens of migrants sank off western Turkey, the authorities said in a statement.
Recep Erdogan warns ‘sea bandits’ over Cyprus energy exploration
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday warned foreign oil companies over energy exploration off Cyprus, describing those who defy Ankara as "bandits of the sea" who would face a similar response as its foes in Syria.
Five dead as migrant boat capsizes
Five people died after a boat carrying illegal migrants capsized off Turkey’s northwestern coast on Sunday, state media reported.
Turkey, US in diplomatic row after ministers’ sanctions
Turkey and the United States were on Thursday locked in the most serious diplomatic crisis between the NATO allies in years after Washington slapped sanctions on two senior Turkish ministers and Ankara vowed to retaliate.
Turkey’s Recep Erdogan accuses US of ‘evangelist, Zionist mentality’ in pastor’s case
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday vowed Turkey would not give in to threats from the US over the case of an American pastor being tried on terror charges, accusing Washington of showing an “evangelist, Zionist mentality”.
Turkish court rejects appeal for US pastor’s release
A Turkish court on Tuesday rejected an appeal to release from house arrest a US pastor whose detention on terror-related charges has strained relations between NATO allies Ankara and Washington, state media reported.
Turkey’s Erdogan warns Donald Trump over sanctions threat
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the US in comments published Sunday that sanctions would not force Ankara to “step back” after Donald Trump threatened to punish Turkey if a US pastor was not freed.
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New U.S. defense secretary reaffirms U.S. commitment to defending Senkaku islands
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