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Turkey offering extra Pfizer shots for those wanting to travel
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey is allowing people who were inoculated with Sinovac's coronavirus vaccine to take an additional Pfizer dose...
Read moreThree Turkish soldiers killed in explosion in northern Iraq – ministry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Three Turkish soldiers were killed and two were wounded by explosives planted by militants in northern Iraq,...
Read moreArmenia says one of its soldiers killed by sniper from Azerbaijan
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Armenia's defence ministry said in a statement that an Armenian soldier was shot dead by a sniper...
Read moreU.S. State Department says all embassy personnel at Kabul airport
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said late Sunday that all American embassy personnel in Kabul had been safely...
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Death toll from northern Turkey floods rises to 62
BOZKURT, Turkey (Reuters) -Flash floods that have swept through towns in the Turkish Black Sea region have killed 62 people,...
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Analysis-Taliban gains give investors cause for concern beyond Afghanistan
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The Taliban's rapid advance towards Kabul is not only causing concern about Afghanistan's future...
Read moreRussian firefighting plane crashes in Turkey, eight killed – Ifax
MOSCOW/ANKARA (Reuters) -Eight people were killed when a Russian firefighting Be-200 plane crashed in Turkey on Saturday, the Russian defence...
Read moreRussia says firefighting aircraft crashes in Turkey – Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday that five Russian servicemen and three Turkish citizens were on board...
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At least 44 killed in Turkey flood as search for missing continues
By Mehmet Emin Caliskan and Bulent Usta BOZKURT, Turkey (Reuters) -Families of those missing after Turkey's worst floods in years...
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Turkey combats Black Sea floods, death toll rises to 31
By Nevzat Devranoglu SINOP, Turkey (Reuters) -Emergency workers battled to relieve flood-hit areas of Turkey's Black Sea region on Friday,...
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EU border agency trials high tech controls as Afghan fighting spreads
By Alexandros Avramidis ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece (Reuters) - The EU's border agency is trialling new high-tech surveillance equipment to detect migrant...
Read moreTurkish soldier killed in mortar attack in northern Iraq – ministry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish militants launched a mortar attack on a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Thursday, wounding...
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More Syrians and Afghans entering EU via Western Balkans
(Reuters) - The number of migrants illegally entering the European Union by crossing the Western Balkans has almost doubled this...
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Syrian properties in Ankara attacked after youth killed
ANKARA (Reuters) - A crowd of Turks attacked shops and homes belonging to Syrians in the Turkish capital Ankara overnight...
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At least 65 killed in Algerian wildfires, Greece and Italy burn
By Karolina Tagaris and Hamid Ould Ahmed ATHENS/ALGIERS (Reuters) - Exhausted Greek firefighters battled blazes for a ninth day on...
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Turkey says Kabul airport issue to “take shape” in coming days
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey believes it would be beneficial for Kabul airport to remain open and the issue will "take...
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Turkey still keen to run Kabul airport despite Taliban advance -officials
(Corrects headline to say Turkey keen to run the airport rather than running) By Orhan Coskun ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey is...
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Turkey to start face-to-face education this year -health minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will start face-to-face education as scheduled, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday, and unvaccinated adults...
Read moreFloods hit Turkey’s north days after wildfires ravage south
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Floods caused by unusually heavy rainfall struck Turkey's northern coast on Wednesday, tearing down a bridge and leaving...
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Greece says EU not ready for new migrant crisis as Afghan conflict grows
By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) -The European Union is not in a position to deal with a repeat of the...
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