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Turkish parliamentary committee delays decision on Sweden’s NATO membership bid
FILE - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, center, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, right, during a meeting ahead of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 10, 2023. The Turkish Parliament's foreign affairs committee was scheduled on Thursday to start debating Sweden's bid to join NATO, drawing the previously non-aligned country closer to membership in the Western military alliance. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Turkey’s Erdogan submits Sweden’s NATO bid to parliament for ratification, presidency says
FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waits for the start of a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has submitted a protocol for Sweden’s admission into NATO to Turkey’s parliament for ratification, his office said Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Erdogan had been delaying ratification of Sweden’s membership, accusing Stockholm of being too soft on Kurdish militants and other groups he considers to be security threats. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
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Azerbaijan holds first joint drills with Turkey since retaking Nagorno-Karabakh region
This photograph taken at the Lachin checkpoint, on September 26, 2023, shows an Azerbaijan flag. Hundreds of vehicles were heading to Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh on September 26, 2023, following 's lightning offensive against the separatist enclave, an AFP team at the scene said. The flow of vehicles was continuous, with families piling their belonging on top of their cars and stopping only a few seconds at the last Azerbaijani checkpoint before entering Armenia along the so-called Lachin Corridor, AFP reporters said. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)
soccer
Spain beats Norway to seal place in European Championship finals
Norway's Oscar Bobb, center, and Spain's Fran García in action during the Euro 2024 group A qualifying soccer match between Norway and Spain at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo, Norway, Sunday Oct. 15, 2023. (Fredrik Varfjell/NTB Scanpix via AP)
opinion
Canada can help save the hostages in Gaza
Irwin Cotler and Brandon Silver
soccer
UEFA picks Britain and Ireland to host 2028 European Championship; Italy and Turkey to stage 2032
FILE - The trophy is displayed on the pitch before the Euro 2020 soccer championship final match between England and Italy at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, July 11, 2021. UEFA has decided the future of soccer’s European Championship for the next decade. The United Kingdom and Ireland will host in 2028 and an unusual Italy-Turkey co-hosting plan was picked for 2032. (Carl Recine/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Turkey says it has killed 58 Kurdish militants in northern Syria
Smoke rises from Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeast city of Qamishli, Syria October 5, 2023. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman
canada
A baby, a new home, a breakup: These Thanksgiving ‘firsts’ created new traditions for Canadians
world
Turkey steps up strikes on militants as conflict escalates in Syria
Smoke rises from Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeast city of Qamishli, Syria October 5, 2023. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman
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U.S. jet shoots down Turkish drone in Syria, Pentagon says
Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
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Drone strikes at Syrian military ceremony kill 80 people, wound 240, health minister says
Young members of the Druze community wave Syrian national flags during a rally in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on October 6, 2018 commemorating the 45th anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP)JALAA MAREY/AFP/Getty Images
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Turkey detains nearly 1000, including alleged Kurdish militants, following suicide bomb attack
A journalist works on live coverage afar from demonsrators as Turkish riot police block journalists to shoot a press release in front of a pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) office, after some of their members were detained early in the morning, on October 2, 2023, at Beyoglu district in Istanbul. A powerful blast near the parliament building in Ankara on October 1, injured two police officers. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), listed as a terror group by Turkey and its Western allies, claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in the Turkish capital that injured two people. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP) (Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images)
energy and resources
Oil rebounds from three-week low, settles up despite stronger dollar
Working oil pumpjacks dot the landscape on oilfields on the outskirts of Taft, Kern County, California on September 21, 2023. California produces 311,000 barrels of crude oil every day, around 2.4 percent of all US production, making it the seventh largest producing state in the union. But it is also at the leading edge of environmentalism in the United States, and is determined to shrink its dependency. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
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23 expert tips to elevate your Thanksgiving food, mood and everything in between
File #: 1638746 Exclusive iStockphoto Photographer Turkey Dinner Plate Turkey and all the fixings. Isolated. Credit: Kelly Cline / iStockphoto (Royalty-Free) Keywords: Turkey, Thanksgiving, Plate, Dinner, Food, Isolated, Roast Dinner, Meal, Stuffing, Chicken, Cranberry Sauce
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Turkey hits back in Iraq and at home after bombing attack in Ankara
Turkish security forces cordon off an area after an explosion in Ankara, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday, hours before parliament was scheduled to reopen after a summer recess. A second assailant was killed in a shootout with police. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)
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Turkey strikes suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq after suicide attack in Ankara
A bomb disposal expert works at the scene after a bomb attack in Ankara, Turkey October 1, 2023. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan
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Erdogan says Turkey may part ways with the EU, implying the country could end membership bid
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he speaks during a press conference at the end of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Sept.10, 2023. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
world
New U.S. sanctions target workarounds that let Russia get Western tech for war
In this photo released by Roscongress Foundation, Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. (Vyacheslav Viktorov, Roscongress Foundation via AP)
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Rescue begins of ailing U.S. researcher stuck 3,000 feet inside a Turkish cave
Turkish governor of Mersin, Ali Hamza Pehlivan, front center, during his visit to the Morca cave during a rescue operation near Anamur, south Turkey, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. American researcher Mark Dickey, 40, who fell ill almost 1,000 meters (more than 3,000 feet) below the entrance of a cave in Turkey, has recovered sufficiently enough to be extracted in an operation that could last three or four days, a Turkish official was quoted as saying on Friday. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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Rescuers may soon try to remove sick American researcher 1 km down in a Turkish cave
European Cave Rescue Association (ECRA) members and Turkish gendarmerie officers stand next to the entrance of Morca cave near Anamur, southern Turkey, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Turkish and international cave rescue experts are working to save an American speleologist trapped at a depth of more than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in a cave in southern Turkey after he became ill. (Mithat Unal/Dia Images via AP)
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Severe flooding in Greece leaves at least six dead and six missing, villages cut off
An aerial view taken on September 7, 2023 shows the flooded village of Farkadona near the city of Karditsa, central Greece. Greek rescue services were trying to reach dozens of villagers in central Greece on September 7, 2023, after deadly storms that saw more than a year's worth of rain fall there in 24 hours. Across Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, the storms have killed at least 14 people. (Photo by Will VASSILOPOULOS / AFP) (Photo by WILL VASSILOPOULOS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Rescuers in Turkey race to save ill U.S. cave explorer trapped 1 km underground
European Cave Rescue Association (ECRA) members and Turkish gendarmerie officers stand next to the entrance of Morca cave near Anamur, southern Turkey, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Turkish and international cave rescue experts are working to save an American speleologist trapped at a depth of more than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in a cave in southern Turkey after he became ill. (Mithat Unal/Dia Images via AP)
world
At least 7 people die as severe rainstorms trigger flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria
A fallen tree is seen in a flooded river during a storm in the city of Volos, Greece, September 5, 2023. Sevina Dariotou/Eurokinissi via REUTERS
international business
Turkey’s central bank raises interest rates again in another sign of normalizing economic policy
FILE PHOTO: Turkey's Central Bank headquarters is seen in Ankara, Turkey in this January 24, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
world
Flames devour forests and homes as wildfires that have left 20 dead in Greece burn out of control
Firefighters and volunteers try to tackle a wildfire burning in the village of Hasia, near Athens, Greece August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
investor newsletter
Horror movie plot: An investor buys a preferred share ETF and holds for 10 years
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 19: People are reflected in screen showing a Bitcoin trading graph in the window of a cryptocurrency exchange office on October 19, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey. The number of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges have increased across Istanbul as cryptocurrency investing continues to boom in Turkey. Many investors see cryptocurrency's growth as a shelter against inflation and the depreciating Lira. Turkey's Lira has lost 20% of it's value this year as Bitcoin approaches it's all time high on the back of today's historic debut of the first Bitcoin futures ETF on the NYSE. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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UN says deal reached with Syria to reopen border crossing from Turkey
(FILES) A convoy carrying humanitarian aid arrives in Syria after crossing the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, on July 10, 2023. The United Nations has said it reached agreement with the Syrian government on aid deliveries to rebel-held areas from Turkey, raising concern among relief groups who had wanted Damascus kept out. Under a 2014 deal, most international aid had passed through the Bab al-Hawa crossing from Turkey without the authorization of Damascus. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP) (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Canada risks letting Turkey off the hook, by prioritizing politics over arms control
Cesar Jaramillo and Kelsey Gallagher
energy and resources
TotalEnergies partners with Ronesans to expand renewable power generation capacity in Turkey
FILE PHOTO-A sign with the logo of French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is pictured at a petrol station in Reze, near Nantes, France, January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/file photo
opinion
Erdogan’s ‘U-turn’ on NATO is part of his pattern of cynical transactionalism
Adnan R. Khan
politics
Canada won’t say if it’s in talks to lift ban on arms sales to Turkey
FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a press conference during a NATO leaders summit in Vilnius, Lithuania July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/
canada
Canada unfreezes talks with Turkey on export controls after NATO move: source
FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, ahead of a NATO leaders summit in Vilnius, Lithuania July 11, 2023. Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Turkey’s Erdogan says lawmakers will take up ratification of Sweden’s NATO membership in October
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a press conference during the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 12, 2023. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)