Just over a year from now the first trains will start to carry passengers under the Bosphorus, linking the Asian and European sides of Istanbul by rail for the first time. It will also be the world's ...

It makes sense. Segmented by waterways, Istanbul is the only city in the world that spans two continents: the Bosphorus strait divides it into halves. One is connected to the European continent ...

Tankers queued in the Bosphorus and the dispute was eventually resolved about a month later, after a compromise in the regulation’s wording. The issue has not resurfaced since. Tankers trading ...