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including to an individual who was later arrested by Turkish authorities for his alleged involvement in a January 2024 terrorist attack on a church in Istanbul for which ISIS-K publicly claimed ...

Three senior ministers on Tuesday publicly called for resettling the Gaza Strip, with two urging a return to war with Hamas and one demanding that residents of the Palestinian territory be deported.

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Istanbul is one of the world's biggest cities, growing larger still every year. Its rapid expansion is putting enormous stress on its water supplies. Jodie Harburt often talks about the buzzard. I ...

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