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Crackdown shatters AKP 'anti-corruption' taboo

Istanbul police chief Huseyin Capkin (Front) leaves the police headquarters in Istanbul December 18, 2013. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said on Wednesday a corruption investigation in which 52 people including the sons of three cabinet ministers have been detained was part of a "planned operation" to tarnish the government. In the first official comments on the investigation from a senior member of the government, Arinc also said politics would not be allowed to stand in the way of the inquiry

Egyptians Show High Interest In Israeli Literature, Culture

A general view shows Al-Azhar University, which was founded in the 10th century through the endowment of a charitable trust, or awqaf, in Cairo March 19, 2013. The endowments, known as awqaf, receive donations from Muslims to operate specific social projects, such as mosques, schools and welfare schemes. The system goes back more than a thousand years, to soon after the birth of Islam. A fund management venture set up in Dubai this month is taking aim at one of the great backwaters of the Middle Eastern eco

Should Israelis fear biometric database?

A person uses a sensor for biometric identification on a smartphone in Berlin, Germany October 16, 2015. On the verge of collapse a decade ago, Sweden's Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has emerged market leader in a booming industry set to supply billions of touch fingerprint sensors for smartphones, tablets and credit cards in the years ahead. After years in the wildnerness, plowing cash into product development, the main rival of U.S. Synaptics has seen demand soar in 2015, bagging deals from some of China's bigg

Day 77 of Hamas-Israel war blog: Friday, Dec. 22

A picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 10, 2023, shows smoke rising above the northern part of the Palestinian enclave amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement.

Erdogan targets US envoy over escalating visa row

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he speaks during a joint press conference with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic (not in the picture) after their meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Marko Djurica - RC13E1AA15B0

Israel-Hamas battles create havoc in Gaza hospitals

Hundreds of internally displaced Palestinians have taken shelter at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City

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Is Israel breaking left under Bennett?

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on June 27, 2021. - The Israeli health ministry reimposed a requirement on June 25 for masks to be worn in enclosed public places, following a surge in Covid-19 cases since the rule was dropped 10 days earlier.

Day 68 of Hamas-Israel war blog: Wednesday, Dec. 13

Family members of Americans who were taken hostage by Hamas during the terrorist attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, including (L-R) Yael Alexander, Orna Neutra, Adi Alexander and Liz Naftali, talk to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House on Dec. 13, 2023 in Washington, D.C.

Day 56 of Hamas-Israel war blog: Friday, Dec. 1

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Undeterred by closures, Hamas still boasts of tunnel advantage