MIDDLE EAST: South China Morning Post: 5th December 2023:
Israel mulls plans to flood Gaza tunnels with sea water ...... Read more

MIDDLE EAST: El Pais: 5th December 2023:
US-Iran tensions escalate in the shadow of Gaza war ......
Tehran-backed factions such as Yemen’s Houthis are intensifying their attacks against Israeli and U.S. interests, while Washington has increased its deployment in the region ...... Read more

CONNECTICUT: RollingStone: 29th November 2023:
Kissinger - War Criminal - dead at 100 - May he rot in Hell ...... Read more

QATAR: DohaNews: 22nd November 2023:
Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, calls for halt to weapons exports to Israel during BRICS meeting ...... Read more

CALIFORNIA: Daily Sabah: 21st November 2023:
Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza ...... Read more

CYPRUS: Declassified UK: 17th November 2023:
Men, weapons and equipment are being flown to Israel out of British Akrotiri Air Base in Cyprus ......
In 1960, a treaty of establishment allowed Cyprus to become an independent Republic, free from British control. Within the agreement, two Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) at Akrotiri and Dhekelia were identified as real estate that would remain as British sovereign territory and therefore remain under British jurisdiction ...... Read more

For the Fallen: Remembrance Day 11th November 2023:
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.     _{(Laurence Binyon - 1869-1943)}

SCOTLAND: Al Jazeera: 26th October 2023:
Celtic FC v Atletico Madrid ......
Celtic FC fans defy Club ban on flying Palestinian flags at UEFA Champions League match...... Read more

FRANCE: Le Monde: 25th October2023:
President Erdogan cancels visit to Israel ......
The Turkish President said he viewed Hamas as ‘liberators’ - not ‘terrorists’ ...... Read more

EGYPT: Al Ahram: 21st October 2023:
Who said what at the Cairo Summit for Peace ...... Read more

IRAN: Tehran Times: 17th October 2023:
Ayatollah Khamenei addresses the situation in Palestine ...... Read more

EGYPT - GAZA: Reuters: 11th October 2023:
Egypt moves to prevent exodus of Palestinians from beseiged Gaza ...... Read more

GAZA - PALESTINE: World Socialist Website: 7th October 2023:
Netanyahu regime staggered by Palestinian uprising ...... Read more

WASHINGTON: World Socialist Website: 28th September 2023:
Death of a Dinosaur ......
Dianne Feinstein, the oldest member of the U.S. Senate and the longest-serving senator from California, has died at age 90 ...... Read more

PARIS: Al Jazeera: 24th September 2023:
Exit stage left ......
France will pull its soldiers out of Niger following a July coup in the West African country, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, dealing a huge blow to French influence and counter-insurgency operations in the Sahel region ...... Read more

PARIS: World Socialist Website: 5th September 2023:
France is resisting demands to withdraw its troops and ambassador from its former colony of Niger ...... Read more

SOCHI: Daily Sabah: 4th September 2023:
President Erdogan of Turkey is meeting Russian President Putin in an effort to revive the grain export deal between Russia and Ukraine, which collapsed when the Kremlin pulled out in July ...... Read more

ISTANBUL: Daily Sabah (AP): 31st August 2023:
Rare blue super moon delights Turkey and global star-gazers ...... Read more

LONDON: The Guardian: 23rd August 2023:
Danse Macabre - Who's on next? ......
Will the Wagner Group survive the loss of Yevgeny Prigozhin? ...... Read more

MADRID: El Pais (AP): 20th August 2023:
Spain wins the Women‘s World Cup for the first time with a 1-0 victory over England in the final at Stadium Australia ...... Read more

UNITED KINGDOM: Yorkshire Bylines: 1st August 2023
Transfer of asylum seekers to ‘floating coffin’ Bibby Stockholm postponed ...... Read more

ISTANBUL: Daily Sabah: 24th July 2023:
Türkey marks centenary of landmark Lausanne Treaty ...... On July 24, 1923, Türkey cemented its place in the international community as the successor of the Ottoman Empire ...... Read more

LONDON: The Guardian: 7th July 2023:
The Scottish government has proposed decriminalizing possession of all drugs for personal use to tackle one of Europe‘s highest overdose death rates. The suggestion was almost instantly blocked by the Conservative U.K. government in London, which said it had “no plans” to soften drug laws ...... Read more

MOSCOW: Daily Sabah: 27th June 2023:
Wagner mutiny ends in compromise ......
Putin tells 2,500 security personnel mustered on a square in the Kremlin complex that the people and the armed forces stood together in opposition to the rebel mercenaries and avoided a civil war ...... Read more

ISRAEL-PALESTINE: Al Jazeera: 15th May 2023:
The Nakba ......
Thousands of Palestinians were killed and tens of thousands expelled during and after the creation of the Israeli state in 1948 ...... Read more

LONDON: The Guardian: 15th April 2023:
Orient Express to axe UK section after 41 years due to Brexit ......
Luxury train operator cuts service ahead of biometric passport checks - so passengers will have to join train in Paris ...... Read more

ISTANBUL: Daily Sabah: 4th April 2023:
Be careful what you wish for ......
Finland joins NATO after Turkey’s approval ... but with Russia's warning ...... Read more