Turkish PM to meet counterpart, King Felipe VI

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım left for an official visit to Spain on April 24 to take part in the 6th Turkey-Spain Intergovernmental Summit and meet with Spanish authorities including the prime minister and the king.

Heavy floods hit Hatay’s historic Long Bazaar

The heavy rains and flooding that have hit Turkey’s southern province of Hatay since April 20 have made their way to the historic Long Bazaar in Turkey’s south.

38 percent of children live in extreme poverty across Turkey: Research

Some 38 percent of children in Turkey lived in households suffering from severe material deprivation in 2016, an increase of 1.6 percent compared to the previous year, according to a report from the Bahçeşehir University Center for Economic and Social Research (BETAM). This rate is the worst in Europe.

Turkey seeks approval for polling stations in Germany

Turkey has made a formal request to Germany to set up polling stations at Turkish consulates in the country for the June 24 early elections, officials said on April 23.

Turkey unveils key incentives to boost medical tourism: Minister

Upgraded Turkish ‘kamikaze’ drones to go public at Eurasia Airshow

Britain sticks to plans on EU customs union, government ‘as one’

French lawmakers approve controversial immigration law

Taliban attacks kill 14 troops, policemen

Qatar denies jets intercepted UAE plane

Australia beat Netherlands to return to World Group

Fast-lane Sharapova gears up for Stuttgart return

Dynamic duo dominates as Pelicans sweep Trail Blazers

EU, Mexico reach ‘agreement in principle’ on free-trade deal

The EU and Mexico said on April 21 they had reached an “agreement in principle” to modernize a free-trade deal sealed in 2000 between Brussels and the Latin American country.

EU probes Italy’s latest Alitalia rescue loan     

EU anti-trust regulators on April 23 opened an in-depth probe to establish whether a massive rescue loan by the Italian government to troubled airline Alitalia constituted illegal state aid.

Britain sticks to plans on EU customs union, government ‘as one’

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on April 23 her government was sticking to its proposals to ease trade with the European Union after Brexit, rejecting suggestions that plans to quit its customs union were again dividing her party.

China welcomes US to visit China to discuss trade

China on April 22 said it welcomed plans by top U.S. officials to visit the country to discuss trade and economic issues, amid tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

Saudi-led air strikes kill at least 20 at Yemen wedding

Air strikes by a Saudi-led military coalition killed at least 20 people attending a wedding in a village in northwestern Yemen late on April 22, residents and medical sources said.

UN, EU, Russia back Iran nuclear deal as Trump meets Macron

U.S. allies and rivals spoke out in support of the Iran nuclear deal on April 23, bolstering French President Emmanuel Macron’s pitch to U.S. President Donald Trump that there was no “Plan B” for keeping a lid on Tehran’s atomic ambitions.

US hunts semi-nude gunman disarmed by ‘hero’ after 4 killed

U.S. police hunted a semi-nude gunman who shot four people dead at a waffle restaurant on April 22 after he fled from a “hero” who disarmed him.

Past presidents, family and friends bid farewell to Barbara Bush

Past presidents, family and friends came together April 21 to bid a tearful farewell to Barbara Bush, the matriarch of one of America’s most prominent political dynasties, at her funeral in Texas.