Man killed in Istanbul shooting
One man was killed and another was injured during a quarrel in Istanbul, Turkiye. Istanbul police officers are investigating a shooting incident that left a Swedish national dead in the Sariyer District as …
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Turkey seeks extradition of teen who fled to U.S. after deadly car crash
Turkey requested extradition of a teenager and his mother who fled to the United States after a fatal road accident in Istanbul, Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz …
Mahsa Amini uncle jailed for five years in Iran
Iranian authorities have handed down a jail sentence of over five years to the uncle of Mahsa Amini, the young Iranian-Kurdish woman whose custody death sparked months of protests, over his anti-government views expressed during the 2022 …
Third participant in attack on court detained in Istanbul
Istanbul police officers caught the third criminal who took part in the attack on the checkpoint near the courthouse. Two other participants were eliminated.
Unknown person takes large enterprise hostage in suburbs of Istanbul
Special Forces units arrived at the scene. The invader is armed. He has mental problems.
Erdogan strongly condemns attack in Istanbul church
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly condemned the incident in a Catholic church in Istanbul, where two attackers shot dead a man. The Turkish leader offered his condolences to society and noted that all …
Unknown people attack Catholic Church in Istanbul
About several hours ago, unknown people started shooting in a church in Istanbul. As a result of the armed attack, one person was killed. The police are looking for the attackers.
Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel
Iran executed a man who was sentenced to death after being convicted of working with Israel's intelligence services, the judiciary said. The death sentence was carried out this morning in the southeastern …
Iranian robbers caught in Istanbul
Three robbers from Iran were caught in Istanbul, posing as police officers. They were engaged in robberies, and foreigners became victims.
Prominent film director killed in Iran
One of Iran's most prominent film directors, Dariush Mehrjui, has been found dead alongside his wife. Mehrjui and his wife were discovered at their home with neck wounds indicating that they had been stabbed to …
Iran foils mass assassination of IRGC figures, Sunni clerics
Iranian operatives have neutralized a chain of imminent assassination plots, the country's Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib said. "The planned attacks were meant to target Sunni clerics, judges and …
Staff member wounded in attack at Sweden's consulate in Turkey
An armed man injured a Turkish female employee working for Sweden's Honorary Consulate in Izmir province yesterday, the governor's office …
Two men executed in Iran over attack on Shiraz
Two men were executed in public on July 8 over a shooting at a revered shrine in the Iranian city of Shiraz in October last year that killed 15 people, the judiciary said. "The death sentences of two of the …
Police station attacked in Iran's southeast province
At least one policeman was killed as unidentified gunmen attacked a police station in Iran's southeast on Saturday, Iranian state media reported. The official news agency IRNA quoted a prosecutor in Zahedan, capital …
Armed man takes 7 people hostage in Kazakh bank
In one of Astana's banks, an armed man took the bank's employees hostage. As a result of the assault, they were released, the armed man was detained.
Istanbul police quickly detained attackers on Russian man
Suspects of committing a deadly attack on a Russian citizen who was vacationing in Istanbul were detained today by local police. Only two suspected criminals were detained, the police continue to search for two more suspects
Irish citizen released from Iranian prison
In Iran, a native of Ireland has been released from prison after being sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for collecting and sharing security-related data. He was arrested last fall during riots in the city.
Senior police officer killed in Iran's Saravan
A senior police officer was killed by unidentified assailants in southeastern Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province on Sunday, in the …
Killing of Iranian cleric Soleimani: new details
Commenting on the killling of senior Iranian cleric and member of Iran's Assembly of Experts Abbas-Ali Soleimani, Mazandaran's Governor General Mahmoud Hosseinipour ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack. According to …
Istanbul office of Turkish ruling party attacked
The office of the Justice and Development Party was attacked in Istanbul. Two unidentified men drove up to the building and fired several shots in the air, but the office was damaged.
