Turkish football has been rocked by one of the largest corruption and betting scandals in its modern history with authorities arresting eight individual including first-division club president amid explosive allegations of illegal gambling and match-fixing.
The Turkish Interior Ministry has suspended arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and two heads of Istanbul municipalities from their positions, the ministry said. "Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested on …
Turkish football was thrown into fresh controversy as Adana Demirspor abandoned their Süper Lig clash against Galatasaray in protest of refereeing …
Iran's Chargé d'affaires in Azerbaijan Seyyed Jafar Aghayi Marian has been summoned today to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said that the reason was the offensive statements made …
Iran will do everything it can to stabilize the situation in Syria, the Iranian foreign ministry said after Damascus was seized by opposition armed units. It was stressed that Iran will respect Syria’s “unity, national …
Israel’s largest trade union called a general strike for Monday to pressure the government for a cease-fire in Gaza after Israel said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages. The Histadrut represents some 800,000 workers in …
Iranian military investigators have determined that Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran by a missile
The Turkish Football Federation’s disciplinary committee has imposed penalties on two Israeli footballers and their former teams, who both left Turkey after their messages on Israeli hostages at the hands of Hamas. An eight-match …
The president of a Turkish football team ordered his players to leave the field in protest of an officiating decision during a game on December 19. Istanbulspor president Ecmel Faik Sarialioglu came to the field and ordered his players …
A Saudi football team refused to play a match in Iran on Monday because of the presence of busts of a slain Iranian general placed on the sidelines, …
Israel's top court issued a temporary injunction against the incapacitation law that it wouldn't apply immediately, and a hearing on the injunction will expand the bench to eleven justices, the court spokesperson said. The …
The Swedish Ambassador was summoned to the Iranian Foreign Ministry after today's incident with the Quran, which took place in the Swedish capital. There the protest was expressed to the diplomat.
Today, Turkish weightlifter Cansu Bektas became the champion in the weight category up to 45 kg at the European Weightlifting Championship in Yerevan
As the official Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said today, the ministry summoned French Ambassador Nicolas Roche to hand him a note of protest over the publication of cartoons of Iranian authorities in the scandalous satirical …
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian criticized the official Paris for publishing a cartoon of the Iranian authorities in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, which is famous for scandalous drawings. "The insulting …
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Sunday that Iran condemns desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden and expects immediate reaction from the Swedish government, according to IRNA. The Islamic Republic of …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan backed down from his threat to expel 10 Western ambassadors over their joint statement of support for a jailed civil society leader, Al Jazeera reported. Erdogan said during the weekend he had …
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday slammed envoys of 10 countries over their statement on the ongoing case of businessman Osman Kavala. The ambassadors who issued the statement on the Kavala case directly target …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, addressing the citizens of Eskisehir, said today that he ordered to organize the expulsion of ambassadors from ten Western states at once for signing a call to release human rights activist Osman Kavala, …
During the voting, Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan mistakenly turned on his phone the audio recording from the acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’. Due to the fact that Simonyan's microphone was not …
