ISTANBUL: benchmark stock index BIST 100 opened Monday at 9,959.21 points, marking an increase of 0.6% or 58.95 points from the previous close.
On Friday, the BIST 100 index was down by 0.76% to 9,900.25 points, with a daily transaction volume of 76 …
ISTANBUL: Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is set to pick his Cabinet after he took the oath of office on Monday.
Dissanayake, popular as AKD, is the ninth executive president of the island nation.
The Marxist-leaning Sin…
ANKARA: Trkiye condemned Israel’s recent attacks on Lebanon after more airstrikes on Monday killed hundreds and injured over 1,000 people.
‘Israel’s attacks on Lebanon mark a new phase in its efforts to drag the entire region into chaos,’ the Turkish…
ISTANBUL: SpaceX aims to launch five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years, CEO Elon Musk announced on X Sunday.
Musk previously indicated that the first launches would occur when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens in two years.
He …
Trkiye: Ankara will submit evidence on the killing of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Turkish justice minister said on Monday.
“We will present (a…
ISTANBUL: An Israeli airstrike targeted a house in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing four Palestinian children and their mother.
According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli fighter jets struck the home of the “Abu Samek” family nea…
ISTANBUL: China’s President Xi Jinping on Monday pledged to facilitate more cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative with Sri Lanka under the leadership of newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
In a message to Dissanayake after his …
ISTANBUL: China and Nepal began a joint military exercise Sunday in southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality.
It marks the fourth joint training session between the two countries’ armed forces, with the last one held in 2019.
Under the theme of “…