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Turkey announces tax cuts on several products to fight high inflation

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced value-added tax (VAT) cuts on several products to fight inflation.

Israel-Turkey gas pipeline an option for Russia-wary Europe: Report

A Turkey-Israel gas pipeline is being discussed behind the scenes as one of Europe's alternatives to Russian energy supplies, but it will take complicated maneuvering to reach any deal, officials said

Ukraine-Russia talks in Turkey today: What you need to know right now

Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine before dawn on Tuesday as Ukrainian and Russian negotiators prepared to meet in Turkey for face-to-face talks

Air raid sirens wail as Ukraine hopes for ceasefire from peace talks

Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine before dawn on Tuesday as Ukrainian and Russian negotiators prepared to meet in Turkey for face-to-face talks, with Kyiv seeking a ceasefire

New round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks to begin in Turkey today

Delegations from Ukraine and Russia have arrived in the Turkish city of Istanbul to begin a new round of peace talks from Tuesday aimed at ending the ongoing war

Turkey's Erdogan holds phone talks with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone conversation to discuss the situation in Ukraine.

Turkey wants NATO focused on cease-fire

Everyone's first aim should be a cease-fire, Cavusoglu told Turkish journalists on the sideline of an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Pakistan on Tuesday

Russia-Ukraine war: Govt in talks with Egypt to start wheat shipments

India is in final talks to begin wheat exports to Egypt, while negotiations are also going on with countries such as China and Turkey, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine upended global supplies

Ukrainian, Turkish FMs to work on organising Zelensky, Putin meeting

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his visiting Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu during their talks agreed to focus on organising a meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin

German Chancellor Scholz to meet Turkey's Erdogan in Ankara

According to a Turkish presidency statement, the two leaders are expected to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war and the Turkish-EU relations

Ukraine says Russia shelled mosque, sheltering 80 civilians, in Mariupol

The Ukrainian Embassy in Turkey reported earlier that a group of 86 Turkish nationals, including 34 children, were among those seeking refuge from an ongoing Russian attack on the encircled port city

Ukraine says Russia refuses to guarantee humanitarian access

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met Russia's Sergei Lavrov in Turkey, but said he had secured no promise from him to halt firing so aid could reach civilians

Asia stocks surge, Europe opens lower after oil prices rise

Asian markets surged while Europe opened lower Thursday after oil prices recovered some of a decline the day before that had eased inflation fears. Futures for Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 0.4per cent as Russian attacks on Ukraine intensified two weeks as fighting entered its third week. Markets rallied Wednesday after oil plunged, but economists warned that was due to changes in futures contracts and other factors, not war developments. On Thursday, prices rebounded by nearly USD6 per barrel in London and nearly USD4 in New York. Forecasters warned markets will stay volatile, as the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers were meeting in Turkey for negotiations. Markets seem to have latched onto a couple of slightly less dismal clues as an excuse to rally hard, said ING economists in a report. The basis for that optimism it's actually pretty thin. In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London lost 0.6per cent to 7,146.60 and ..

Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers to meet in Turkey on Thursday

The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine Sergey Lavrov and Dmitry Kuleba respectively are expected to meet on the sidelines of a multilateral conference in Antalya, Turkey on Thursday March 10

Russian FM Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart to meet in Turkey

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba will meet in Turkey on Thursday, Russia's Foreign Ministry confirmed

Delay in negotiations used by Ukrainian forces to regroup: Putin to Erdogan

Russian President Vladimir Putin drew the attention of his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the futility of any attempts by Kiev to delay the negotiation process.

Turkey's inflation hits 54%, deepening cost-of-living woes

Turkey's annual inflation rate further accelerated in February, official data showed Thursday, marking the biggest jump since 2002 and deepening the squeeze on households

Turkey moves to restrict entrance to Black Sea amid Russia-Ukraine war

The 1936 Montreux Convention gives Turkey the right to bar warships from using the Dardanelles and the Bosporus during wartime.

Pakistan, Turkey collaborate to develop 5th generation fighter jet: Report

Close allies, Pakistan and Turkey are collaborating on the development of a fifth generation fighter jet, a media report said on Wednesday. Temel Kotil, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) told Aaj News channel that Turkey and Pakistan were collaborating on the project. Air Vice-Marshal Dr Rizwan Riaz, Pro-Rector Research, Innovation & Commercialisation (RIC) at National University of Science and Technology (NUST) confirmed that the two countries were building a fighter jet called the TF-X, the Business Recorder, a Pakistani financial daily newspaper reported. This is a fifth-generation fighter aircraft for which Pakistan and Turkey are now collaborating, Riaz said, adding the NUST has previously conducted similar projects in collaboration with the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and Pakistan Air Force. The officials did not further divulge any more details on the fighter jet and its development. TF-X, a stealth twin-engine all-weather .

Pak denies ISI chief meeting Afghan leaders in Turkey, calls it 'fake news'

This comes as officials of the Taliban have urged Afghan politicians in exile to 'return to the country and live peacefully'