Egypt’s parliament authorized the deployment of troops outside the country after the president threatened military action against Turkey-backed forces in neighboring Libya. Parliament unanimously approved “the deployment of members of the Egyptian armed forces on combat missions outside Egypt’s borders to defend Egyptian national security … against armed criminal militias …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Former Nissan Motor Co Ltd president Carlos Ghosn criticized his former employers in a newspaper interview on Sunday, calling the results of Renault and Nissan “pathetic”, fueled both by the lack of joint leadership as by COVID. 19 pandemic. FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan President Carlos Ghosn gestures …
Read More »Hagia Sophia mosaics will be draped in curtains during prayers: Turkish presidential spokesman
FILE PHOTO: People visit the Saint Sophia or Ayasofya Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was a Byzantine cathedral before it became a mosque and now a museum, in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 10, 2020. REUTERS / Murad Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Mosaics depicting Christian figures in Istanbul’s former …
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a surprise visit to Hagia Sophia a few days before the first Muslim prayers are to be held at the iconic site of Istanbul since it was converted into a mosque last week. In a quick visit announced as an inspection, Erdogan took stock …
Read More »Iranian health officials downplay the president’s figure of 25 million people infected
(Reuters) – Iranian health officials on Sunday sought to downplay the president’s estimate that some 25 million people have been infected with the coronavirus, saying it was based on serological blood tests that measure exposure to the disease and that it was not You can trust them to show the …
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