Turkey — news through its media
Stories followed in this country, with their framing set against the rest of the world.
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Iran Closes the Strait of Hormuz and Declares the Nuclear Deal 'in Danger'
Tehran announces the closure of the Strait of Hormuz despite the ceasefire, following continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, and warns Washington that the nuclear deal is 'in danger.' Trump threatens a passage toll as oil prices and global shipping waver.
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Israel Breaks Off Relations with the European Union
Israel announced it was breaking off relations with the European Union amid rising tensions over Gaza and European criticism, marking a major diplomatic rupture between Israel and its largest trading partner.
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UK Intercepts a Russian Shadow-Fleet Tanker in the Channel
The United Kingdom intercepted a Russian oil tanker linked to Moscow's shadow fleet in the English Channel, intensifying Western efforts to enforce sanctions and counter evasion at sea.
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Switzerland: Voters Reject Capping the Population at 10 Million
Swiss voters rejected an initiative to cap the country's population at 10 million, defeating an anti-immigration proposal tied to free movement with the EU in a closely watched referendum.
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Hungary: Orbán Re-elected Fidesz Leader Despite Election Defeat
Viktor Orbán was re-elected leader of his Fidesz party, keeping control despite losing the national election, reviving questions about Hungary's political future and its place in the European Union.
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Double Armenia-Kosovo vote: Pashinyan and Kurti claim victory, Moscow fumes, Brussels waits
Two countries of less than four million inhabitants voted on the same Sunday to decide whether to swing toward the EU or stay in Russia's orbit — and both times, the pro-European option wins without an absolute majority.
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Xi Lands in Pyongyang on June 8 for the First Time in Seven Years — and Kim Greets Him With a New Uranium Plant
Beijing and Pyongyang announce the trip on the same June 5 morning; the day before, Kim Jong-un unveils a secret facility he says has doubled fissile capacity. The message is unmistakable: Xi will have to negotiate with an "irreversible" nuclear state that he claims to be pushing toward denuclearization.
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Anthropic Asks the World to Pause AI — While SpaceX Signs with Google and Trump Floats a Public Stake
Six days before its IPO at a $965 billion valuation, Claude's maker is asking rivals to slow down before AI learns to build itself — a message that reads as prudent in Europe, suspect in Washington, and inaudible in Beijing, where the acceleration continues unannounced.
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Marjane Satrapi Dies at 56: Persepolis Becomes a State Affair in Paris, an Awkward Silence in Tehran
The author of Persepolis, who refused France's Legion of Honor in 2025 to denounce Paris's "hypocritical" Iran policy, died "of sadness" a year after her husband — and the Islamic Republic is pretending nothing happened.
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Zelensky writes to Putin, the Kremlin replies "come to Moscow" — the truce held hostage by the St. Petersburg forum
An open letter, a mocking invitation to Moscow, a Ukrainian drone on a Russian oil terminal: Ukrainian diplomacy walks straight into Putin's "Russian Davos".
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Hezbollah rejects the ceasefire, an Israeli officer killed in Lebanon, a Serbian peacekeeper shot — the April truce collapses in 48 hours
Naim Qassem calls it "capitulation", an anti-tank missile kills Captain Lemberg in southern Lebanon, a UNIFIL soldier dies under mortar fire: the peace architecture built in Washington falls apart under Trump's eyes.
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