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Turkish police apprehended 33 people accused of spying on behalf of Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence agency, and targeting foreigners living in the country, Turkey's interior minister said Tuesday.

Turkish authorities have detained 33 people suspected of spying for Israel, Turkey's state-run news agency reported on Tuesday.

Ratification of Sweden's NATO membership by Turkey's parliament hinges on the U.S. Congress' approval of Turkey's request to purchase F-16 fighter jets, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, calling on the two legislatures to act "simultaneously."

"Israel is now a baby-killer country," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Nov. 12. Three days later, he told his party conference, "I say with a clear conscience that Israel is a terrorist state."

Virginia's state-run fine arts museum has begun the process of returning 44 pieces of ancient art to their countries of origin after law enforcement officials presented the institution with what it called "irrefutable evidence" that the works had been stolen or looted.

Can secretary-general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres really be faulted for not knowing that the intentional targeting of civilians (sometimes called "noncombatants") is a war crime?

Turkey prices have fallen in time for Thanksgiving, but industry reports suggest some side dishes and desserts will cost a bit more this year.

Guy Taylor's interview with Tahsin Ertugruloglu, the foreign minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, exposes the illegal entity's -- and by extension, Turkey's -- anti-American positions ("The Biden administration is not God': Turkish Cypriot minister eyes progress on recognition," web, Oct. 4).

The United States on Thursday is sanctioning more than 150 businesses and people from Russia to Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Georgia to try to crack down on evasion and deny the Kremlin access to technology, money and financial channels that fuel President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.

An American researcher was "doing well" at a Turkish hospital, officials said Tuesday, after rescuers pulled him out of a cave where he fell seriously ill and became trapped 1,000 meters (more than 3,000 feet) below its entrance for over a week.