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Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. In a speech in Samsun on December 11 Erdogan, boasting about the start of production of Turkeys short-range ballistic missiles called "Tayfun" (typhoon), clearly threatened to launch them against Greece unless "it stays calm", as he said, and added: World News | Erdogan and His Ministers Step Up Their Bellicose Rhetoric Against Greece and Cyprus.

Chinese President Xi Jinping high-profile visit to Saudi Arabia this month has caught global attention for signing several strategic deals, including one invo

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a speech made last Friday in Ankara which was presented as Erdogans vision for Turkey in the next century but was generally seen as his election campaign manifesto for the coming elections next June, promised a new constitution that would guarantee the rights and freedoms of citizens. World News | Erdogan Wants a New Constitution for Turkey.

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Landmark maritime deal has been signed between Israel and Lebanon at the headquarters of UN Interim Force in the border Lebanese town of Naqoura. The deal will likely have ramifications in relations between the two countries as they have been at war for a long. World News | Landmark Maritime Agreement Reached Between Lebanon and Israel Could Have Important Ramifications.

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. The surprising and blistering advance of Ukrainian forces into Russian-held territory in Ukraine this month has most probably led several Middle East countries, which a few months ago were seriously studying a possible re-alignment towards Russia, to re-examine the whole question and try to improve their relations with the United States. World News | Russias Recent Losses in Ukraine War May Make Middle East Nations to Think About Realignment.

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Lebanon is facing a full economic meltdown and is virtually on a precipice economically, politically and socially. Although it cannot yet be described as a failed state, it is on the verge of becoming one. World News | Lebanon on Verge of Becoming Failed State Amid Economic, Political, Social Fiasco.

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. In an effort to show the world that Moscow can do business as usual and execute projects agreed upon with other countries, despite US and EU sanctions, the Russian nuclear company Rosatom decided to transfer USD15 billion to Turkey for the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant. Bloomberg has reported that officials said that an initial USD 5 billion had already been received last week. World News | Russian Company Transfers Money to...

US President Joe Bidens first official visit to the Middle East this week clearly shows that, in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the big energy crisis created for European countries, he has realized that he must reverse the US strategy of withdrawal from the Middle East and try to recalibrate his relations with Middle East leaders. Joe Biden Seeks to Recalibrate US Relations With Middle East Countries.

Turkeys Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, acting on President Recep Tayyip Erdogans orders, spoiled at least temporarily what would have been the biggest historic shift in European security in decades, by blocking last Wednesday the start of NATO membership talks with Finland and Sweden. Turkey Blackmails NATO, Being Only Country Benefiting From the Ukraine War.

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Lebanon, a country plagued by state mismanagement and rampant corruption, the currency of which lost 90 per cent of its value and 80 per cent of its population live below the poverty line, on Sunday had its first elections since 2018. World News | Will Sundays Elections Weaken Hezbollahs Grip on Lebanon?.