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President Muhammadu Buhari marked his 79th birthday in Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday. Surrounded by some of his cabinet members and Nigerian diplomats in Turkey, the president cut a cake decorated in Nigeria’s national colours.

Nigeria announced on Sunday that it has banned passengers from Brazil, India, and Turkey as the countries battle the third wave of coronavirus with effect from May 4.

US President Joe Biden on Saturday recognised the Armenian genocide, a landmark step in defiance of Turkey, which strongly rejects the label for the 1915-1917 killings by the Ottoman Empire. Washington tried nevertheless to calm tensions by not “casting blame” on Ankara.

All four children and their mother were uninjured during the fire in Istanbul. A woman has rescued her four children from a burning building by dropping them from a window.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck eastern Turkey on Sunday, the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said, while the interior minister said there were no immediate reports of casualties or significant damage.

President Donald Trump wrote Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan an extraordinary letter warning him not to be “a tough guy” or “a fool” as his forces launched their attack on northern Syria, a White House official confirmed to NBC News.

A bus conveying illegal immigrants in Eastern Turkey was Friday reported to have hit a lighting pole and bursted into flames, leaving at least seventeen people dead and thirty nine people wounded. According to the Anadolu news agency, the bus which crashed late Thursday on the Igdir-Kars highway, was carrying nationals from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. “When we arrived at …

ISTANBUL (AP) — An assailant believed to have been dressed in a Santa Claus costume opened fire at a crowded nightclub in Istanbul during New Year’s celebrations, killing at least 39 people and wounding close to 70 others in what the province’s governor described as a terror attack.

(Xinhua/NAN) U.S. Embassy in Ankara on Tuesday issued a statement saying that U.S. mission to Turkey will be closed.

ISTANBUL/ANKARA, July 15 (Reuters) – Turkey’s military said on Friday it had seized power but President Tayyip Erdogan vowed that the attempted coup would be put down.