Dubbed the 'My Family is Safe' operation, the raids followed an investigation into LGBTQ groups over allegations of 'prostitution and obscenity.' Prosecutors said they intended to prevent such activities from being 'regarded as normal in society'
ISTANBUL, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have detained at least 47 peoplefollowing a series of raids on the offices of LGBTQ+ associations in a probe into prostitution and obscenity, prosecutors said. The crackdown is part of a campaign that the government says is
ISTANBUL, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have detained 26 people and searched the offices of six LGBTQ+ associations in a series of raids that followed allegations of prostitution and obscenity, prosecutors said. The crackdown is part of a campaign that the government
(Corrects spelling of headline tag) NEW DELHI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled on Sunday initiatives in areas ranging from AI to trade to deepen cooperation among the "Greater BRICS" emerging economies, as Beijing seeks to weld the grouping into a
IRNA news agency quoted the Qeshm governor as blaming a 'terrorist enemy' for the attack. Also overnight into Sunday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations monitor reported another vessel hit by a projectile while transiting the strait
BRICS leaders including China, Russia and India concluded a second and final day of talks in New Delhi on Sunday, discussing "inclusive global growth", after reaching a rare agreement calling for calm in the Middle East. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for
By Mohammed Ghobari and Menna AlaaElDin ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, adding to concerns about Iran-related threats to global energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital
By Mohammed Ghobari and Nayera Abdallah ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - New strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf tested nerves in the Middle East on Sunday, after an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline and an advance by Yemen's Houthis threatened to worsen the wartime
Saudi Arabia closed the pipeline following a drone attack launched from Iraq. It has served as the main route for global supplies of Middle East oil for the past six months, while the Strait of Hormuz has been largely shut by war
A chilling new documentary about Israel's AI-assisted killing of civilians in Gaza by two Israeli directors won a special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. "NAZA", by Oscar-winning Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, had been tipped by some
Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces said Saturday that they had struck Iran-allied Houthi fighters in the Red Sea city of Mocha, as the number of civilians forced to flee the renewed fighting soared. US news site Axios reported that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman
Houthi fighters on Sunday said they used drones and missiles to attack a military base in southern Saudi Arabia as renewed fighting with Yemen's government forces forced growing numbers of civilians to flee. The attack at the southern Sharurah base targeted "weapons depots and
Iranian President Pezeshkian met with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of the first day of the New Delhi summit. In May, Iranian media reported that Tehran accused the UAE of direct involvement in military operations against it
Sept 12 (Reuters) - An understanding between Iran and Oman does not provide for the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz but establishes the basis on which it could reopen, an Iranian source told the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Saturday. The source said the