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Turkish Airline Not Involved In Crash

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2017

Following reports that  a Turkish Airlines was involved in an accident, authorities of Turkish Airlines have come out to deny the reports. Earlier this morning, a cargo flight with TC-MCL registration number, operated by ACT Airlines, departed from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to

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Germany launches probe into DİTİB’s spying activities on Gülen followers – Turkish Minute

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

In the wake of a recent confession by the Germany-based Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) which said some of its imams acted as informants against the sympathizers of the Gülen movement, Germany has launched a probe into DİTİB’s spying activities. A spokesperson from the German Interior Ministry who spoke to Deutsche Welle on Saturday […]

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Gambia Yalks Fail As President Refuses To Step Down

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2017

The Gambia’s President-elect, Adama Barrow, has left the country after talks failed to persuade President Yahya Jammeh to step down, bbc report. President Muhammadu Buhari flew to Banjul yesterday to try to broker a deal but Mr Jammeh would not relinquish power. Ecowas, a 15-nation bloc of West African states that organised the delegation, has […]

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Turkey: Alarming Deterioration of Rights Coup Attempt

Daily Dispatch January 13, 2017

Turkey’s president and government instrumentalized the violent military coup attempt of July 2016 to crack down on human rights and dismantle basic democratic safeguards, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2017.   In the last six months of the year, the government carried out mass arrests of journalists, closed multiple media outlets, […]

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Jammeh’ll Not Step On Jan. 18- Gambian Minister

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

Gambia’s outgoing President Yayah Jammeh will not step down when his mandate which ends on Jan. 18, in spite of his electoral defeat, the Information Ministry said on Thursday. The autocrat, who ruled the small West African nation for 22 years, will remain in office until the Supreme Court decides on a petition filed by […]

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Trump Hit With Claims Russia Has Compromising Info On Him

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2017

US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday faced explosive claims that Russian intelligence gathered compromising information on him which the Kremlin dismissed as fake and aimed at damaging ties. Trump denounced a report circulating in US media with damaging claims over his personal and professional life as a “political witch hunt” as he was set to […]