ISTANBUL: German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro agreed on Sunday to sign a comprehensive defense cooperation agreement by the end of 2024 at a meeting in Manila, according to local media reports.

Pist…

ANKARA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ‘ungrateful’ towards the US and has lied about a Gaza hostage deal, a senior US official told Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

The official said Netanyahu disregards the amount of aid Washington has prov…

ANKARA: At least 31 more Palestinians were killed in relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, pushing up the overall death toll to 39,583 since last Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the battered enclave said on Sunday.

A ministry statement added t…