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February 18, 2020 3:10 a.m.

France gives backing to Cyprus amid gas search tensions

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — France's defense minister said Tuesday that her country stands in solidarity with Cyprus amid tensions over a Turkish search for natural gas inside Cypriot waters.

October 6, 2020 1:27 p.m.

UN concerned at Turkish move to open up Cypriot beach

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) —

October 27, 2020 6:06 a.m.

France tightens security amid fallout from teacher beheading

PARIS (AP) — France is increasing security at religious sites as the interior minister said Tuesday that the country faces a “very high” risk of terrorist threats, amid growing geopolitical tensions following the beheading of a teacher who showed his class caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.

September 26, 2020 5:09 p.m.

Syria minister calls Turkey region's main terrorism sponsor

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister accused Turkey on Saturday of being “one of the main sponsors of terror” in his country and the region, and said it is guilty of “a war crime and a crime against humanity" for cutting water to more than a dozen towns that resisted Turkish occupation.

June 22, 2020 1:03 p.m.

France's Macron denounces Turkey's attitude in Libya

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that Turkey's attitude in Libya is “unacceptable" as France sees Ankara as an obstacle to securing a cease-fire in the conflict-torn country.

Crane Festival dominates weekend activities
March 27, 2015 6 a.m.

Crane Festival dominates weekend activities

The Othello Sandhill Crane Festival begins today and continues through Sunday. If you have never participated in this annual event, now is the time.

January 12, 2020 12:05 a.m.

Libya's UN-backed leader welcomes cease-fire, doubts rival

ROME (AP) — Libya’s U.N.-backed prime minister on Saturday conditioned his government's participation in a proposed ceasefire to rival forces withdrawing from the outskirts of Tripoli, suggesting no immediate end to the country's civil war.

January 9, 2020 1:55 p.m.

Libya's east-based forces shoot down suggestion of a truce

CAIRO (AP) — A spokesman for one of Libya's rival factions has said its forces will keep fighting for the country's capital after Russia and Turkey called for a ceasefire yesterday.

January 11, 2020 11:35 a.m.

Libya's UN-backed leader welcomes cease-fire, doubts rival

ROME (AP) — Libya’s U.N.-backed prime minister on Saturday conditioned his government's participation in a proposed ceasefire to rival forces withdrawing from the outskirts of Tripoli, suggesting no immediate end to the country's civil war.

October 31, 2020 10:30 a.m.

2 officials close to Turkish leader test positive for virus

ISTANBUL (AP) — Two top Turkish officials who work closely with Turkey's president have tweeted that they tested positive for the coronavirus.

November 1, 2020 12:03 a.m.

2 officials close to Turkish leader test positive for virus

ISTANBUL (AP) — Two top Turkish officials who work closely with Turkey's president have tweeted that they tested positive for the coronavirus.

November 13, 2020 11:36 p.m.

Turkey's COVID-19 deaths returns to April levels

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish health ministry statistics show 93 people died in one day of COVID-19 amid a surge in infections, bringing the daily death toll to numbers last seen in April.

January 12, 2020 11:35 p.m.

Moscow to host meeting of Libya's rival leaders

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Foreign Ministry says Libya's rival leaders will meet in Moscow Monday for peace talks.

March 1, 2020 4:30 a.m.

Russian news agency staff attacked, detained in Turkey

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Foreign Ministry is protesting attacks on three journalists of the country's Sputnik news agency in Turkey and their subsequent detention.

September 30, 2020 4:09 a.m.

Armenia, Azerbaijan fight for 4th day over separatist region

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh continued for a fourth straight day on Wednesday, in the biggest escalation of a decades-old conflict in years that has killed dozens and left scores of others wounded.

September 2, 2020 7:03 a.m.

Minister: Over 10,000 migrants stopped from entering Greece

PIRAEUS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities have prevented thousands of migrants from entering Greece clandestinely by sea this year despite a recent lack of cooperation from the Turkish coast guard, the country's shipping minister said Wednesday.

October 11, 2020 11:27 a.m.

Leftist, hard-liner in Turkish Cypriot leadership runoff

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A leftist incumbent will take on a hard-line challenger in a runoff to decide who will lead Turkish Cypriots in overcoming deep political chasms with rival Greek Cypriots to end a nearly half-century of ethnic division in Cyprus and quell tensions over offshore energy reserves.

October 12, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Leftist, hard-liner in Turkish Cypriot leadership runoff

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A leftist incumbent will take on a hard-line challenger in a runoff to decide who will lead Turkish Cypriots in overcoming deep political chasms with rival Greek Cypriots to end a nearly half-century of ethnic division in Cyprus and quell tensions over offshore energy reserves.

November 15, 2020 8:03 a.m.

Erdogan backs two-state Cyprus deal, puts talks in doubt

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to throw into doubt a new bid to restart dormant Cyprus reunification talks, saying Sunday that a two-state deal rather than the long-established federal formula is the way forward.

November 16, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Erdogan backs two-state Cyprus deal, puts talks in doubt

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to throw into doubt a new bid to restart dormant Cyprus reunification talks, saying Sunday that a two-state deal rather than the long-established federal formula is the way forward.