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‘undermining’ peace efforts NATO in vital for country’s safety NATO’s presence in Afghanistan is important for the country’s safety, the Turkish defense minister said dur- ing his visit to the Afghan capital Ka- bul Sunday. Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani as part of his official visit to Af- ghanistan. “Turkey, at every chance, keeps calling on all international par- ties involved not. >>MORE DETAILS

Iraqi forces uncover mass grave in Daesh-held Fallujah A mass grave containing the remains of 400 people was found in the west- ern city of Fallujah, an Iraqi officer has said. “The mass grave was un- covered in northern Fallujah as secu- Turkish president’s spokesman says Germany’s Armenian ‘genocide’ vote has hit reconciliation between Ankara and Yerevan rity forces were clearing landmines and explosives from the area,” colonel A spokesman for Turkey’s president criticized the German parliament on Armenia. Ibrahim Kalin, writing in a guest op-ed published by German Walid al-Duleimi told Anadolu Agen- Monday, accusing it of “undermining” Ankara’s efforts to reconcile with newspaper the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said in. >>MORE DETAILS cy. >>MORE DETAILS Turkey currently hottest geothermal market in world Thanks to private sector investment in the geothermal day. Izmir is host to the International Geothermal Con- sector, and with solid support from the government, gress, IGC Turkey 2016, which is running from June Turkey is considered the hottest geothermal market in 6-8. Speaking at the three-day geothermal congress at the world, according to Natalia Khanjenkova, the Euro- the SwissOtel Buyuk Efes Izmir, sponsored by Anadolu pean Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Agency, Khanjenkova discussed the geothermal sector’s managing director for Turkey and Central Asia on Mon- development in Turkey. >>MORE DETAILS Turkish army kills 1,000 Egypt journalists under siege terrorists in operations According to a statement from the Agency reported similar figures General Staff, 495 PKK terrorists based on information from a se- were killed in Nusaybin, a town curity source. In a statement, the lying on the Syrian border in Mar- military said security forces cap- Pakistani envoy hopeful of din province, since the operation tured more than 2,800 improvised free trade deal with Turkey began. In Sirnak the military said explosive devices and destroyed 505 terrorists were killed. Both op- more than 750 shelters. The mili- Pakistan’s ambassador in Anka- erations were launched March 14 tary also said a PKK terrorist was ra, Sohail Mahmood told Anadolu and ended June 3, when Anadolu “capt u red dead”. >> MORE DETAILS Agency the deal should be finalized by September. Talks were launched in October last year during a visit to Afghan, US journalists Turkey by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. “Many Turkish firms are operating in Pakistan, mainly in killed in attack The trial of the head of Egypt’s press and publishing false news. The move the construction and energy sectors, Anadolu Agency freelance report- came under attack near Marjah in syndicate and two board members came almost one month after police and there should be more trade ac- er Zabihullah Tamanna was killed Helmand province, said military on charges of harboring journal- stormed the syndicate’s headquarters tivities between the two countries, ” alongside an American journalist spokesman Shakil Ahmad Tasal. ists is seen as a new clampdown by in Cairo, arresting two journalists for Mahmood said in an interview con- in a Taliban attack in southern Af- Their vehicle was struck by a rock- the Egyptian authorities on press allegedly “inciting protests” and “plot- ducted on Friday during a visit to ghanistan on Sunday, according to et during the Taliban ambush, Ah- freedoms in the country. Last week, ting to overthrow the ruling regime”. the central Anatolian city of Konya an Afghan military spokesman. mad said, adding that the attack Egyptian authorities referred the head Syndicate officials have decried the for an art award ceremony. “The free Tamanna and NPR photographer also killed two Afghan soldiers. of the Journalists Syndicate, Yahya raid -- the first in the syndicate’s his- trade agreement could help to boost were travelling with Tamanna was assisting Gilkey as Qallash, and two colleagues to trial tory -- as a “blatant assault on jour- economic cooperation between Tur- an Afghan military convoy that an interpreter on. >>MORE DETAILS on charges of harboring “fugitives” nalists’ dignity”. >>MORE DETAILS key and Pakistan. >>MORE DETAILS