Author: RT

Turkish police detain nearly 200 people over alleged Gulen links Police in Turkey on Tuesday detained 181 people suspected of ties to a group blamed for a 2016 coup attempt, the Ankara public prosecutor’s office said. The detentions came after the capital’s public prosecutor issued arrest warrants for 260 suspects accused of using the encrypted ByLock messaging application which authorities believe was used to coordinate the coup bid, AFP reported. Another 18 suspects, including 10 doctors, were sought in a second probe. Officers have so far detained 171 people in Ankara and another 10 suspects elsewhere, the office said. Tens of thousands have been arrested over alleged ties to US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen who Ankara says ordered the failed coup. Gulen denies the ...

Russian journalists denied entry to Ukraine after President Zelensky’s invitation NTV reporter Aleksey Chebotaryov has been denied entry to Ukraine because he had “failed to state the purpose” of his visit, the Russian TV channel has said. “A third NTV correspondent has been denied entry to Ukraine,” it said in a statement. Aleksandra Tonkikh and Sergey Savin, who are also NTV journalists, had earlier been denied entry to Ukraine. The entry ban for Tonkikh was caused by the fact that she had visited Crimea in 2016, while Savin failed to state the purpose of his visit. During a ‘Normandy Four’ summit on December 9 in Paris, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited Russian journalists to Ukraine to personally assess the situation in the country. An entry ban for Russian repo...

Kuwait announces new govt after row between ruling family members & parliament Kuwait formed a new government on Tuesday, a month after the previous one resigned due to a row between ruling family members and parliament. New interior, defense, foreign and finance ministers, were appointed, while Oil Minister Khaled al-Fadhel kept his position, according to state news agency KUNA. Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah will be prime minister. Previously foreign minister, he was appointed by Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah days after the government resigned. The resignation came after lawmakers sought a no-confidence vote against the interior minister and as a dispute between senior officials, including the interior and defense ministers, over alleged mishandling of publ...