World Bulletin / News DeskRussian oil and natural gas companies "Gazprom" and "Rosneft" have rejected Greek Cypriot administration's proposal about buying the bonds which belong to the natural gas reserves that fall within the boundaries of the disputed...

World Bulletin / News DeskThe İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has said there is a lack of grounds for legal action in the alleged ties of Turkey's incumbent intelligence chief and four other National Intelligence Organization (MİT) officials...

World Bulletin / News DeskTurkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by telephone on Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a statement, in an apparent bid to repair relations between the two U.S. allies.Ties...

World Bulletin / News DeskAn Egyptian young woman Menal Abdollah (17) living in Rahaf province of Egypt passed Gaza through a tunnel in her wedding gown, in order to marry her Palestinian fiance Imad (21).Egyptian authorities did not allow Menal to enter...

World Bulletin / News DeskNewly assigned Albanian Ambassador in Ankara Genci Mucaj, who formerly worked at economic department in Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said, "The potential between Turkey and Albania is at least 5 or 10 times more than...

World Bulletin / News DeskAfrican Human Rights Organization claimed that Mali's military, which is supported by France, made ethnic cleansing on armed groups in the north of the country.The statement by the organization said, Malian troops and politicians,...

World Bulletin / News DeskTurkey has set out plans to build its first airport on the seaside between the Black Sea Region provinces of Ordu and Giresun in northern Turkey and is expected to spend 167 million TL (approx. 91.8 million USD).Turkey is expected...

World Bulletin / News DeskSeven people were killed in an explosion which occurred in Balochistan state of Pakistan on Friday.Officials said that 29 people were also wounded in the explosion, adding that eight of them were in critical condition.The explosion...

World Bulletin / News DeskChina's President Xi Jinping arrived in Russia on Friday as he pays the first formal visit abroad after being elected president.Ahead of his visit, Xi told Russian press that he was impatient to see Russian President Vladimir...

World Bulletin / News DeskUNICEF Representative to Gaza, Mior Mutu stated on Friday, sources of drinking water in Gaza was on the verge of scarcity.Mutu delivered a speech prior to a bicycle race event which was organized to mark World Water Day by Coastal...

World Bulletin / News DeskTurkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday met with the Syrian Interim Prime Minister Ghassan Hitto in Turkish capital of Ankara.Speaking to reporters before meeting Hitto, Ahmet Davutoglu congratulated Hitto for his new...

World Bulletin / News DeskRebels in Central Africa Republic clashed with government troops in the town of Damara about 75 km (50 miles) from the capital, a government spokesman said on Friday, a day after the Seleka insurgents rejected a peace offer from...

World Bulletin / News DeskThe Parliamentary sub-commission investigating the killing of 34 civilians by Turkish jets in the southeastern region of Uludere on Dec. 28, 2011 has said in its report that the killings were not deliberate.“It has been agreed...

World Bulletin / News Desk16 people, including Iranian tourists, were injured in an accident in Isparta province on Friday.A minibus carrying 26 Iranian tourists from Isparta to Antalya province overturned on Antalya-Isparta highway, injuring 15 Iranians...

World Bulletin / News DeskBosco Ntaganda, the Congolese warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, left Rwanda on Friday and is on his way to The Hague, the court said on Friday.The court said in a statement...

World Bulletin / News DeskRiots erupted in Meikhtila, 540 km (336 miles) north of Yangon, on Wednesday after an argument between a Buddhist couple and the Muslim owners of a gold shop escalated into a riot involving hundreds of people, police said.In Meikhtila,...

World Bulletin / News DeskHamas complained to Egypt on Friday after Israel suspended part of a Cairo-brokered truce agreement by halving Palestinian access to fishing waters in response to a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip.Thursday's salvo at the Israeli...

World Bulletin / News DeskNigerian novelist and poet Chinua Achebe, widely seen as a grandfather of modern African literature, has died at the age of 82, publisher Penguin said on Friday.Achebe made his name more than 50 years ago with his novel "Things Fall...

World Bulletin / News DeskGreek Cypriot administration will vote on 9 draft bills in the parliament as an alternative to the Eurogroup bailout plan.Among the bills, which were introduced to the parliament after accepted by cabinet on Thursday, there is a...

World Bulletin / News DeskLebanon's Hezbollah condemned on Friday a call by U.S. President Barack Obama for the resistance group to be designated a terrorist organisation.The European Union has rejected Israeli and US pressure to blacklist Hezbollah...

World Bulletin / News DeskOman's Sultan Qaboos pardoned on Friday all dissidents jailed for defaming the ruler or taking part in protests, in the latest effort to defuse unrest inspired by Arab uprisings elsewhere.The official Oman News Agency did not...

World Bulletin / News DeskTurkish police on Friday detained nine people in connection with attacks on the headquarters of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party and the justice ministry, state-run Anatolian news agency reported.The Revolutionary...

World Bulletin / News DeskTurkey could challenge any move by Greek Cyprus to speed up offshore natural gas exploration as a way of attracting investment to save its teetering economy, senior Turkish officials said on Thursday.The European Union has given...

World Bulletin / News DeskA suicide blast on Emevi Mosque in the Syrian capital city Damascus killed preacher Muhammad Said Ramazan el-Buti and 42 people in Syria.Syrian state-run TV broadcast the photos of the dead and the wounded. The blast which happened...