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October 6, 2026 11:49 AM

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey agree rapid force deployment in Saudi Arabia

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey agreed on Monday to move immediately to implement their collective defence commitments and ensure the "rapid deployment" of agreed military forces and capabilities in Saudi Arabia, the three countries said in a joint statement shared by Pakistan’s foreign ministry. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the Mecca Defence Alliance in Riyadh and would be carried out under "approved arrangements" and the national laws of the three countries, the state...

September 30, 2026 12:05 PM

India rejects ‘unwarranted’ references to J&K in Erdogan’s UNGA address

India has rejected references to Jammu and Kashmir made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his address to the United Nations General Assembly, terming them “unwarranted” and asserting that no external party has any locus standi on the issue. Responding to questions on Erdogan’s remarks during a bi-weekly media briefing on Tuesday, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India rejects the references to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. “India rej...

September 25, 2026 11:27 AM

Allies unite behind Saudi Arabia as Houthis step up attacks

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan will hold an urgent, high-level meeting under a joint defence pact to discuss ways to support the kingdom amid attacks by Yemen’s Houthis, while Saudi’s top religious authority told troops to be ready to lay down their lives to fight their Iran-aligned enemy. The ‌Houthis have launched strikes on the Saudi-backed government in Yemen and repeatedly fired into Saudi Arabia, disrupting oil flows from the world’s largest energy exporter, as part of a wider ...

August 21, 2026 10:53 AM

Gaza mediators say latest Israeli strikes undermine efforts to end conflict at critical stage

Turkey, Egypt and Qatar, which have been trying to mediate an end to the Gaza conflict, condemned recent Israeli strikes in the Palestinian enclave, urging Israel to meet its ceasefire obligations and avoid steps that could escalate tension. Their joint statement followed Israeli strikes that have killed at least 16 Palestinians in Gaza since Tuesday, according to medics; Israel says it is targeting Hamas militants. U.S. envoy Jared Kushner wrapped up a regional visit on Monday without adva...

August 17, 2026 3:10 PM

Trump’s Secret Flight: When Presidential Security Means Keeping Everyone Guessing

The most extraordinary detail about Donald Trump’s secret aircraft switch in Ankara may be the catering truck. But the real story is not the truck. It is why U.S. security officials decided that the President’s location had to be concealed, even from some of the people travelling with him. On July 8, after the NATO summit in Ankara, Trump publicly boarded the familiar blue-and-white Air Force One. Cameras filmed him climbing the stairs. Journalists followed him onto the aircraft. https://y...

August 13, 2026 3:46 PM

Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia will form political, military mechanisms to coordinate under defence pact, Ankara says

Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will form political and military mechanisms under a defence pact signed between the regional powers last week, Turkey's defence ministry said on Thursday, adding the alliance would also deepen defence industry cooperation. The three countries signed the "Mecca Joint Defence Agreement" on Aug. 7, wedding Sunni Muslim U.S. allies alarmed at a regional conflagration that has brought Iranian missile fire onto Gulf oil exporters. They said the accord stipulates that...

July 7, 2026 4:28 PM

Kremlin says Russia will follow NATO summit closely

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia would closely monitor the outcome of the NATO summit in Turkey, adding that a series of "confrontational" statements about Russia had preceded the event. NATO leaders are gathering in Ankara for meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, amid pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump for Europe to step up defence spending and following months of transatlantic friction over the Iran war and Greenland. "This is an event that is of great interest, including to us. ...

June 26, 2026 10:41 AM

US moves ahead with $700 million jet engine sale to Turkey despite lawmaker concerns

President Donald Trump’s administration has formally notified Congress of its intention to sell dozens of jet engines worth more than $700 million to Turkey, according to a copy of the formal notification seen by Reuters on Thursday. Reuters was first to report on Wednesday that the Trump administration planned to press ahead with the sale despite objections from some lawmakers over Turkey’s possession of Russian defense systems, acquired in 2019. “The U.S. government is prepared to lice...

April 7, 2026 10:27 PM

Gunfight outside Israeli consulate in Istanbul leaves one attacker dead

One attacker was killed and two others were wounded in an extended gun battle with police outside the tower building housing the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday. Footage showed the backpack-wearing attackers firing with automatic rifles and handguns, and police officers returning fire and seeking cover, as they manoeuvred among parked white police buses near a checkpoint. One body lay on the street. Shots rang out for at least 10 minutes among the glass towers in Turkey's main financi...

March 9, 2026 2:49 PM

Turkey says it deployed six F-16 fighter jets, air defence systems to northern Cyprus

Turkey on Monday deployed six F-16 fighter jets and air defence systems to northern Cyprus to boost the security of the Turkish community there amid the war in Iran, the defence ministry said, adding that Ankara would take additional measures if needed. European powers have moved to ramp up military deployments to the ethnically-split island in recent days, after an Iranian drone, which security officials believe was fired by Hezbollah, an ally of Iran in Lebanon, hit the British Akrotiri air b...