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Trump administration slaps new sanctions on Iran but preserves nuclear deal
As it reviews the landmark Iranian nuclear deal President Trump once vowed to tear up, the Trump administration imposed a fresh set of sanctions on Tehran’s ballistic missile program Wednesday.
But the administration also re-upped the program that eased other economic sanctions on Iran as a result of the 2015 international deal that has essentially blocked Tehran’s ability to create the fuel used for nuclear bombs.
President Erdoğan calls on marching CHP leader to ‘respect the law’
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) to “respect judicial rulings,” as CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s “justice march” from the capital Ankara to Istanbul enters its 6th day.
Turkish woman files petition for re-arrest of released assailant
A 21-year-old woman who was attacked by a man in Istanbul on the grounds of “wearing a mini skirt during Ramadan” has applied to the prosecutor’s office for her assailant to be re-arrested, after he was released following his testimony at the police station.
Türkmen Lider: Peşmerge yanlıştan dönmeli
Irak’ta Türkmeneli Partisi Genel Başkanı Rıyaz Sarıkahya, “Kentteki Türkmen, Kürt ve Arap etnik gruplar arasında bölüştürülmüş bir yönetimin başa gelmesi Kerkük’e yeniden barışın gelmesine yol açacağına inanıyorum.” dedi.