Palau-flagged freight ship has sunk off the coast of Turkey's Black Sea province of Bartin, killing two crew members, the coast guard said on Sunday, adding that search and rescue operations for more crew members were continuing.

Nine people were killed in a fire which broke out in a private hospital's Covid-19 intensive care unit in the southeastern Turkish province of Gaziantep, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Saturday.

A quarter million people in Sydney's northern beach suburbs were ordered on Saturday into a strict lockdown until Christmas Eve to help contain a coronavirus cluster with authorities fearing it may spread across Australia's most populous city.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Thursday discussed with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan strategic bilateral co-operation in all fields, particularly in the political, economic, investment, defence, energy, education, transport and sports fields.

The sixth meeting of the Qatar-Turkey Supreme Strategic Committee, under the chairmanship of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...

Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey Mehmet Mustafa Goksu affirmed the growing development of Qatari-Turkish relations, as the two countries became strategic allies ...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani left Doha on Thursday morning, heading to Ankara on an official visit to the Republic of Turkey ...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will head on Thursday to Ankara on an official visit to Turkey.

China is already the largest trading partner for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region, with annual two-way trade worth around $300bn, according to HSBC.

HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Thursday Qatar was looking forward to enhancing strategic bilateral relations with Turkey in all fields including security, politics, military, investment, development and culture.

A three-year-old girl was pulled from the rubble 91 hours after a powerful earthquake hit western Turkey, killing more than 100 people, officials and AFP reporters at the scene said.

The death toll in Turkey from Friday's powerful earthquake that jolted the Aegean Izmir's region has risen to 83, the Turkish Environment and Urban Planning Minister Murat Kurum said Monday.