(2020-10-24). 'Dissolve the police!' Protesters hit streets of San Bernardino after police killing of armed black man during altercation. rt.com 
Protesters have flooded the streets of San Bernardino, California, one day after a police killing of a black man. Police said the victim, who had a gun, was shot after he overpowered an officer and took out his own weapon. | Scores of Black Lives Matter demonstrators amassed in front of the King Tut liquor store in San Bernardino on Friday evening to protest the killing of Mark Matthew Bender, a black man, who was shot and killed there by a responding officer a day before. | SAN BERNARDINO: Earlier BLM protesters called to "abolish the police" in unison in front of the King Tut Liquor store where Mark Matthew…
(2020-10-24). Azerbaijan: Not much room for negotiations with Armenia. yenisafak.com Amid Armenia's aggressive rhetoric and attacks on the Upper Karabakh region, "there is not much room for negotiation," Azerbaijan's president has said in an interview.In an interview with Nikkei Asia released on Thursday, Ilham Aliyev answered questions about ongoing hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia, as well as other related issues.Throughout the interview, Aliyev addressed topics including trilateral talks planned to be held in the US, short-lived truces with Yerevan, Baku's expectations from the negotiations, Turkey's role in the Caucasus region and the natural gas lines from the country.Aliyev underl…
(2020-10-24). Azerbaijani army shoots down Armenian drone over Karabakh. yenisafak.com The Azerbaijani army has shot down an Armenian drone over Upper Karabakh on Saturday, according to reports, as tensions mounted in the flashpoint region. | Since clashes erupted on Sept. 27, Armenia has repeatedly attacked Azerbaijani civilians and forces, even violating two humanitarian cease-fires in the past two weeks.The latest humanitarian truce in Upper Karabakh, or Nagorno-Karabakh, an internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan, came into force last Saturday.Relations between the two former Soviet republics have been tense since 1991, when the Armenian military occupied Upper Karabakh.Four UN Secur…
(2020-10-24). Erdogan: Europe preparing its own end amid Islamophobia. yenisafak.com The president of Turkey warned on Saturday that Europe was preparing its own end amid rising Islamophobia across the continent."Europe is preparing its own end with its front against Muslims," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, addressing a meeting of his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party at a stadium in the central province of Kayseri."If they aren't rid of this disease as soon as possible, it will collapse all of Europe from within," Erdogan added.Erdogan's remarks came after French President Emmanuel Macron accused Muslims of "separatism" and described Islam as "a religion in crisis all over the world." "What…
(2020-10-24). Istanbul mayor tests positive for COVID-19. yenisafak.com The mayor of Turkey's metropolis Istanbul has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, an official announced Saturday."The health condition of our mayor, whose treatment process started at the hospital, is good," Murat Ongun, spokesman of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, said on Twitter.On Friday, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced that Turkey's largest city housed 40% of coronavirus cases in the country.Turkish authorities had announced 2,165 additional COVID-19 patients in the past 24 hours on Friday — topping 2,000 for the third straight day.The overall patient count now stands at 357,693, with 1,493 rec…
(2020-10-24). Palestinian group praises Turkey for defending Muslims. yenisafak.com Palestinian Islamic Jihad group on Friday paid tribute to the Turkish Republic for defending Islam and Muslims."Turkey is the most courageous Muslim country in defending Islam and Muslims," said Daoud Shehab, spokesperson for the Islamic Jihad group.Shehab said that French President Emmanuel Macron shows clear enmity towards Islam and "this is derived from his racism."Over the past period, Macron attacked Islam and the Muslim community accusing Muslims of "separatism".Macron also said in a previous statement that "Islam is a religion in crisis all over the world."The Islamic Jihad group spokesperson also said: "F…
(2020-10-24). Presence of PKK terrorists in Upper Karabakh revealed. yenisafak.com PKK terrorists are fighting side by side with the Armenian army to defend their illegal occupation of Upper Karabakh, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, a captured Armenian soldier confessed on Friday, according to Azerbaijani security sources.Albert Mikaelyan, captured by the Azerbaijani army during operations to liberate its occupied territories, said he is originally from northwestern Armenia's Sirak province but was deployed to Upper Karabakh for his mandatory military service, according to the Azerbaijani sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.While serving in an anti-ta…
(2020-10-24). Turkey continues preparation of S-400 defense systems. yenisafak.com The Turkish defense minister on Saturday said his country continued the preparation process of Russia's S-400 missile defense systems as planned."We continue the controls and preparations of the system as planned," Hulusi Akar said, addressing a meeting of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in the central province of Kayseri."This system's supply, testing, and controls do not mean Turkey is distancing from NATO," Akar added."We will use the S-400 in the same way as the S-300 system is used within the NATO alliance," he said, referring to other countries in the alliance which use the Russian S-300 defen…
(2020-10-24). Turkey's top diplomat marks 75th UN Day. yenisafak.com Turkey's foreign minister on Saturday extended greetings on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations."Congratulations on the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. Proud that Ambassador Volkan Bozkir is president of the UN General Assembly at this moment," Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Twitter.Oct. 24 is observed worldwide as United Nations Day to mark the founding of the global body in 1945.In September, Bozkir became the first Turk to assume presidency of the UN General Assembly and will hold…
(2020-10-24). Two teenagers killed in Armenian attacks: Azerbaijan. yenisafak.com Two teenagers have died in Armenian attacks on civilian settlements, Azerbaijani authorities said on Saturday.Armenian forces fired missiles and artillery shells towards the areas of Goranboy and Tartar, according to Azerbaijan's Chief Prosecutor's Office.A 16-year-old Azerbaijani boy identified as Orhan Ismayilzade died when an Armenian missile struck his house, the authority said in a statement.The other victim was Artur Mayakov, a 13-year-old Russian citizen.He was injured in the Oct. 17 Armenian missile attack on the city of Ganja and succumbed to his injuries in hospital, according to Hikmet Hajiyev, assista…
(2020-10-24). Under pressure: Why has French channel TF1 removed story about Upper Karabakh? yenisafak.com A French TV channel has removed a story from its website about the conflict over Upper Karabakh or Nagorno-Karabakh, a piece of Azerbaijani territory illegally occupied by Armenia for nearly 30 years.The two-minute TV channel TF1 story "Nagorno-Karabakh: Interview at the front line" contained images of efforts to liberate the occupied territory.The story showed footage of the progress of the Azerbaijani army in liberating its land and identified Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh as "separatists."It also contained details such as houses destroyed by attacks from the Armenian army and the loss of civilian lives a…