ANKARA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - NATO member Turkey would consider ​taking its relations with ‌the China and Russia-led security bloc, the Shanghai ​Cooperation Organisation, to ​a higher level, President ⁠Tayyip Erdogan said ​on Wednesday.
"Turkey's prospect of (full) ​membership to the organisation does not imply a breakaway ​from any other ​bloc or from the West," Erdogan ‌said, ⁠according to a transcript of remarks he made to journalists ​on his ​return ⁠flight from Kyrgyzstan.

In May 2025, Tom Fletcher, the United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, went on BBC Radio and told the audience that 14,000 babies in Gaza were going to die "in the next 48 hours unless we can reach them."

Two days. Fourteen thousand babies.

According to UNICEF, there are around 20,000 babies in the entirety of Gaza. Which means 70% of all infants were in danger of dying in mere hours. An "utterly chilling" figure, Fletcher stressed.

The New York Times' coverage of the first months of the war in Gaza displayed a clear bias against Israel by downplaying the country's casualties while minimizing Hamas' role in sustaining the conflict, a new study found.

A review of the Times' 1,559 articles published between Oct. 7, 2023, and June 7, 2024, showed that the Times often omitted deaths sustained by the Jewish military while looking the other way on ongoing Palestinian violence once the war began after Hamas terrorists'...

The U.N. internal investigation into whether its own staff at the embattled United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) participated in Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre was hamstrung and ineffective from day one, according to an independent U.S. review of the U.N. probe, congressional communications, and Western diplomats who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon. The shoddy probe ultimately enabled the United Nations to claim that in 9 of the 19 cases under review, the evidence was...

Vice President JD Vance staked out a hard line on US Middle East policy Tuesday, making clear across a series of interviews that Washington answers to no one, not even Israel. He also declared the first phase of the confrontation with Iran over, along with the destruction of its military capabilities.

Speaking on the "All-In" podcast (a US tech and politics show), Vance laid out the administration's independent approach to foreign policy. "American foreign policy is not subservient to the State of Israel...

A fundraiser hosted by Vice President JD Vance in the Hamptons on Wednesday is raising red flags among some Jewish Republicans who continue to harbor concerns over his likely intention to run for president in 2028.

The event, first reported by Axios, was notably held in the home of Omeed Malik, the Iranian American investor who was an important early backer of Tucker Carlson's media company. The fundraiser highlights Vance's ongoing ties to Carlson's network - even as the far-right commentator...

Several Portuguese artists have dropped out of a comedy festival in Lisbon headlined by Jerry Seinfeld, citing their support for Palestinians and implying opposition to Seinfeld's support for Israel.

At least six acts over recent days have canceled their appearances at the MEO Commedia a La Carte Fest, a new international comedy festival in the Portuguese capital. The event from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1 has advertised that it will host Seinfeld's first live appearance in Portugal.