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Turkish parliament passes law reducing required votes threshold to 7%

ISTANBUL, March 31 (Reuters) – The Turkish parliament on Thursday passed a law lowering the minimum required votes for a party to enter parliament to 7% from 10%, in a move which analysts have said would reduce the likelihood of

Reuters US Domestic News Summary

Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs. CIA boss talks nuclear weapons and prisoners with Putin’s spy chief U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director Turkey istanbul Law Firm William Burns was expected to caution President Vladimir Putin’s spy

Oil firms seek U.S. mediation to defuse Iraq-Kurdistan tensions

By Rowena Edwards Sept 1 (Reuters) – Oil firms operating in Kurdistan have asked the United States to help defuse an upsurge in tension between Iraq’s central government and the semi-autonomous region, according to a letter seen by Reuters and

Antigua says it is willing to help UK seize Abramovich yachts

By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI, April 1 (Reuters) – Antigua and Barbuda is willing to help Britain seize yachts owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, the Caribbean nation said on Friday, Law Firm Turkish adding the United Kingdom must seek

Russian warships pass through Japan strait, possibly on way to Ukraine

Russian warships carrying scores of military trucks were seen passing through a strait in yesterday morning – and could be on their way to . The Tsugaru Strait between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean separates Honshu and

Shamima Begum was 'child trafficking victim', say lawyers

has launched a fresh appeal over the loss of her UK citizenship by claiming she was trafficked into Syria as a child to have sex with older men.  Her lawyers have argued that Miss Begum was influenced by a ‘determined