Biden says he authorized immediate US response to Turkey earthquake

US President Joe Biden said on Monday that his administration is working closely with Turkey, authorizing Washington’s immediate response to the devastating earthquake there. The earthquake killed more than 2,200 people and injured thousands in Turkey and northwest Syria, leveling apartment blocks and inflicting more destruction on Syrian cities already devastated by years of war.

Turkey’s Ceyhan oil terminal, Iraq’s KRG pipeline halted after earthquake

An oil industry source told Reuters the KRG was pumping 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) and Iraq’s federal government was pumping 75,000 bpd through the pipeline. An MNR statement said oil exports would resume “after careful inspection of pipelines is finalised”. Most upstream oil producers have several days of storage capacity, so KRG production should […]

Norway police ban Koran burning protest after Turkey summons Oslo envoy

Earlier on Thursday, Ankara strongly condemned the anti-Islamist group’s plans, saying it was a “provocative act”, a Turkish foreign ministry source said after the ministry asked the demonstrations to be called off Was. Norway’s Foreign Ministry said that Turkey had raised the issue of planned demonstrations in a meeting. A spokesperson for the ministry said, […]