An ethnic Uighur woman protests with child in hand in this file photo. AFP photo Riots in the volatile Chinese region of Xinjiang left at least 12 people dead yesterday, state news agency Xinhua reported, in the latest unrest to rock the country’s remote northwest.Police shot dead at least two suspects after violence erupted in Yecheng county,… Article source: [...]

Moscow announced plans yesterday to modernize the Kalashnikov, giving a new lease of life to the Soviet-era assault rifle that is the mainstay of the Article source: http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=203868087&cat=53023059fadd9a63

The latest figures show that the sales volume of Turkey’s mobile phone market has surpassed 2 billion euros. According to estimates, there are 65 million mobile subscribers.Turkcell, the market leader, has 34.5 million subscribers, while Vodafone has 18 million, making it the second biggest. Since it launched its Article source: http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=203869438&cat=53023059fadd9a63

Ankara wished them to take. A well-deserved apology for the Israeli fiasco and the unnecessary loss of life has never arrived. Nor has compensation for the families of the victims. And the termination of Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip remains a Turkish dream. Meanwhile, two-way trade between Article source: http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=203868973&cat=53023059fadd9a63

29.02.2012 There is no question that after Western- and Gulf Arab-backed Sunni Salafist radicals take complete control of Syria or become a significant part of a post-Bashar al-Assad Syrian government, Syria’s minority Alawite community will seek refuge in a contested strip of Turkey that extends from Anatolia along the Mediterranean coast along th… Article source: [...]

Belarus Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Savinykh briefs journalists on a recent Belarus-EU diplomatic crisis in Minsk, on February 29, 2012. AFP Photo The Article source: http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=203881951&cat=53023059fadd9a63

There are increasing rumors that Turkish photographer David Natu, whose death was announced last week, did not exist at all, according to ntvmsnbc. According to reports, Natu is merely an online presence stealing borrowed material from other photographers. Bloggers also remain suspicious, especially as no one from the photographic community was fam… Article source: [...]

ztrk Y?ld?z pictured with a poster used to educate families and teens about cyber bullying. AA photo Every year around 750 Australian teens between the ages of 13 and 17 commit suicide because of cyber bullying, according to Anatolian news agency. Authorities and volunteers are moving to adopt preventative measures to the stem increase in Inte… Article source: [...]

This image provided by the FBI shows an undated image of Saif al-Adel also known as Muhamad Ibrahim Makkawi, Seif Al Adel, Ibrahim Al-Madani. AP Photo Senior Article source: http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=203880799&cat=53023059fadd9a63

A qualification model of the Navid-1 satellite is displayed for journalists during a visit to the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) in Mahdasht, about 60 km (37 miles) west of Tehran. Reuters photo Iran opened a key space facility to visiting journalists for the first time Wednesday in an apparent effort to show its willingness to allow glimpses at s… Article source: [...]