1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (337+ words) Armed fighters have kidnapped six imams in a northern Nigerian state which has fallen prey to gangs demanding ransoms for release, police said on Sept. 13. Kidnappings have become a serious source of revenue for Nigeria’s many armed groups, both for…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (606+ words) The U.S. Federal Reserve goes into a key rate-setting meeting this week with markets expecting policymakers to pull the trigger on a rate hike to tackle persistently high inflation — and analysts say central bank chief Kevin Warsh's credibility is on the…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (320+ words) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in an interview with Fortune published on Sept. 12 that his company would not launch its initial public offering of stock this year. “I would say not 2026,” he said. “Yeah, we got a lot of stuff…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (366+ words) Turkish travel agencies have raised concerns over a draft law regulating international online accommodation platforms. The legislation, which is expected to be submitted to parliament in the coming days, would establish a legal framework for foreign digital accommodation platforms operating…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (273+ words) The IMF has pushed borrowing countries to make bigger austerity cuts over the past decade, charity Oxfam said on Sept. 10, urging for alternatives to such measures. "These cuts undermine vital spending on public services — from health care to education and…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (371+ words) Türkiye and Bulgaria are in talks to open a new border crossing designed as an alternative to Kapıkule, the country’s busiest border gate. Kapıkule Border Gate, located on the Türkiye-Bulgaria border, is the largest land border crossing in Türkiye and…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (210+ words) A total of 4,072 foreign investors established companies in Istanbul in the first half of 2026, pledging 58.8 billion Turkish Liras in capital, according to Istanbul Chamber of Commerce records. Retail attracted the largest number of investors, with 1,078, or 26.47 percent of the total,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (286+ words) The central bank for the 21 EU member countries that use the euro currency raised its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 2.5 percent at a meeting held in Berlin, away from the bank’s Frankfurt headquarters. The bank last raised…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (433+ words) Turkish Central Bank has kept the policy rate steady at 37 percent in line with market expectations, saying that tight monetary policy stance will strengthen disinflation process. The bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) also decided to maintain the Central Bank overnight…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (242+ words) Among industry subsectors, the mining and quarrying index shrank 3.8 percent annually in July 2026, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). The electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply index dropped 5.6 percent year-on-year. In contrast, the manufacturing index posted an annual…...