Iraq has signed a landmark water agreement with Turkey, signaling a breakthrough after months of deadlock and opening the door for joint projects to manage water resources and mitigate the country’s severe drought.

The PKK militant group has officially announced its decision to withdraw from Turkey as part of a disarmament process coordinated with Ankara.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stressed that the United States and others must pressure Israel to stop violating the Gaza ceasefire agreement, including by imposing sanctions or halting arms sales to the regime.

Turkish media say the private detective recently arrested in Istanbul was gathering information for the Israeli Mossad spy agency about Zaher Jabarin, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau.

Turkish authorities have detained a private detective on charges of working with the Israeli Mossad spy agency.

Addressing world leaders at the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the Turkish President said there is no war in Gaza, only the suffering of Palestinians in the face of Israeli genocide.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says his country has decided to close its airspace and ports to Israeli aircraft and ships, and cut all economic and trade ties with Israel over the genocidal war on Gaza.