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More than 40 million tourists coming from abroad visited Turkey in the January-October period, smashing the year-end target with two months to spare. The Culture and Tourism Ministry announced Friday that nearly 35.6 million foreigners visited Turkey in the first 10

A total of 685 reports of racially aggravated incidences, with 608 being anti-Muslim in nature were recorded between January and June 2018, a report revealed. The report published on Thursday by Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks), a group which records anti-Muslim

Canada announced targeted sanctions Thursday against 17 Saudi nationals it said were linked to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month. The sanctions, which freezes their assets and bars their travel to Canada, “target individuals who are, in

A gay rugby player from Kenya, who is facing deportation from the UK, has been granted bail, the Press Association reports. Bristol Bisons team member Kenneth Macharia is being held in an immigration removal centre near Heathrow Airport in London. More

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has said he prefers Chinese to Western aid as it comes with fewer conditions. Mr Magufuli has been under intense pressure from Western nations over his controversial policies. On 15 November, Denmark said it had suspended $9.8m