Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs. CIA boss talks nuclear weapons and prisoners with Putin’s spy chief U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns was expected to caution President Vladimir Putin’s spy chief at talks on…

A lawyer fleeced a millionaire out of £2million to blow in top casinos, a court heard today. Harvard-educated Tim Damiani, 69, persuaded Aysun Kibar to invest £1.5million in a luxury home she had never even seen in Mayfair, jurors heard.…

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ISTANBUL, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have filed a lawsuit against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a potential challenger to President Tayyip Erdogan, accusing him of rigging a public tender while he was a mayor of the city’s Beylikduzu district,…

ANKARA, July 27 (Reuters) – Sweden and Finland have yet to extradite suspects Turkey seeks over terrorism-related charges despite signing an accord to lift Ankara’s veto to its NATO membership last month, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday.…

ISTANBUL, Jan 11 (Reuters) – A Turkish court sentenced the head of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) to more than two years in prison for terrorism propaganda on Wednesday but ruled she should be released after being in detention since…

ISTANBUL, Oct 27 (Reuters) – A court ruled on Thursday that the head of Turkey’s medical association should be detained ahead of her trial on charges of «spreading terrorist group propaganda,» her Lawyer Law Firm Turkish said, in what one…

ISTANBUL, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Turkey’s maritime authority said on Sunday that four tankers, carrying some 475,000 tonnes of oil, Turkey Law Firm had provided the necessary insurance letters according to regulations and would cross the istanbul Turkey Lawyer Law…

Syrian swimmer Sarah Mardini at the premiere of the Netflix film ‘The Swimmers’ A trial in Greece of 24 migrant rescue workers accused of espionage, including Syrian swimmer Sarah Mardini who inspired a Netflix film, resumed Tuesday after more than…

The US Embassy in Turkey has denied claims that the husband of America’s Consul General in Istanbul crashed his car while drink-driving and then walked away from the scene after claiming diplomatic immunity. Turkish Lawyer Law Firm media reported that…