LIVE: Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi hold a joint news conference in Ankara
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South Korea unveils record $19B support plan for the country's semiconductor industry

At least five killed and 50 injured after stage collapses at a presidential candidate's rally in Mexico

LIVE: Late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian are laid to rest in burial ceremonies
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Turkish defence ministry:

- 1,048 terrorists neutralised in northern Iraq & northern Syria since Jan 1
- 4,345 arrested while trying to cross our borders illegally this year
- We welcome decision of some European countries to recognise state of Palestine

China launches two days of military drills around self-ruled Taiwan in what it calls a strong punishment for the island's separatist acts

Turkish interior ministry on arrest of foreign criminal fugitives in Istanbul:

- Montenegrin criminal Saad Dedeic, who was on Interpol's Red Notice, arrested
- Dutch criminal Marciano Eugene Ruimwijk arrested under Interpol Red Diffusion message
- Both involved in drug

Taiwan independence forces will be left with their heads broken and blood flowing after colliding against the great undertaking of China achieving complete unification

– Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin

In pictures: Pakistanis and Indians seek relief as temperatures soar to unprecedented levels ☀️🥵

French President Emmanuel Macron vows to restore calm and security in New Caledonia after the colonised territory suffered its worst unrest in 40 years, with locals demanding independence from French rule