Children among dead in traffickers' lorry crash
Twenty-two people, including children, were killed when a lorry carrying migrants crashed in the western Turkish province of Izmir yesterday.

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Bombed-out Raqqa still in rubble one year after coalition bombs fell
US-led air strikes destroyed much of Syria's Raqqa while crushing Isil last year, but the coalition has done little to help it recover, rights group Amnesty International said this weekend.

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Dead man walking Saudis say nothing
Turkish officials have an audio recording of the alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from the Apple Watch he wore when he walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul over a week ago, a pro-government Turkish newspaper reported last Saturday.

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Pastor convicted in terrorism spying trial told he is free to go
A Turkish court convicted American pastor Andrew Brunson of aiding terrorism yesterday - but sentenced him to just time served and ordered his immediate release.

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Khashoggi case chilling for all journalists and activists across the Middle East
Earlier this summer Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian journalist who had gone from kingdom insider to critic of its current leadership, tried to sum up the despondency he shared with others in the region clamouring for reform.

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Turks 'have recordings of Saudi torture and murder'
Turkish intelligence are understood to have audio and video recordings from inside the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul where Jamal Khashoggi's captors can be heard interrogating, torturing and ultimately murdering him.

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