MOSCOW -- Russia will toughen its position in the Ukraine negotiations following an alleged Ukrainian attack on the Russian presidential residence in the Novgorod Region, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday.
The diplomatic consequences of the attack would be a hardening of Russia's negotiating position, Peskov told reporters.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday denied the accusation of the attack, calling it "another lie from the Russian Federation."
Peskov said the Ukrainian attack aimed at disrupting the negotiation process on ending the Ukrainian conflict, from which Russia is not withdrawing. (Russia-Ukraine-Conflict)
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ISTANBUL -- Turkish police on Tuesday detained 357 suspected members of the Islamic State in coordinated counterterrorism operations across 21 provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.
In a statement on social media platform X, Yerlikaya said the operations were carried out simultaneously under the coordination of chief public prosecutors' offices, counterterrorism and intelligence units.
"Just as we have never allowed those who seek to bring this country to its knees through terrorism to succeed, we will never allow it in the future," Yerlikaya stated. (Türkiye-IS-Suspect)
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CAIRO -- Egypt has received 3.5 billion U.S. dollars as part of a major Qatari-backed investment deal to develop a large-scale real estate and tourism project on the country's Mediterranean coast, the Egyptian cabinet said on Tuesday.
The payment represents the cash portion of an investment agreement signed in early November between Egypt's New Urban Communities Authority and Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, the cabinet added in a statement.
The deal covers the development of a land plot in the Samla and Alam Al-Roum area along Egypt's northwestern Mediterranean coast in Matrouh province. (Egypt-Qatar-Investment)
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PARIS -- Several Eurostar trains were delayed or canceled on Tuesday after a power supply problem in the Channel Tunnel.
Since Tuesday morning, several trains have been delayed by up to two hours, while return journeys between London and Paris and between London and Brussels have been canceled. Operator Getlink cited "a power supply problem in the Channel Tunnel" and "a technical problem on a Le Shuttle train," French news channel BFMTV reported. (French-Eurostar) ■
