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Türkiye cracks down on IS in capital

STORY: Türkiye cracks down on IS in capital SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of anti-terror operations of Turkish police in Türkiye (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish authorities on Tuesday launched operations against Islamic State (IS) in Ankara, the Daily Sabah newspaper reported. In Ankara, prosecutors issued warrants for 20 IS suspects linked to "Tevhid Magazine," which they said was a front for the group's activities in the capital. Police have detained many IS suspects over an attack on an Italian church in Istanbul, Türkiye's largest city, in January. Türkiye designated IS as a terrorist group in 2013 and has suffered several deadly attacks by the group since 2015. Türkiye's southern border with Syria has been a major transit route for Syrians and foreign fighters since the Syrian civil war began in 2011. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara. (XHTV

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TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2022

(221228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Feb. 4, 2022 shows the river of images during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at the National Stadium in Beijing, capital of China. Beijing successfully hosted the Olympic Winter Games from February 4 to 20 and the Paralympic Winter Games from March 4 to 13. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening and closing ceremonies and declared both events open. China notched nine gold, four silver and two bronze medals to rank third, with the number of gold and total medals marking record highs in its Olympic Winter Games history. Sitting atop the medal standings with 61 medals, of which 18 were golds, the host nation also set new records in its Paralympic Winter Games history. The legacy of Beijing 2022 went far beyond the arena. When Beijing won the Olympic bid in 2015, China aimed to engage 300 million people in winter sports. And by October 2021, over 346 million Chinese people had participated in winter

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Contestants gulp 'natto' beans at speed-eating competition

MITO, Japan, March 4 Kyodo - Contestants gulp "natto" fermented sticky beans on rice at a speed-eating world competition in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2015.

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Britain's Prince William visits Fukushima with Abe

MOTOMIYA, Japan, Feb. 28 Kyodo - Britain's Prince William spends time with children at an athletic facility for children in the city of Motomiya in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 28, 2015. The 32-year-old Duke of Cambridge, who arrived Feb. 26 on his first visit to Japan, visited Fukushima with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to help dispel safety concerns in the prefecture hit by the 2011 nuclear disaster. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Nishikori reaches Mexico final

ACAPULCO, Mexico, Feb. 28 Kyodo - Japan's Kei Nishikori celebrates after beating South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in a men's singles semifinal match at the Mexico Open tennis tournament in Acapulco on Feb. 27, 2015. Nishikori seized a career-high world No. 4 ranking with the victory.

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UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-ARMS EMBARGO-HOUTHIS-YEMEN

(220301) -- UNITED NATIONS, March 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution to impose an arms embargo on the Houthi militia in Yemen as an entity at the UN headquarters in New York, on Feb. 28, 2022. Resolution 2624, which was adopted with 11 votes in favor and four abstentions, decides that the Houthis as an entity shall be subject to the arms embargo contained in its previous Resolution 2216 of 2015. (Loey Felipe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

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Antinuclear workshop still going strong 4 years after Fukushima

Writer Keiko Ochiai (R) and Peter Barakan, a British-born broadcaster, talk in an antinuclear power workshop in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Children's literature writer Matsutani dies at 89

File photo taken in October 2010 shows Japanese children's book author Miyoko Matsutani, known for her work "Tatsunoko Taro" (Taro the Dragon Boy) and the "Chiisai Momo-chan" (Little Momo) series. Matsutani died of old age at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 28, 2015, at 89, her family said on March 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Antinuclear workshop still going strong 4 years after Fukushima

Photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2015 shows writer Keiko Ochiai, who has run a monthly antinuclear power workshop in the Japanese capital since May 2011, two months after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan, triggering the Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Antinuclear workshop still going strong 4 years after Fukushima

Writer Keiko Ochiai talks in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2015, about a monthly antinuclear power workshop she has run in the Japanese capital since May 2011, two months after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan, triggering the Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori ranked 4th, equaling highest ever by Japanese

Undated photo shows Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori, who rose to No. 4 in the ATP world rankings on March 2, 2015, tying Kimiko Date-Krumm as the highest-ranked Japanese player ever. Nishikori was the runner-up in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament in Mexico on Feb. 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees' Chapman suspended 30 games for domestic violence

Photo taken Feb. 23, 2016 shows New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman. Major League Baseball announced on March 1 that the 28-year-old, who is alleged to have physically abused his girlfriend in October 2015, has been suspended for 30 games under its new domestic violence policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran's moderates set to take all parliamentary seats in Tehran

Women walk past election posters in Tehran on Feb. 23, 2016. Moderates and reformists who support Iran's nuclear deal reached in 2015 with six major powers are expected to take all 30 parliamentary seats in the capital, early results released by the election headquarters showed on Feb. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran's moderates set to take all parliamentary seats in Tehran

Iranian women cast their ballots at a mosque in Tehran on Feb. 26, 2016. Moderates and reformists who support the country's nuclear deal reached in 2015 with six major powers are expected to take all 30 parliamentary seats in the capital, early results released by the election headquarters showed on Feb. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkeys warm themselves by bonfire at Japan Monkey Center

Around 150 Japanese Yaku-macaques warm themselves around a bonfire at Japan Monkey Center in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 20, 2015. The annual event will be shown to the public from Dec. 22 to Feb. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido snapshot: Star-shaped fort lit up in northern Japan

The Goryokaku fort in Hakodate in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido is illuminated on Nov. 28, 2015. The fort, a Hokkaido landmark designated by the central government as a special historical site, is lit up with some 2,000 light bulbs for the annual event running through Feb. 29, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Children's literature writer Matsutani dies at 89

File photo taken in October 2010 shows Japanese children's book author Miyoko Matsutani, known for her work "Tatsunoko Taro" (Taro the Dragon Boy) and the "Chiisai Momo-chan" (Little Momo) series. Matsutani died of old age at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 28, 2015, at 89, her family said on March 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Children's book writer Matsutani dies at 89

Photo taken in December 2013 shows Japanese children's book author Miyoko Matsutani, known for her work "Tatsunoko Taro" (Taro the Dragon Boy) and the "Chiisai Momo-chan" (Little Momo) series. Matsutani died of old age at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 28, 2015, at 89, her family said on March 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fixed-point observation shows change of disaster-hit areas

Combination photo shows the coastal area of the northeastern Japanese town of Yamada. Above photo taken on March 31, 2011, shows the area still occupied with wreckage and debris, while under photo taken Feb. 28, 2015, shows construction of a huge coastal levee under way. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ancient dairy product reproduced at 'history food' event

"So," a dairy product made in the eighth-century Nara period, is exhibited in Yamaguchi, western Japan, on Feb. 28, 2015. The event featuring Japan's historical foods was held as a precursor to a "history food summit." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Official seal made out of tsunami-surviving lone pine tree

Craftsman Hirotaka Kabura carves out in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2015, an official seal for the reconstruction minister using a branch of the lone pine tree that survived the 2011 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The "miracle pine tree" was among some 7,000 of its kind that had dotted the northeastern Japan city's waterfront and is regarded as a symbol of recovery from the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar civilians fleeing conflict get rations

People line up for rations at an evacuation center in Lashio, Myanmar, on Feb. 28, 2015, amid intense fighting between government forces and ethnic minority rebels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seal made of 'miracle pine tree' for reconstruction minister

A man shows off an official seal for the reconstruction minister in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2015, carved from a branch of the so-called "miracle pine tree" that survived the 2011 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The only survivor among some 70,000 pine trees that had dotted the northeastern Japan city's waterfront is being artificially preserved after antiseptic treatment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokozuna Harumafuji performs ring-entering rite at Osaka shrine

Professional sumo yokozuna (grand champion) Harumafuji delivers a ceremonial ring-entering performance at Sumiyoshi Taisha shinto shrine in Osaka on Feb. 28, 2015, ahead of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament opening on March 8 in the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Grand champion Hakuho performs ring-entering rite at Osaka shrine

Professional sumo yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (C) conducts a ceremonial ring-entering performance at Sumiyoshi Taisha shinto shrine in Osaka on Feb. 28, 2015, ahead of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament opening on March 8 in the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seal carved from 'miracle pine tree' for reconstruction minister

A craftsman puts the finishing touches to an official seal for the reconstruction minister in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2015, carved from a branch of the so-called "miracle pine tree" that survived the 2011 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. The only survivor among some 70,000 pine trees that had dotted the northeastern Japan city's waterfront is being artificially preserved after antiseptic treatment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Northern Japan spa resort hosts event to help revive ski popularity

Middle-aged people converse while drinking sake at the "Kamakura Bar," created by carving out a mound of snow at the Zao Onsen Ski Resort in Yamagata, northwestern Japan, on Feb. 28, 2015. The gathering was part of an event aimed at reviving the popularity of skiing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Farewell to steely Keisei Electric Railway trains

Railway fans flock to see and say adieu to Keisei Electric Railway Co.'s steel-made limited express "Naritasan" train at Keisei Narita Station in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2015, after its final operation. The railway company ceased operation of the 3300 series of trains, launched in 1968 for commuters in Tokyo and its eastern vicinity, as trains made of stainless steel and aluminum have replaced steel trains. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori ranked 4th, equaling highest ever by Japanese

Undated photo shows Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori, who rose to No. 4 in the ATP world rankings on March 2, 2015, tying Kimiko Date-Krumm as the highest-ranked Japanese player ever. Nishikori was the runner-up in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament in Mexico on Feb. 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori falls to Ferrer in final of Mexico Open

Kei Nishikori of Japan returns a forehand shot against David Ferrer of Spain during their final match of the Mexico Open tennis tournament in Acapulco, Mexico, on Feb. 28, 2015. Ferrer won 6-3, 7-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC executive board members meet in Rio de Janeiro

Environmental activists gather outside the Windsor Atlantica Hotel in Rio de Janeiro on Feb. 28, 2015, where executive board members of the International Olympic Committee are holding a meeting. A man holds a sign saying "(IOC President) Thomas Bach is a nature killer." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori falls to Ferrer in final of Mexico Open

Kei Nishikori of Japan returns a forehand shot against David Ferrer of Spain during their final match of the Mexico Open tennis tournament in Acapulco, Mexico, on Feb. 28, 2015. Ferrer won 6-3, 7-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cherry and rapeseed blossoms in Shizuoka

People take a stroll along a path lined with cherry and rapeseed blossoms in Kawazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IOC executive board members meet in Rio de Janeiro

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks at a press conference in Rio de Janeiro on Feb. 28, 2015, after a three-day meeting of executive board members. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori falls to Ferrer in final of Mexico Open

Kei Nishikori of Japan throws his racket after being beaten by David Ferrer of Spain in their final match of the Mexico Open tennis tournament in Acapulco, Mexico, on Feb. 28, 2015. Ferrer won 6-3, 7-5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William in Tokyo

Britain's Prince William (L) shakes hands with people in front of a bookstore in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 28, 2015. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William visits Fukushima with Abe

Britain's Prince William (far L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (center L) are welcomed at an athletic facility for children in the city of Motomiya in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 28, 2015. The 32-year-old Duke of Cambridge, who arrived Feb. 26 on his first visit to Japan, visited Fukushima with Abe to help dispel safety concerns in the prefecture hit by the 2011 nuclear disaster. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William visits Fukushima with Abe

Britain's Prince William attends a dinner hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at an inn in the city of Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge, wearing a Japanese traditional outfit often worn by guests at inns, ate Japanese cuisine made with local ingredients. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William in Tokyo

Britain's Prince William (2nd from L) gets into an Aston Martin, a British luxury car, parked outside a bookstore in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 28, 2015. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William visits Fukushima with Abe

Britain's Prince William (R front) attends a dinner hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L front) at an inn in the city of Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge, wearing a Japanese traditional outfit often worn by guests at inns, ate Japanese cuisine made with local ingredients. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William in Tokyo

Britain's Prince William smiles from inside an Aston Martin, a British luxury car, parked outside a bookstore in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 28, 2015. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jetstar launches flights linking Osaka and Hong Kong

Miyuki Suzuki (2nd from R), president of Jetstar Japan Co., attends a ceremony at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture to mark the low cost airline's launch on Feb. 28, 2015, of flights linking the airport and Hong Kong. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Onozuka wins 1st World Cup title

(From L) Germany's Sabrina Cakmakli, Japan's Ayana Onozuka and New Zealand's Janina Kuzma smile on the podium during an award ceremony for the World Cup women's freestyle halfpipe competition in Park City, Utah, on Feb. 28, 2015. Onozuka won the gold, followed by Cakmakli with the silver and Kuzma with the bronze. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Low-cost Peach Aviation carries 8 mil. passengers in first 3 years

Passengers flying with low-cost carrier Peach Aviation check in at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Feb. 28, 2015. The airline said the same day it has carried 8 million passengers over the three years since its launch in March 2012, and expects the figure to hit 10 million by September 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cherry blossoms in Shizuoka

People take a stroll along a path lined with cherry blossoms in Kawazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William visits Fukushima with Abe

Britain's Prince William (L) poses for a photo with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before a dinner at an inn in the city of Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge, wearing a Japanese traditional outfit often worn by guests at inns, ate Japanese cuisine made with local ingredients. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William visits Fukushima with Abe

Britain's Prince William (C) talks to a boy at an athletic facility for children in the city of Motomiya in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 28, 2015. The 32-year-old Duke of Cambridge, who arrived Feb. 26 on his first visit to Japan, visited Fukushima with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) to help dispel safety concerns in the prefecture hit by the 2011 nuclear disaster. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's central bank to cut interest rates further

Photo taken Feb. 13, 2015, shows the People's Bank of China, China's central bank. The bank said Feb. 28 it will cut its benchmark interest rates further starting March 1, after having reduced the rates in November, to arrest the slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William visits Fukushima with Abe

Britain's Prince William (R front) attends a dinner hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L front) at an inn in the city of Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge, wearing a Japanese traditional outfit often worn by guests at inns, ate Japanese cuisine made with local ingredients. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William visits Fukushima with Abe

Britain's Prince William (L front) receives a letter from a girl when visiting an athletic facility for children in the city of Motomiya in Fukushima Prefecture with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (behind him) on Feb. 28, 2015. The 32-year-old Duke of Cambridge, who arrived Feb. 26 on his first visit to Japan, visited Fukushima with Abe to help dispel safety concerns in the prefecture hit by the 2011 nuclear disaster. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo