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A man walks past a closed foreign exchange office in Baghdad on October 7, 2026. Iraq's central bank devalued the dinar currency against the dollar on October 7, with the country facing a deepening crisis brought on by the Middle East war. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)

Iraq devalues dinar 13% as Hormuz disruption hits oil revenue

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

Izmir Mayor Cemil Tugay (R) his wife Oznur Tugay and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan acknowledge the audience after the mayor announced joining the ruling Justice and Development Party during a meeting with AKP lawmakers in Ankara, on Oct. 7, 2026.

Latest defection hands Erdogan’s AKP control of Turkey’s third-largest city

Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

On the eve of the defection of Izmir Mayor Cemil Tugay, protesters gathered in the city chanting angry slogans against him

Protests in major Turkish city after mayor defects to Erdogan party

Agence France-Presse

Kyrgyz servicemen take part in the "Eurasia-Antiterror 2023" joint military drills

Iran joins SCO drill as China resists direct intervention in US-Iran war

Rosaleen Carroll

In Washington, DC, US, reporting on the Middle East