South African billionaire and businessman Douw Steyn, who founded the BGL Insurance Group and was a good friend of late South African statesman Nelson Mandela, has died aged 72.

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Marwan Barghouti, a former leader of Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, was accused of planning and carrying out attacks that resulted ...

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Turkey has detained nine people, including the owner of the hotel, as part of an investigation into a fire, officials said on Wednesday morning. Turkish Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç ...

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More than 50 others were also injured in the fire at the Grand Kartal hotel in Kartalkaya ski resort, according to Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. The fire broke out during a busy time ...

Turkey has detained nine people, including the owner of the hotel, in connection with a deadly fire that claimed the lives of 76 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the west of the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Turkey’s interior minister says a fire that broke out at a hotel at a popular ski resort has killed at ...

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ANKARA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Turkey has detained 11 people as part of an investigation into a fire that killed 79 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the Bolu mountains, Justice Minister ...