In a startling turn of events today, Hasan Bitmez, a representative of Turkey's Saadat Party and a member of the Grand National Assembly from Kocaeli province, suffered a heart attack and collapsed while delivering a speech in the open session.During the course of his address, Bitmez had just concluded vehemently criticizing Israel, asserting that "Israel will be smitten with the anger of Allah." It was at this point that the 53-year-old parliamentarian, visibly agi...

A convicted leader of the right wing in Sweden has received permission to burn a copy of the Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm - as the country battles to convince President Erdogan to let it join NATO.Rasmus Paludan, 41, has a permit to burn the book in front of the building on Saturday 21 January, to coincide with two related demonstrations planned in protest of Turkey.Danish-Swedish Paludan said he wants to 'mark some freedom of speech' after the han...

The Nigerian-born British politician Mrs. Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch who is serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden since 2017. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities and Minister of State for Equalities from 2021 to 2022.She is the daughter of Femi and Feyi Adegoke who are of Nigerian origin. Her father was a GP and her mother is a Professor of physiology. Badenoch's childho...