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A Saudi team including a chemist and a toxicologist was sent to Istanbul to spoil evidence nine days after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Turkish media report said Nov. 5.

A memorial service was held for Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Washington DC on Nov. 2, 2018. Zach Gibson/Getty Images/AFP

Turkey first heard about Uğur Rıfat Karlova, a Turkish entertainer living in Taiwan, when he won the "Best Host" award in 2012 at Taiwan's Golden Bell Awards, which is the Taiwanese equivalent to the Emmy Awards. He was the first foreigner to receive an award in that category.

Istanbul police have received calls from locals who said they had dreams about knowing the location of the body of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, with foreign "clairvoyants" also claiming to find his remains.

This was told to Sputnik by the leader of the opposition Turkish party Vatan, Dogu Perincek, who claims to have learned it from reliable sources.

On the other hand, Turkish President Recep Erdogan claims that the body has not been found.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Aug. 26 rejected the resignations of the intelligence chief and the interior and defense ministers, as the government faces fierce criticism over an increasingly deadly insurgency.

Iran has good relations with Turkey, Iranian Defense Minister Amir Khatami said on Aug. 19.

Israeli police are again questioning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of their investigations into corruption allegations.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has called for the rebuilding of 11 schools torched by suspected Islamic extremists in northern Pakistan.

Hundreds of Syrians lined up in front of a migration center in the western Turkish province of İzmir on Aug. 1, triggering a stampede that risked the lives of babies and children. Click through for the story in photos...