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Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei declared on Monday that Israel's "shaky Zionist regime" has only a limited time remaining, his remarks coming amid a sharp escalation that saw Tehran launch missiles at northern Israel and Israeli warplanes strike multiple Iranian cities including the capital.Hakan Fidan held talks with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka on Saturday, with Turkish diplomatic sources confirming the high-level meeting as the fourth stop on the foreign minister's ongoing tour of Asia-Pacific nations that began at the start of June.Hakan Fidan was welcomed by his counterpart Sugiono in Jakarta on Wednesday, with the two sides set to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation, boosting trade and defense ties, and addressing regional security challenges during the Turkish minister's Asia-Pacific tour.Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on June 2 to discuss strengthening bilateral ties and regional cooperation, with both sides emphasizing the importance of enhanced partnership between Ankara and the Southeast Asian city-state, according to diplomatic sources.New Zealand activist Mousa Taher, part of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud flotilla attacked by Israeli forces, said he was subjected to torture and humiliating treatment. "The Israeli occupation forces really tortured me this time," he said, showing injuries on his face and leg.

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Galatasaray to face Benfica in Europa League

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Galatasaray to face Benfica in Europa League

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'Lions' seeking 100th win in European matches with a win at home in Round of 32 clash

Turkey's Galatasaray will face Portugal's Benfica in the first leg game of the Round of 32 in UEFA Europa League on Thursday.

The match will kick off 1755GMT in Turk Telekom Stadium in Istanbul.

Benfica trashed Nacional on Sunday evening with a staggering score of 10-0. Benfica continued to closely follow Porto after their sixth league win in a row, increasing their points total to 50, only one point behind the leaders.

Galatasaray cut the deficit with the leader Medipol Basaksehir to six points with Sunday’s win against Trabzonspor with a 3-1 score in 'Spor Toto Super Lig'.

The 'Lions' is the only Turkish club to have won the UEFA Cup in 1999-2000 and the 2000 UEFA Super Cup while Benfica won two European Cups in 1961 and 1962 and lost two Europa League finals recently in 2013 and in 2014.

So far, Galatasaray have played 277 matches in UEFA competitions, winning 99 games and losing 106.

The round of 32 in the UEFA Europa League, the second highest level football competition in Europe, kicked off Tuesday as Turkey's Fenerbahce beat Russia's Zenit 1-0 in the first leg game.

First leg matches taking place on Feb. 12 and Feb.14 and the second leg games will be played on Feb. 20 and 21.

The first leg games are as follows:

Tuesday:

Fenerbahce (TUR) v Zenit (RUS): 1-0

Thursday:

Plzen (CZE) v Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)

Club Brugge (BEL) v Salzburg (AUT)

Rapid Wien (AUT) v Internazionale (ITA)

Slavia Praha (CZE) v Genk (BEL)

Krasnodar (RUS) v Leverkusen (GER)

Zurich (SUI) v Napoli (ITA)

Malmo (SWE) v Chelsea (ENG)

Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) v Frankfurt (GER)

Celtic (SCO) v Valencia (ESP)

Rennes (FRA) v Betis (ESP)

Olympiacos (GRE) v Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)

Lazio (ITA) v Sevilla (ESP)

Sporting CP (POR) v Villarreal (ESP)

BATE (BLR) v Arsenal (ENG)

Galatasaray (TUR) v Benfica (POR)

Titles :Benfica Football Galatasaray Round of 32 UEFA Europa League

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