ISTANBUL, June 24 (Reuters): Turks voted on Sunday in presidential and parliamentary elections that pose the biggest ballot box challenge to Tayyip Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party since they swept to power more than a decade and a half ago.The vote will also usher in a powerful new executive...
Read moreGAZA, June 24 (Agencies): Israeli army killed 131 Palestinians since March 30.The Health Ministry in Gaza Saturday unveiled a detailed official statistics on Palestinians killed and wounded by Israeli soldiers' gunfire since the outbreak of rallies and protests in Gaza Strip.It said, in an official statement, that the Israeli army...
Read moreBRUSSELS, June 24 (Reuters): European Union leaders gather in Brussels on Sunday in an attempt to bridge their deep divisions over migration, an issue that has been splitting them for years and now poses a fresh threat to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.Though arrivals across the Mediterranean are only a fraction...
Read moreThe US government said it still had 2,053 children in its custody who were separated from their parents under President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, reports Reuters.It set out its most detailed plans yet on how it would reunite families.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said late on Saturday...
Read moreHARARE, June 24 (AP): Zimbabwe's presidential spokesman is ruling out a state of emergency after an explosion at the president's campaign rally on Saturday.George Charamba told the state-run Sunday Mail newspaper that the historic July 30 election will go ahead as planned despite the blast that occurred shortly after President...
Read moreBAGHDAD, June 24 (AP): Iraq's Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Saturday a political coalition amid talks to form a new government after national elections last month.Al-Sadr's political bloc won the largest share of seats in May parliamentary elections. He has already joined in a...
Read moreSINGAPORE, June 24 (Reuters): Singapore said on Sunday it spent S$16.3 million ($12 million) on hosting the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.Most of the money went on security, the foreign ministry said, without giving a detailed breakdown.Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had...
Read moreCIUDAD JUAREZ, June 24 (AFP): At least 14 people were killed Saturday in three shooting incidents in Mexican city of Juarez, notorious for its drug gang related violence.One of the attacks occurred in southern part of the city, where eight men who were gathered watching the World Cup football match...
Read moreEU supporters, calling on the government to give Britons a vote on the final Brexit deal, participating in the 'People's Vote' march in central London, Britain on Saturday — Reuters
Read moreEx-Vatican diplomat gets jail over child pornographyWASHINGTON, June 24: A Vatican court on Saturday sentenced a Catholic priest to five years in jail for possessing child pornography while he was based in the United States as a diplomat. Carlo Alberto Capella will serve time in the small jail inside the...
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