Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan conceded defeat on Sunday in the country's local elections, saying the vote was a "turning point" for his party after two decades in power.
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The main Turkish opposition party on Sunday claimed victory in the mayoral race in the capital Ankara as the party built a solid lead in the count for control of Istanbul, according to partial results from local elections.
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The main Catholic Easter Sunday service at the Holy Sepulchre Church in the Christian quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem, built on what is said to be the tomb of Jesus, was not full.
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Turkish voters went to the polls on Sunday in municipal elections, with all eyes on Istanbul, the national "jewel" that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to pry away from the opposition.
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A bomb exploded in a shopping area in a northern Syrian city held by pro-Turkish forces early Sunday, killing eight people and wounding more than 20 others, a war monitor said.
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British counterterrorism police are investigating the stabbing of an Iranian television presenter outside his home in London as concern grows over threats to a Farsi-language satellite news channel long critical of Iran’s theocratic government.
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Three United Nations military observers and a Lebanese interpreter were wounded Saturday while patrolling the southern Lebanese border after a shell exploded near them, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said.
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Two people were injured on Thursday in an air strike on a residential building in a Damascus suburb, Syrian state media said, blaming the strike on Israel.
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The Palestinian Authority (PA) has announced the formation of a new Cabinet .
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The French parliament's lower house on Thursday approved a resolution condemning as "bloody and murderous repression" the killing by Paris police of dozens of Algerians in a crackdown on a 1961 protest to support Algerian independence.
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The Philippines said Wednesday that Iran has freed all 18 Filipino crew members of an oil tanker that was seized in the Gulf of Oman in January.
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Strikes in Syria on Tuesday killed 16 pro-Iran fighters including an Iranian Revolutionary Guard, a war monitor said, while the World Health Organization also reported one of its workers was killed.
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On Sunday, millions of voters in Turkey head to the polls to elect mayors and administrators in local elections which will gauge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s popularity as his ruling party tries to win back key cities it lost five years ago.
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Senior doctors at dozens of hospitals in South Korea planned to submit their resignations Monday in support of medical interns and residents who have been on a strike for five weeks over the government’s push to sharply increase medical school admissions, their leader said.
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An attack by al-Qaida in southern Yemen killed at least two troops loyal to a secessionist group, officials said Monday, in the first attack since the extremist group's branch in the Arab country announced the death of its leader earlier this month.
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Turks will vote next Sunday in local polls as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, buoyed by a strong showing in last year's general elections, sets his sights on winning back Istanbul.
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The US military said it had struck three underground storage facilities used by Yemen's Houthis, as the rebels continue to launch attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, against the backdrop of the Israeli war on Gaza.
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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Thursday that the United States and Saudi Arabia have made "good progress" in talks on normalizing ties between the kingdom and Israel.
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Dressed in tracksuits with their sleeves rolled up, about 30 residents in Tajura, a suburb east of Libya's capital, volunteer every day to cook and give away some 300 meals during Ramadan.
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The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions Wednesday against two people and their Russia-based companies it accused of supporting a Kremlin-directed disinformation campaign involving the impersonation of legitimate news websites.
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