Turkey’s Erdogan wins presidential election, opposition yet to concede
ANKARA (Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan won Turkey’s presidential election on Sunday, the head of the country’s electoral body said, overcoming the biggest electoral challenge to his rule in a decade and a half.
U.S. to give North Korea post-summit timeline with ‘asks’ soon: official
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska, (Reuters) – The United States will soon present a timeline to North Korea with “specific asks” of Pyongyang after a historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a senior U.S. …
Mexican leftist consolidates presidency vote lead: poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has consolidated his commanding lead over rivals in the race to become Mexico’s next president with just a week to go, a voter survey by polling firm Consulta Mitofsky showed on Sund…
Nigeria imposes curfew as 70 die in escalating communal clashes
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on Sunday in central Plateau state after least 70 people died in communal clashes between farmers and semi-nomadic herders over the weekend.
Fighting moves closer to center of Yemen’s main port city, missiles fired at Riyadh
ADEN (Reuters) – The Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched missiles on the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday, and reinforced Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah as an Arab coalition moved closer to the city center in the largest offensive of the war.
Nicaragua’s unlikely opposition faces rocky road to defeat Ortega
MANAGUA (Reuters) – Lesther Aleman, a lanky and bespectacled 20-year-old student, had never taken part in a protest until April when he became the public face of a revolt that has shaken the rule of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
Saudi air defenses intercept missiles above capital: coalition
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it intercepted two missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthi militia over the capital Riyadh, as a Saudi-led coalition moved to wrest control of Yemen’s main port city from the Iran-aligned group.
Turkey’s Erdogan claims election victory, opposition wary
ANKARA (Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party claimed victory in Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary polls on Sunday, overcoming the biggest electoral challenge to their rule in a decade and a half.
Turkey’s Erdogan claims victory in presidential election
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential election and said his ruling AK Party and its alliance partner had won a parliamentary majority.
Twenty-eight Mexican police held over political murder: media
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Twenty-eight police officers in the western Mexican state of Michoacan have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a candidate for mayor in the municipality of Ocampo, local media reported on Sunday.
