Turkey’s CHP says Erdogan’s mandate must be revoked if Istanbul election annulled
Turkey’s main opposition party said on Wednesday it had formally requested the annulment of President Tayyip Erdogan’s mandate because the same flaws his AK Party alleged in the city’s March 31 mayoral vote occurred in last year’s national elections.
No knockouts in final debate before Australian election
Australia’s leader and his main challenger played it safe in an inconclusive final debate on Friday ahead of next week’s election, though opposition Leader Bill Shorten won momentum with an emotional attack on a newspaper story about his mother.
Sudanese protest coalition calls for civil disobedience
Sudanese protest and opposition leaders called on Wednesday for civil disobedience in response to the military’s “disappointing” answer to their interim constitutional proposals.
Britain extremely concerned about Iran’s nuclear announcement: PM May’s spokesman
Britain is extremely concerned about Iran’s announcement on Wednesday that it is scaling back curbs to its nuclear program, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said, urging Tehran not to take escalatory steps.
Clashes in Ebola-affected Congo city kill at least nine
Heavy fighting between the army and local militiamen in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola-stricken city of Butembo killed at least nine people on Wednesday, the mayor said.
‘It’s magic’: Prince Harry and Meghan show baby son to the world
Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan showed off their newborn son to the world on Wednesday, saying the arrival of their “little bundle of joy” was magic.
From crime to corruption, South African voters speak out
South Africans voted in parliamentary and provincial elections on Wednesday, with winding lines at thousands of polling stations where frustration was palpable at the pace of progress since apartheid ended a quarter of a century ago.
UK says Iran will face consequences if it breaks nuclear deal
Britain said Iran would face consequences if it backed away from its nuclear deal, following Tehran’s announcement on Wednesday that it was scaling back curbs to its nuclear program that had been agreed under a 2015 deal with world powers.
Death row Christian woman has left Pakistan, lawyer says
A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row falsely charged with blasphemy has left the country, her lawyer and media said on Wednesday, more than six months after she was acquitted by Pakistan’s top court.
Factbox: Blood and treasure or fantasy: What is the UK-U.S. ‘special relationship’?
Britain’s so-called ‘special relationship’ with the United States was one of the most enduring alliances of the 20th century, though Brexit and the election of U.S. President Donald Trump have raised questions about its future.
