Turkey’s election board begins evaluating Istanbul re-run appeal
Turkey’s High Election Board started evaluating on Monday an appeal by President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party to annul and re-run elections in Istanbul that saw the opposition win control of the country’s largest city, local TV broadcasters said.
ICC will no longer refer Jordan to U.N. for failure to arrest Sudan’s Bashir
The International Criminal Court will not refer Jordan to the U.N. Security Council for its failure to arrest Sudanese war crimes suspect Omar al-Bashir when he visited Amman in 2017, judges said on Monday, reversing an earlier decision.
Gaza laments deadly start to Ramadan, amid funerals and debris
After two sleepless days and nights of Israeli shelling and Palestinian rocket fire, Gazans on Monday faced a first day of Ramadan overshadowed by funerals and the grim task of pulling bodies from collapsed buildings.
Berlusconi says ready for EU vote after “big fright” of emergency surgery
Four-time Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, 82, said on Monday he was ready to resume all electoral engagements after undergoing emergency surgery last week for a bowel obstruction that made him fear for his life.
Bahrain court refuses to grant jailed activist Rajab a non-custodial sentence – lawyer
A Bahraini court has refused to grant the jailed human rights activist Nabeel Rajab a non-custodial sentence instead of the jail terms he currently serving, his lawyer said on Monday.
UAE says it released a Qatari military boat held since end April
The United Arab Emirates has released a Qatari military boat seized after it entered Emirati waters on April 30, the UAE state news agency WAM said in a tweet.
‘Very pleased and delighted’: Thai king wraps up three-day coronation events
Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn greeted thousands of his subjects from a balcony of his Grand Palace on Monday, the third and final day of coronation ceremonies.
No turning back: Syrian Kurds reshape region with books and schools
When Eyub Mohamad was a boy, security forces beat his father into paralysis. His offence was typing leaflets in Kurdish, banned under Syria’s ruling Baath party.
Factbox: From Kobani to Kirkuk: the Kurdish struggle for rights and land
A century after their hopes of statehood were thwarted, Kurds in the Middle East are still hampered by regional hostility.
New far-right party seen entering Danish parliament: opinion poll
A new Danish far-right party that wants Islam banned and hundreds of thousands of Muslims deported could win seats in Denmark’s parliament in an upcoming election, an opinion poll showed on Monday.
