As recounts in Istanbul end, Turkey’s opposition expects mandate
Recounts of local election votes in Istanbul ended on Wednesday and the main opposition candidate said he expected to be installed as mayor despite an appeal by President Tayyip Erdogan’s party to re-run the election in Turkey’s largest city.
France to open redesign of Notre-Dame’s spire to international architects
France will open the redesign of the Notre-Dame de Paris’ iconic roofline to international architects after Monday night’s blaze gutted the oak-framed structure and sent its 300-foot spire crashing through its vaulted ceiling, the prime minister said o…
Portugal PM vows to do ‘everything’ to expand fuel supplies amid strike
Portugal’s government will do everything required to expand supplies of fuel across the country during a strike by petrol-tanker drivers, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Wednesday.
Toppled Bashir moved from residence to Khartoum’s Kobar prison: relatives
Deposed ex-Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been moved to Khartoum’s grim high-security Kobar prison from the presidential residence, family sources said on Wednesday, as military rulers announced steps to crack down on corruption.
Rebel group in southern Sudan says ceasing hostilities for three months
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, a rebel movement in the southern states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan, announced it is ceasing all hostilities immediately in areas under its control until the end of July, SPLM-N’s head said in a stateme…
Indonesian ruling coalition leads in unofficial count of parliamentary vote: pollster
Indonesia’s ruling coalition, which backs President Joko Widodo, is on course to win more than half the votes in an election for the national parliament, based on a count of more than 60 percent of ballots cast on Wednesday, two pollsters said.
Climate-change protesters disrupt London docklands train service
Two environmental activists climbed onto the roof of a train in London’s Canary Wharf financial district on Wednesday as part of a third day of action to force Britain to take more radical measures to avert climate change.
France to launch international competition to re-design Notre-Dame spire
France will open an international competition for a re-design of the spire of Notre-Dame de Paris after the cathedral’s iconic roofline collapsed in Monday’s blaze, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Wednesday.
Ukraine says it captured Russian military intelligence hit squad
Ukraine’s security service SBU said on Wednesday it had captured a Russian military intelligence hit squad responsible for the attempted murder of a Ukrainian military spy in the run-up to a presidential election on Sunday.
Barrages hit Tripoli as Haftar’s two-week siege rages
Shells slammed into a densely-populated Tripoli suburb overnight, piling on the suffering for civilians from a two-week assault by commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces to take Libya’s capital from an internationally-backed government.
