Senegal president’s camp claims re-election victory but opposition cries foul
Senegal President Macky Sall’s team claimed he won re-election in the first-round of voting on Sunday, but the opposition said preliminary election results showed a run-off was unavoidable.
Australian government fails to woo voters with tough security pitch: poll
Australia’s conservative government is on course for a heavy defeat at the coming election, a widely watched opinion poll showed on Monday, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison fails to woo voters with an aggressive national security pitch.
Senegal PM says President Sall won re-election in first round of vote
Senegal’s prime minister said President Macky Sall won the first round of an election on Sunday with at least 57 percent of votes, even as the opposition said preliminary results showed a run-off was unavoidable.
U.S. team lowers expectations for second summit with North Korea’s Kim
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be open to seeking a limited deal at this week’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, an approach that may yield small but potentially significant results.
What’s on the table at the second Trump-Kim summit?
Vietnam hosts the second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this week, with denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and ending sanctions against Pyongyang the main items on the table.
U.S.-backed SDF hands over 280 Iraqi, foreign detainees to Iraq
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have handed to Iraq 280 Iraqi and foreign detainees in recent days, Iraq’s military said in a statement on Sunday.
Moldova looks set for hung parliament as opposition threatens protests
Early results pointed to a hung parliament in Moldova’s election on Sunday, splitting the vote between pro-Western and pro-Russian forces at a time when the ex-Soviet republic’s relations with the European Union have soured.
U.S.-backed SDF hands over 280 Islamic State fighters to Iraq
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have handed over 280 Iraqi Islamic State fighters to Iraq so far, a statement from Iraq’s military said on Sunday.
U.S.-backed SDF gave 20 Islamic State fighters to Iraq, mostly French citizens
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) handed over 20 foreign Islamic State fighters to Iraq last week, mostly French citizens, two Iraqi military sources said on Sunday.
Moldova’s Socialists, Democratic Party neck and neck in parliamentary election
Moldova’s opposition Socialist Party and the ruling Democratic Party were neck and neck in Sunday’s parliamentary election, reflecting opinion polls that had predicted a hung parliament.
