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Ekrem Imamoglu declared victory after initial results showed he won a clear majority [Huseyin Aldemir/Reuters] Istanbul, Turkey – In a major blow to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidate Ekrem Imamoglu has declared victory in the rerun of Istanbul’s mayoral election, after initial results showed he was set for a clear […]

The official Ethiopian government news media the Ethiopian broadcasting corporation – EBC reported there was a failed coup detat attempt in one of the regional states of Amhara state. Negussu Telahun, spokesman for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, told the state Television Ethiopian broadcasting corporation – EBC, there was an organized attempt to overthrow the regional […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reads a letter from President Donald Trump. | Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP PYONGYANG, North Korea — President Donald Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a letter, a government-controlled news agency reported Sunday. Kim “said with satisfaction that the letter is of excellent content,” […]

Xi and Kim wave from an open-top limousine as they travel along a street in Pyongyang [Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP Photo] The leaders of North Korea and China lauded their two nations’ historic ties on Friday, as Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up a two-day visit to Pyongyang amid stalled talks with the United States over the North’s nuclear programme. Kim Jong Un told […]

Amisom and Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers patrol the neighbourhood of Bariire town on June 13, 2019. The town was captured from Al-Shabaab militants during a joint military operation conducted by AMISOM and SNA troops in May. Image: AMISOM Photo / Ilyas Ahmed On 30 April 2018, the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) endorsed […]

A North Korean intermediate-range strategic ballistic rocket lifting off from the launching pad at an undisclosed location near Pyongyang. North Korea has made minimal advances in the capabilities needed for an effective nuclear missile that could reach the American mainland, according to the U.S.’s No. 2 military official.  “Probably the only thing they’ve advanced is their […]

  Picture for illustrative purposesImage Credit: Stock image Patna: A six-month-old who was declared dead by a doctor in the Indian state of Bihar woke up while being laid to rest in a freshly dug grave on Monday.  The incident took place in the Khairabad locality, which is under the jurisdiction of the police station in […]

The Triton unmanned aircraft is designed to fly surveillance missions up to 24-hours at high altitudes [Reuters]  Iran has shot down a US drone, raising fears that a major military confrontation could erupt between Tehran and Washington in the Gulf. While Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) force said the United States’s aircraft was brought by a […]

This file photo shows Agnes Callamard, the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, visiting the Saudi Consulate General in Istanbul to examine the investigation on the murder Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (DHA Photo) Credible evidence of liability of high-level Saudi officials, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, found in investigation into the murder of Saudi […]

MThe reconstructed wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 which crashed over Ukraine in July 2014 is seen in Gilze Rijen, Netherlands, on Oct 13, 2015. (Photo: Reuters/Michael Kooren)  THE HAGUE: International investigators are on Wednesday (Jun 19) expected to announce charges against four suspects including a Russian officer in the shooting down of flight MH17 […]