Municipal elections are being held in Turkey on Sunday, and the vote could define the future of Turkish politics.Polls will be open in all 81 provinces, but the real battle is for a city of 16 million people, the only city on two continents – Istanbul. There is a saying in Turkish politics: Whoever wins […]
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30 March 2024, 10:03 GMT Updated 3 hours ago Image caption, The suspect was arrested nearly six hours after the siege began A hostage situation at a nightclub in an eastern Dutch town has come to an end after a man was arrested. Four people had been taken hostage when he entered Café Petticoat, in
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A group of mural artists in Northern Ireland have transformed Belfast’s iconic International Wall into the Palestinian Wall, in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people and artists amid Israel’s continuing war on Gaza. The mural artists painted images that were sent to them by Palestinian artists who would have risked imprisonment, and even
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The KK Super Mart chain apologised after photos of the socks on sale caused widespread anger among Muslims. A convenience store chain in Malaysia that triggered outrage for selling socks with the word “Allah” has been hit with a Molotov cocktail, police said. The attack on Saturday came days after the KK Super Mart chain’s
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NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (AP) — Ontario’s Niagara Region has declared a state of emergency as it prepares to welcome up to a million visitors for the solar eclipse in early April. The total solar eclipse on April 8 will be the first to touch the province since 1979, and Niagara Falls was declared by National
Israel has ignored previous International Court of Justice rulings about its war on Gaza. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has told Israel to allow supplies into Gaza – saying famine is setting in. But the court’s previous orders in the war have so far been ignored. So what is the significance of this latest
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Mexico City – The fliers promoting the kickoff rally for Claudia Sheinbaum’s presidential campaign posted an official start time of four in the afternoon, but by 2pm, the main square here in this capital city – popularly known as the Zocalo – was already teeming with thousands of supporters jostling for just a smidgen of
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‘Yellow Shirt’ antigovernment protesters protected under the constitution, charges of rebellion and terrorism dropped. A court in Thailand has dropped terrorism charges against 67 people who led antigovernment protests in 2008, occupying and shutting down operations at Bangkok’s two airports for more than a week. The Bangkok Criminal Court ruled on Friday that the so-called
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The United States on Thursday branded Russian officials “pretty good manure salesmen” after Moscow sought to link the attack on the Crocus City Hall music venue to “Ukrainian nationalists.” “My uncle used to say that the best manure salesmen often carry their samples in their mouths. Russian officials seem to be pretty good manure salesmen,”
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Move comes after meeting between Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini. Japan is planning to resume funding to the United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees after suspending assistance over Israeli claims that some of its staff participated in Hamas’s October 7 attacks. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa met UNRWA chief
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