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ISTANBUL — Turkey’s Supreme Election Board on Friday confirmed the outcomes of the primary spherical of Turkey’s presidential election during which neither incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor his most important challenger, opposition chief Kemal Kilicdaroglu, receiving the bulk assist wanted for an outright victory. ...

Buildings burned to the bottom, and a bombed-out faculty website - the extent of the destruction in Sudan’s metropolis of El Geneina could be seen in satellite tv for pc pictures, analysed by Sky News. Before and after pictures present giant burned-out areas all through town attributable to preventing between the Sudanese Armed Forces, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group and different armed teams. Violent clashes erupted in Sudan earlier this yr when a fragile truce between the armed forces and the RSF broke down.The teams had labored collectively to oust Sudan's former chief Omar al Bashir in 2019 however there have been long-running disagreements over how the nation must be run.Tensions got here to a head when the teams fell out about how and when the RSF mus...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has formally retracted an announcement he made declaring that 4 lacking siblings, purported survivors of a May 1 airplane crash, had been discovered. ...

Syrian President Bashar al Assad has attended the annual summit of the Arab League for the primary time in 12 years.Mr Assad was suspended by the alliance after his crackdown on pro-democracy protests led to the breakout of civil struggle in 2011. More than 500,000 individuals have died since then and greater than half of the nation's 22 million pre-war inhabitants have needed to flee their properties.Speaking within the host metropolis of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, Mr Assad described his reinstatement as a "historic opportunity" to deal with crises throughout the Arab world.The determination to permit him again in is a part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's bid to enhance relations within the area, after he pushed to restore diplomatic ties with longstanding rival Ira...

Leaders of the seven largest world economies on Friday permitted new sanctions on Russia that limit any exports that Moscow might use in its struggle towards Ukraine. ...

The mates of a mom from the Wirral whose coronary heart stopped when she collapsed at an airport in Turkey are elevating cash to get her again residence.Friends and household of Melissa Kinsella, from Merseyside, mentioned she is now in a coma and declare the Turkish hospital treating her is charging her almost £2,000 for day-after-day she spends of their care. She was on her means residence from a household vacation in Turkey when she suffered a seizure and stopped respiration, a GoFundMe web page arrange for her says.Rebecca Dath, who has arrange the fundraiser, added Ms Kinsella is now in a coma, with the hospital charging £1,800 a day for her care.Ms Kinsella, who has three kids, didn't have insurance coverage masking medical care whereas she means away. Friends are aimin...

CANBERRA, Australia — An 88-year-old Australian physician held captive by Islamic extremists in West Africa for greater than seven years has been freed and has returned to Australia. ...

It is an extended, nervy and treacherous stroll to the frontline trenches round Bakhmut.As we make our manner by means of woodland, the warfare crashes and booms round us. Although Ukraine has made small features within the open floor across the flanks, its maintain inside town is wanting more and more determined.Ukraine warfare newest stay as troopers uncover drones Russia has captured at the least 95% of the buildings and remains to be pushing ahead. To get to the defensive positions exterior the principle metropolis means leaving cowl and traversing farmland.Russian drones are searching for motion - targets for his or her artillery. As we transfer we hear shells screeching overhead after which the heart-thumping second they smash into the bott...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Arab leaders, joined by Syrian President Bashar Assad for the primary time in additional than a decade, have been holding an annual summit Friday in Saudi Arabia, with a deal with Sudan and different conflicts - and a shock go to by Ukraine’s president. ...

An 88-year-old Australian physician held hostage in Africa for greater than seven years by al Qaeda-linked militants has been reunited along with his household after being launched.Dr Ken Elliott and his spouse Jocelyn, who collectively ran a medical clinic in Burkina Faso, had been kidnapped in 2016 by al Qaeda within the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) - an African affiliate of the jihadist group. Mrs Elliott was launched three weeks later following a joint effort by Burkina Faso's intelligence service and the then president of neighbouring Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou.On Thursday, Australian international minister Penny Wong stated Dr Elliott had now been launched and had since been reunited along with his spouse and youngsters."I'm very pleased to advise that Dr Ken Elliott, who's be...