Election chief declares Erdogan winner of runoff vote
The head of Turkey's election commission on Sunday declared President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the winner of a historic runoff vote that will extend his 20-year rule until 2028....
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Erdogan declares victory in runoff election
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory Sunday in a historic runoff election that posed the toughest challenge of his two-decade rule. "We will be ruling...
28 May 2023
Erdogan winning 52.3% of vote with 95% of ballots counted: state media
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday led his secular rival with almost all votes counted in Turkey's historic runoff, putting him on course to extend his two decades in power to 2028. With 96...
28 May 2023
Erdogan leads with half of Turkish vote counted: state media
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan led his secular rival with half the votes counted in Turkey's runoff election, state media reported Sunday, although his advantage was narrowing as more results came...
28 May 2023
Sultan of Iran-West mediator Oman visits Tehran
Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, whose Gulf country has been a long-time mediator between Iran and the West, arrived in Tehran on Sunday for a two-day visit. His trip comes...
28 May 2023
US, Saudi Arabia call for extended cease-fire in Sudan
DUBAI — Saudi Arabia and the United States called on Sunday for the extension of a cease-fire deal that has brought some let-up in a six-week war between military factions but little...
Khalid Abdelaziz, 28 May 2023
Governor of war-torn Sudan's Darfur region issues call to arms
The governor of war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region, Mini Minawi, on Sunday called on citizens there to "take up arms," six weeks into the brutal conflict. Much of the...
28 May 2023
Rai to visit Vatican on Monday before heading to Paris
BEIRUT — Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai will travel to the Vatican on Monday morning and then on to Paris in the evening, where he will meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday. During...
28 May 2023
LF MP calls for Salameh's resignation but opposes caretaker cabinet appointing his successor
BEIRUT — Lebanese Forces MP Goerges Okais on Sunday called for the resignation of Banque du Liban's governor Riad Salameh, who is targeted by French and German arrest warrants on suspicion of...
28 May 2023
Undefeated Erdogan wins historic Turkey runoff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory Sunday in a historic runoff vote that posed the biggest challenge to his 20 years of transformative but divisive rule. The 69-year-old...
28 May 2023
Lebanese detained in the UAE released after inmate's death
Lebanese citizens detained in the United Arab Emirates since March have been freed, Lebanon's Foreign Ministry said in a statement Saturday — weeks after a fellow national died in custody....