Election representatives prepare ballots at a polling station in Istanbul on Sunday. Francisco Seco/AP Turkey holds elections every five years. Presidential candidates can be nominated by parties that have passed the 5% voter threshold in the last parliamentary election, or those who have gathered at least 100,000 signatures supporting their nomination. The candidate who receives […]
CNN — Russia’s air force may have just suffered one of its worst days since the Ukraine war began. Unconfirmed reports say that four of its aircraft were shot down within Russian territory, in what would mark a significant coup for Ukraine. There are conflicting accounts about how many planes and helicopters may have been […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Chancellery in Berlin on Sunday. Lisi Niesner/Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Berlin, Germany, for his first visit to the country since Russia’s February 2021 invasion, meeting German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday. He is also due to meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Zelensky tweeted just past midnight local time, “Already in […]
Istanbul CNN — Polls have opened in Turkey’s fiercely fought presidential and parliamentary elections that could bring an end to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 20-year rule. Sunday’s race poses the biggest challenge yet to Turkey’s strongman leader. He faces economic headwinds and criticism that the impact of the devastating February 6 earthquake was made […]
Rome CNN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said “the first important steps” of a highly-anticipated military counteroffensive against Russian forces “would be taken soon” as he met with European partners providing his country with weapons. Speaking to reporters in Rome after meetings with his Italian counterpart and Italy’s prime minister, Zelensky said Ukrainian […]
CNN — Millions of Thais are heading to the polls on Sunday for a general election where opposition parties are hoping to ride a wave of frustration over the military’s stranglehold on the levers of power and its handling of the economy. The election is the first since youth-led mass pro-democracy protests in 2020 and […]
Liverpool, United Kingdom CNN — Sweden’s Loreen has won the Eurovision Song Contest for a second time, earning a historic triumph at an extravagant and crowd-pleasing show held in Liverpool, United Kingdom, on behalf of Ukraine. She became just the second performer to win the competition more than once, clinching victory with pop ballad “Tattoo” […]
Jerusalem and Gaza CNN — Israel and Islamic Jihad agreed to a ceasefire Saturday, after days of violence that have claimed the lives of at least 35 people – almost all of them Palestinians. The ceasefire was scheduled to take effect at 10 p.m. local time (3 p.m. ET), said Egyptian officials in Gaza, who […]
CNN — Germany announced on Saturday that it would supply Ukraine with an aid package worth nearly $3 billion to strengthen the country’s defense, marking Berlin’s largest pledge in military aid since the start of the war. The German Ministry of Defence said in a statement that the package may include a variety of military […]
A US Army Patriot air defense system is pictured in Rzesznow, Poland, on March 8, 2022. Sean Gallup/Getty Images/FILE Russia tried to destroy a US-made Patriot air defense system in Ukraine last week with a hypersonic missile, two US officials tell CNN. The attack failed, and the Ukrainian military instead intercepted the missile using the Patriot system, […]
