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NICOSIA, May 24 (Reuters) – Cypriots went to the polls on Sunday in a parliamentary election expected to deliver gains for anti-corruption campaigners and the far right, while weakening centrist parties that back President Nikos Christodoulides. In a vote being closely watched for signs of public sentiment ahead of a 2028 presidential election, more than …
MOSCOW, May 24 (Reuters) – Russian forces hit targets in Ukraine using four types of missiles – Oreshnik, Iskander, Kinzhal and Zircon – in overnight attacks on Sunday, in retaliation for Kyiv’s strikes on civilian targets in Russia, state news agencies reported. The attacks, all successful, were carried out on Ukrainian military command facilities, air …
ANKARA, May 24 (Reuters) – Turkish authorities ordered police to evict the leadership of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) from their headquarters on Sunday, enforcing a court ruling that reinstated the former leader and fuelled a political crisis. Riot police and crowds gathered outside the gates of CHP headquarters in the Turkish capital …
ANGELES, Philippines (AP) — A nine-story building under construction in a city north of the Philippine capital of Manila collapsed before dawn and at least 21 people were missing Sunday morning, authorities said. Rescuers were “hearing voices” in the rubble, while 24 workers managed to dash to safety or were rescued, police and other officials …
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a railway track as a passenger train passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, killing at least 19 people and wounding over 70 others, officials said. The force of the explosion caused two of the train cars to overturn and …
TAIPEI, May 24 (Reuters) – The Taiwanese and Chinese coast guards were engaged in a tense standoff for the second day near the strategically located Pratas islands at the top of the South China Sea, Taiwan’s Coast Guard said on Sunday. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, a position the government in …
NEW DELHI, May 24 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Sunday, as the two sides discussed the Middle East, trade, visas, maritime security and energy supplies. Rubio said progress had been made in the past 48 hours on efforts towards resolving the Iran conflict. …
CANBERRA, May 24 (Reuters) – A 39-year-old man has died after being attacked by a shark at the Great Barrier Reef on Sunday, police said, the second fatal shark attack in Australia this month. The man was rushed to shore after being bitten near Kennedy Shoal, a shallow reef around 45 km (28 miles) off …
May 24 (Reuters) – A powerful bomb exploded near a railway track as a train carrying passengers passed through Pakistan’s Quetta, wounding more than two dozen people, the Associated Press reported on Sunday, citing officials. Doctors said local hospitals had received over 30 wounded, with several in critical condition, the report added. (Reporting by Ananya …
WARSAW, May 24 (Reuters) – Poland is facing a series of false alarms about fires or other threats, including one on Saturday at a flat in Gdansk belonging to a member of President Karol Nawrocki’s family, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said. Tusk held a sitting of the Government Security Center on Sunday morning after the …