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COTONOU, May 24 (Reuters) – Benin’s new president, Romuald Wadagni, vowed at his inauguration on Sunday to confront rising security threats and to ensure economic growth translated into concrete improvements in people’s lives. Wadagni was elected on April 12 with more than 94% of the vote against challenger Paul Hounkpe, according to results confirmed on …
ANKARA (AP) — Police stormed the offices of Turkey’s main opposition CHP party on Sunday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at a crowd of party supporters and officials gathered outside the gates. It was a violent end to a standoff that had been going on for several hours between members of the Republican Peoples’ …
May 24 (Reuters) – A Bahraini court sentenced nine defendants to life in prison and two others to three years in jail for collaborating with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to carry out what it described as “hostile and terrorist acts” against Bahrain, the state news agency reported on Sunday. The defendants were involved in …
ANKARA, May 24 (Reuters) – Turkish riot police fired tear gas and broke through the gates of the main opposition party’s headquarters to evict its ousted leadership on Sunday, a Reuters witness said. An appeals court on Thursday ousted Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel, annulling the results of the CHP congress where he …
An apparent car bombing rocked Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta on Sunday morning, killing at least 24 people and injuring around 70 more, according to officials. A high-ranking Balochistan provincial officer told CBS News that the blast was severe and that the number of people killed and injured may rise. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called …
That’s because Democrats, in many states, can draw partisan political lines only if they evade constraints — some self-imposed — on their ability to counterpunch. In Colorado, New Jersey, New York and Washington, redistricting commissions draw boundaries that are not supposed to benefit either party. Democrats will have to gain voters’ permission to nullify those …
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said a deal with Iran on the war in the Middle East, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, has been “largely negotiated” after calls with Israel and other allies in the region over the weekend. But other officials counseled caution on Sunday, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
In 2004, Bob Dylan spoke with 60 Minutes’ Ed Bradley about the role New York City played in his life. In this expanded clip from the interview outtakes, the singer-songwriter discusses his journey from Minnesota to New York. Today, the musician turns 85.
Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus, the staff there said Saturday. It was the second such attack in the region in a week. No one was …
By Steve Holland, Andy Sullivan, Richard Cowan and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) – Standing in front of the White House ballroom construction site, U.S. President Donald Trump appealed for patience from Americans struggling with soaring gas prices as he sought to justify the cost of a project critics call a vanity effort. “This …