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Iraq budget vote delayed as Kurds oppose amendments on oil


Saturday, 27 May, 2023 , 16:45 AFP Iraqi Kurdish leaders on Saturday denounced amendments over oil in the draft federal budget, delaying a parliamentary vote more than two months after legislators received the budget plan.

Defiant grassroots campaign targets Erdogan voters


Saturday, 27 May, 2023 , 13:27 AFP Undaunted by their underdog status, Turkish activists are trying to bridge the political divide in a grassroots campaign aimed at helping President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rival in Sunday's historic election runoff.

Turkey's bitter election battle nears decision day


Friday, 26 May, 2023 , 16:46 AFP Turkey reached the final stretch Friday of a bitter presidential campaign that has seen Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his secular rival exploit fears about migrants and Kurdish militants.

Blinken to address Ukraine war from new NATO member Finland


Friday, 26 May, 2023 , 15:58 AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will next week visit new NATO member Finland where he will deliver a speech championing Ukraine's defense against Russia, the State Department said Friday.

Turkey rides nationalist wave in historic election


Friday, 26 May, 2023 , 15:56 AFP Suffering a massive economic crisis and surrounded by countries at war, Turkey is witnessing a resurgence of nationalism that has impacted the fate of its biggest election of modern times.

Blinken to address Ukraine war from new NATO member Finland


Friday, 26 May, 2023 , 13:54 AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will next week visit new NATO member Finland where he will deliver a speech championing Ukraine's defense against Russia, the State Department said Friday.

Turkey's bitter election battle nears decision day


Friday, 26 May, 2023 , 11:58 AFP Turkey on Friday entered the final stretch of a bitter presidential campaign that has seen Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his secular rival exploit fears about migrants and Kurdish militants.

CORRECTED: Turkey's opposition woos Erdogan's vast housewife vote


Friday, 26 May, 2023 , 07:39 AFP A feminist voice rings out from behind the mounds of strawberries and olives in an Istanbul bazaar: "Let's get rid of Erdogan!"

France charges five military personnel over 2021 Channel migrant boat tragedy


Thursday, 25 May, 2023 , 16:57 AFP French prosecutors Thursday charged five military personnel over failing to come to the resue of dozens of people aboard a stricken migrant boat crossing the Channel to Britain in 2021, a judicial source said.

France charges five military personnel over 2021 Channel migrant boat tragedy


Thursday, 25 May, 2023 , 15:14 AFP French prosecutors Thursday charged five military personnel with non-assistance to persons in danger over the 2021 sinking of a migrant boat crossing the Channel to Britain, a judicial source said.