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  1. Erdogan to seek Turkish presidency, reign till 2023, aide says

    Erdogan to seek Turkish presidency, reign till 2023, aide says

    ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will be Turkey's next president until 2023 and parliament will change the constitution to bestow more powers on the office, a senior party official s...

    36 minutes ago

  2. Volcanic ash halts flights to north Australian city

    Volcanic ash halts flights to north Australian city

    Sydney (AFP) - Flights into and out of the northern Australian city of Darwin were cancelled Saturday, and some to Bali affected, after huge ash clouds were thrown up by an Indonesian volcano.

    46 minutes ago

  3. Police fire tear gas at Turkey anniversary protest

    Police fire tear gas at Turkey anniversary protest

    Istanbul (AFP) - Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of people in Istanbul and Ankara Saturday as demonstrations marking a year since deadly anti-government protests erupted in fresh violence.

    50 minutes ago

  4. Japan says Chinese ships sail through disputed waters

    Japan says Chinese ships sail through disputed waters

    Tokyo (AFP) - Two Chinese coastguard ships sailed through disputed waters off Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea Saturday, officials said, as the United States warned Beijing over increasing territorial assertiveness.

    1 hour,47 minutes ago

  5. Protest party Podemos shakes up politics in Spain

    Protest party Podemos shakes up politics in Spain

    Madrid (AFP) - People were wondering what had happened to the "Indignants", the protesters who swamped Spanish squares in 2011 to demand political change.

    1 hour,48 minutes ago

  6. Ukraine tells Russia to recognise new president

    Ukraine tells Russia to recognise new president

    Kiev (AFP) - Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of unleashing a mass propaganda campaign to persuade global powers not to recognise an election that gave the presidency to a pro-Western tycoon.

    June 1, 1:47 am

  7. Pakistan ruling party MP kidnapped: police

    Pakistan ruling party MP kidnapped: police

    Lahore (Pakistan) (AFP) - A provincial lawmaker from Pakistan's ruling party has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom, police said Saturday.

    June 1, 1:45 am

  8. Insurgents determined to derail Afghan run-off: US general

    Insurgents determined to derail Afghan run-off: US general

    Bagram Air Base (Afghanistan) (AFP) - Taliban insurgents will redouble their efforts to disrupt presidential elections in Afghanistan next month after failing to sabotage the first round of voting in April, a senior US general said Saturday.

    June 1, 1:44 am

  9. British tourist missing in Malaysian jungle

    British tourist missing in Malaysian jungle

    Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - Malaysian police on Saturday were looking for a British man who went missing when hiking in the jungle on a popular resort island five days ago.

    June 1, 1:35 am

  10. Pakistan woman bludgeoned to death 'routine murder', say police

    Pakistan woman bludgeoned to death 'routine murder', say police

    Lahore (Pakistan) (AFP) - Pakistani police denied negligence on Saturday over their failure to stop the bludgeoning to death of a woman outside a courthouse, describing it as a simple murder case despite a chorus of global condemnation.

    June 1, 1:22 am

  11. Indian state seeks federal probe into gang-rape murders

    Indian state seeks federal probe into gang-rape murders

    Katra Shahadatganj (India) (AFP) - The leader of India's Uttar Pradesh state on Saturday asked federal police to investigate the brutal gang-rape and murder of two girls found hanging from a mango tree, amid mounting public anger over their deaths.

    June 1, 12:58 am

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