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Erdogan leads as Turkey heads for election run-off
Shawdesh Desk: Turkey’s battle for the presidency looks almost certain to go to a run-off, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan set for a four-point lead in the first round, reportsReadMore
Protests against Pakistan’s top judge as ex-PM Khan back in court
Shawdesh Desk: Several thousand pro-government protesters demanded Monday the resignation of Pakistan’s top judge for releasing Imran Khan from arrest last week, as the former prime minister went back toReadMore
26 people die in fiery crash of freight truck and passenger van in northern Mexico
Shawdesh Desk: A fiery highway crash involving a passenger van and a freight truck killed 26 people in northern Mexico on Sunday, authorities said. Prosecutors and police in the northernReadMore
US won’t comment on ‘participatory polls’ in Bangladesh: State Dept official
Shawdesh Desk: The United States is not concerned about participation of any particular party in Bangladesh’s next elections but it wants the polls to be fair and held in aReadMore
Southeast Asian lawmakers call for the will of Thai people to be upheld in formation of a new govt
Shawdesh Desk: Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia welcome the results of the Thai general elections and call on the Thai authorities to protect and uphold the will of the people inReadMore
EU chiefs congratulate Turks on ‘massive’ vote turnout
Shawdesh Desk: EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel congratulated Turkish voters on their large turnout in the first round of national elections, hailing this as a winReadMore
Myanmar’s port city cut off in Cyclone Mocha aftermath
Shawdesh Desk; Tens of thousands of people in a major Myanmar port city were cut off from contact on Monday after a cyclone tore through the west of the countryReadMore
13 dead in Pakistan security base hostage-taking attack
Shawdesh Desk: More than a dozen people were killed in an overnight battle between Pakistan paramilitary troops and extremists who stormed their base and took families hostage, the army said.ReadMore
