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By Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan was set to be sworn in as Turkey’s president on Saturday after winning re-election last weekend and will later name his cabinet, which is expected to signal a change to his unorthodox economic programme. Turkey’s longest serving leader, Erdogan garnered 52.2% support in the May 28 runoff vote. His election victory upended the predictions of most opinion polls and came despite a […]

By Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) – Tayyip Erdogan was set to be sworn in as Turkey’s president on Saturday after winning re-election last weekend and will later name his cabinet, which is expected to signal a change to his unorthodox economic programme. Turkey’s longest serving leader, Erdogan garnered 52.2% support in the May 28 runoff vote. His election victory upended the predictions of most opinion polls and came despite a […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – At least two people were wounded in a “security incident” around Israel’s southern border with Egypt, several Israeli news outlets reported on Saturday. The Israeli military said it was still confirming the details. Israel’s Army Radio said two Israelis were shot while forces were operating to thwart smuggling activity in the area. (Reporting by Henriette Chacar; Editing by Toby Chopra) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Three more Europeans have been released by Iran in return for Iranian diplomat Asadollah Assadi as part of a prisoner swap in which Iran released Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele last week, a spokesperson for the Belgian government said. A Danish national and two people with dual Austrian-Iranian nationality are involved, the spokesperson said. Assadi was convicted in Belgium in 2021 in connection […]

By Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Three more Europeans have been released by Iran in return for Iranian diplomat Asadollah Assadi as part of a prisoner swap in which Iran released Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele last week, a spokesperson for the Belgian government said. A Danish national and two people with dual Austrian-Iranian nationality are involved, the spokesperson said. Assadi was convicted in Belgium in 2021 in connection […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Friday urged Germany to send back a 2-year-old Indian girl who has been in its foster case system for more than 20 months, saying it infringed on “her social, cultural and linguistic rights.” Ariha Shah was taken from her Indian parents by German authorities in Berlin in September 2021 when she was seven months old. Her father was working in Germany at the time, […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Friday urged Germany to send back a 2-year-old Indian girl who has been in its foster case system for more than 20 months, saying it infringed on “her social, cultural and linguistic rights.” Ariha Shah was taken from her Indian parents by German authorities in Berlin in September 2021 when she was seven months old. Her father was working in Germany at the time, […]

By Kanupriya Kapoor and Gerry Doyle SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Ukraine’s plans for a counteroffensive against Russian occupation remain on track, its deputy defence minister told Reuters on Saturday, despite an “unprecedented” wave of missile and drone attacks across the country in recent weeks. Volodymyr V. Havrylov said that alongside cruise missile strikes, Ukraine had faced repeated volleys of ballistic missiles in May, especially in urban centres including the capital, Kyiv. […]

By Jatindra Dash and Abinaya V BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) -At least 261 people have died in India’s worst rail accident in over two decades, officials said on Saturday, after a passenger train went off the tracks and hit another one in the east of the country. One train in Friday’s accident also hit a freight train parked nearby in the district of Balasore in Odisha state, leaving a tangled mess […]