Early returns from Turkey's national election Sunday had President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a solid lead after some 47 per cent of ballot boxes were counted, the Turkish state-run news agency said, while the longtime leader's main challenger disputed the numbers that showed him trailing.
There has already been a bombardment of bills put forward in U.S. state legislatures so far this year affecting the rights of two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people — and there are few signs of the onslaught easing up.
Serbian authorities on Sunday displayed many of the roughly 13,500 weapons they say people have handed over in an amnesty since this month's mass shootings in the country, including hand grenades, automatic weapons and anti-tank rocket launchers.
When nationwide protests persisted in 2022 in response to the death of 22-year old Mahsa Jina Amini after she was arrested by the regime’s so-called morality police, many wondered whether this time could spell the end of the Islamic Republic’s clerical rule. But it hasn't happened yet.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Berlin on his first visit to the country since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Bangladesh and Myanmar are bracing as a severe cyclone hits coastal areas and authorities urge thousands of people in both countries to seek shelter.
