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Turkey president announces election date as he tries to extend decades in power

Turkey’s president has formally set the country’s parliamentary and presidential elections for May 14 – a month earlier than scheduled despite last month’s devastating...

Dozens still missing as death toll in Indonesian landslide rises to 30

Rescuers have recovered more bodies buried under tonnes of mud from a landslide which crashed on to a hilly village on Indonesia’s remote Natuna...

Former Malaysia prime minister arrested as part of corruption probe

Former Malaysia prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been arrested, the country’s anti-corruption agency said. He will be taken to court to face corruption charges, it...

US investigates Tesla for steering wheels ‘that can fall off’

US car safety regulators have opened an investigation into Tesla’s Model Y after getting two complaints that the steering wheels can come off while...

Turkish watchdog fines Elon Musk ‘for buying Twitter without permission’

Twitter owner Elon Musk will be fined for taking over the social media platform without asking Turkey’s competition watchdog for permission, officials said. The billionaire...

PSG and Brazil forward Neymar out for rest of season with ankle ligament injury

Neymar is to undergo ankle surgery and will miss the rest of the season. The 31-year-old Paris St Germain and Brazil forward suffered the injury...

Drivers strike over plan to remove jeepneys from roads in Philippines

Philippine transport groups have launched a nationwide strike to protest against a government programme drivers fear would phase out traditional jeepneys, which have become...

Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader to 15 years in prison

A court in Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges...

Ohio hit by second cargo train derailment in a month

About 20 cars of a Norfolk Southern cargo train derailed near Springfield on Saturday evening, the second derailment of the company’s trains in Ohio...

Chinese defence spending boost to meet ‘complex security challenges’

Increases in China’s defence budget have been “appropriate and reasonable” and are aimed at meeting “complex security challenges”, a government spokesman said. Wang Chao gave...

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