Turkey’s elections on Sunday are a key moment not just for the country itself but also for its European neighbours. With President Tayyip Erdogan facing his toughest electoral test in two decades, European Union and NATO members are watching to see whether change comes to a country that affects them on issues ranging from security to migration and energy.
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148 abandoned migrants of Central American were rescued in life-threatening condition
Dozens of Central American migrants, including 23 unaccompanied children, were rescued Friday from a box truck abandoned on the side of a highway amid sweltering temperatures in the southeastern state of Veracruz.
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More than 70 soldiers killed in Burkina Faso
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing more than 70 soldiers, wounding dozens and taking five hostage, in an ambush on a military convoy in northern Burkina Faso. The statement, posted Friday by Amaq, the group’s news agency said it attacked a convoy trying to advance to areas under its control near Deou, in the Sahel’s Oudalan province. It said it seized weapons and chased retreating soldiers for miles into the desert.
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A deadly shooting erupted in Hamburg killed at least 6 people
A deadly shooting erupted at a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall in in Hamburg on Thursday evening At least six people are dead and seven people injured. Hamburg police said in a statement that the incident in the northern German city occurred around 9 p.m. local time and there are one or more unknown assailants.
