- Recep Tayyip Erdogan has begun his third term as Turkish president, vowing to serve "impartially". Despite an economic crisis and public dissatisfaction with the response to a devastating earthquake, he secured a victory in the historic runoff election. He has named Mehmet Simsek as finance minister and Hakan Fidan as...
Lebanon’s new PM begins bid to form cabinet
The billionaire politician, already twice a prime minister, was designated on Monday, days after Saad Hariri threw in the towel



