Erdogan hails AKP win in snap Turkish election
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised a decisive AKP victory in the snap parliament election securing a potential single party majority. With over 49 percent of votes counted, the AKP projected to win 317 of 550 seats as markets cheered the result and the lira rose.
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Obama signs two year bipartisan budget in Oval Office
President Obama signed a two year budget bill ending a debt brinkmanship and funding the government through 2017. The measure raises the debt limit through March 2017, adds 80 billion in spending split between military and domestic programs, and delays major disputes until after the 2016 elections.
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Conflicting theories emerge on Sinai jet crash cause
Officials from Russia and Egypt outlined competing theories about the Metrojet A321 crash over the Sinai Peninsula. Investigators recovered the black boxes as 217 passengers and seven crew members perished, while international experts urged caution and considered terrorist involvement possible but unproven.
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Vatican arrests two advisers in leaked papers probe
The Vatican said it arrested Monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda and Francesca Chaouqui over leaks tied to confidential documents. Vallejo Balda is jailed in Vatican City. Chaouqui was released while cooperating. The move precedes two books promising revelations about Pope Francis reform efforts.
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