#BREAKING Tunisia constitutional vote sees at least 27.5 percent turnout, electoral board says
#UPDATE 🇹🇳 Tunisians voted in favour of a new constitution, according to an exit poll, a stamp of approval for President Kais Saied whose rivals accuse him of moving to install an autocracy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring u.afp.com/wVAJ
#UPDATE Tunisian President Kais Saied celebrated early on Tuesday the almost certain victory of the "yes" vote in a referendum on a new constitution that strengthens his powers, and risks the return of authoritarian rule in the Arab Spring's birthplace u.afp.com/wVxD
VIDEO: 🇹🇳 Supporters of Tunisian President Kais #Saied celebrate
People in the capital Tunis late Monday mark the almost certain victory of the "yes" vote in a referendum on a new constitution that strengthens the head of state's powers but risks the return of authoritarian rule
#BREAKING US says new Tunisia constitution could 'compromise' human rights
#UPDATE US State Department spokesman Ned Price raised concerns Tuesday that Tunisia's new constitution "includes weakened checks and balances that could compromise the protection of human rights," while noting low turnout in the referendum called by President Kais Saied.
#UPDATE Preliminary results show Tunisia constitution pushed by president approved with 94.6% of vote.
Just over 2.6 million out of the country's 9.3 million voters backed the new draft, electoral commission head Farouk Bouasker told journalists in Tunis.
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#BREAKING Romania's constitutional court orders recount of first round of presidential vote: statement
#UPDATE Romania's constitutional court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes cast in the first round of the presidential election, after a rival far-right contender filed a legal challenge ➡️ u.afp.com/597X
#BREAKING TikTok gave 'preferential treatment' to far-right candidate who won Romania election first round: presidency
#UPDATE A referendum on Moldova joining the EU passed with a razor-thin majority on Monday as pro-Brussels President Maia Sandu blamed the outcome on foreign meddling in a veiled reference to Russia, which denied the accusations ➡️ u.afp.com/5zL7
BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"
BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP
#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco