ANKARA - Turks cast their votes in a referendum on Sunday that would give sweeping new powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and herald the most radical change to the country's political system in its modern history.
HARPURSVILLE, New York - The wait is over for April the giraffe and the legions of fans who watched a New York zoo's live stream for signs that the long-legged internet star was in labor.
COLOMBO - Hopes of finding anyone alive under a collapsed mountain of garbage in Sri Lanka's capital faded on Sunday as the death toll reached 23 with another six reported missing, police said.
SEOUL - Civilians, politicians, religious figures and celebrities in South Korea on Sunday joined to mark the third anniversary of the country's worst maritime disaster.
BEIRUT - A stalled population transfer resumed on Saturday after a deadly explosion killed at least 100, including children, government supporters and opposition fighters, at an evacuation point adding new urgency to the widely criticized operation.
WASHINGTON - Demonstrators in major cities across the United States marched on Saturday to demand that US President Donald Trump release his tax returns. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Washington around noon on the West Front Lawn of the US Capitol and marched toward the Lincoln Memorial.
ROME - Emma Morano, at 117 the world's oldest person who is also believed to have been the last surviving person born in the 1800s, died on Saturday at her home in northern Italy, her physician said.
DAMASCUS - The heightened tension between Moscow and Washington after last week's US missile attack on a Syrian air base appears to be easing, according to analysts.
TRIPOLI - At least 97 migrants were missing on Thursday after their boat sank off the coast of Libya, a navy spokesman said.
KABUL - The US military on Thursday dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb used in combat to strike an Islamic State target in Afghanistan.
BANGKOK - Hordes of revelers armed with plastic water guns poured onto Thai streets on Friday for a second day of watery warfare to ring in the kingdom's traditional new year.
ISTANBUL - As soon as school is over, Burcu and Ece take a bus to Besiktas Square in central Istanbul. The moment they are there, the bosom buddies, both aged 15, pick up "No" flyers from tents set up for a referendum campaign and start passing them out.
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