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An Ankara court has ruled to issue an arrest warrant for five Ethiopian al-Shabaab leaders as part of an investigation into a suicide attack on the Turkish Embassy that killed an embassy personnel in Mogadishu in July last year.

A large group of people, who demand Istanbul’s monumental Hagia Sophia to be turned into a mosque again, gathered in front of the museum in the early hours of May 31, before offering their morning prayer there. 

Anatolia Youth Association (AGD) had made a call for the event that came at a time when several radical groups have been discussing the status of the museum. 

While the perpetrators and motives for the attack in which Turkish Airlines’ (THY) security chief was killed in Mogadishu remains unclear, detailed information about the life of Saadettin Doğan has been revealed.

The tragic accident in a coal mine in Soma, western Turkey, which killed 301 workers deep underground, has led to various discussions in Turkey. Most of these have been on practical issues such as lack of safety, poor technology, and “the culture of negligence,” as I call it. (Why, for example, do most Turkish drivers find bizarre ways to avoid fastening their seatbelts?

Turkish Airlines’ security chief was killed when a company car was attacked in Mogadishu, Turkish Ambassador Kani Torun said May 27.

Saadettin Doğan reportedly died after being hit in the head in the attack.

Turkey’s Mogadishu Embassy has contacted Somali officials to urge that they conduct an investigation to identify and capture the assailants.

SYRIZA confirmed on Tuesday, following some two weeks of deliberations, that Thrace-based Roma activist Sabiha Suleiman will not stand as a candidate with the leftist party in the May 25 European Parliament elections.

SYRIZA has opted for Oumit Mestan Osman, a member of the region’s Muslim minority, instead.

Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has resigned as Egypt's military chief, as he intends to run for presidency.

Sisi appeared on state TV, saying that he was wearing a military uniform for the last time, the BBC reported.

An Egyptian court has sentenced to death 529 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

The news was first communicated by defendants' lawyers, France 24 has reported. Lawyers earlier complained they were given no chance to present their case.

The ruling can be appealed.

Dinkić steps down as URS party leader

BELGRADE -- Mlađan Dinkić has stepped down from his position as leader of the United Regions of Serbia (URS) "after the election debacle" on Sunday, Tanjug reported.