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Turkey closes airspace to flights using north Iraqi airport

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey closed its airspace to flights to and from an airport in Kurdish-administered northern Iraq, a top Turkish official announced Wednesday, citing an alleged increase in Kurdish militant activity threatening flight safety. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tanju Bilgic…

Activist who ran for Belarusian presidency pleads guilty

TALLINN, Estonia — An opposition politician who ran against authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in the controversial 2020 presidential election pleaded guilty Wednesday at the start of his trial on charges of public order breaches. Andrey Dzmitryeu, 41, was detained…

Bulgaria: Borissov proposes coalition after contested vote

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, whose center-right GERB party clinched a narrow win in Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, invited his political opponents Wednesday to talks on forming a government. Results from Sunday’s election, Bulgaria's fifth in two years,…