Ayse Alibeyoglu

Vot­ers in key swing state brave “ter­ri­ble lines” and frigid tem­per­a­tures in or­der to cast their bal­lot in US elec­tion.

Thou­sands of demon­stra­tors de­mand­ing free and fair elec­tions met with tear gas and wa­ter can­non in cap­i­tal Kuala Lumpur.

Se­cu­ri­ty cab­i­net “re­think­ing” threat to pun­ish jour­nal­ists cov­er­ing up­com­ing bid to break the block­ade of Gaza.

For those liv­ing in the Is­tan­bul neigh­bour­hood where Re­cep Tayyip Er­do­gan grew up, Turkey’s leader is still “one of us”.

While crowds cel­e­brate the rul­ing par­ty’s suc­cess and a vi­brant ex­pres­sion of Turk­ish democ­ra­cy, oth­ers see tests ahead.

Wit­ness talks of “un­nec­es­sary force” in de­mo­li­tion of Bedouin homes.