Erdogan wins narrow victory in referendum

ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a referendum on Sunday to introduce the presidential system in the biggest overhaul of modern Turkish politics. But unofficial results, which the opposition said it would challenge, showed a narrow victory with 51.4 percent of votes cast in favor.

S. Korea charges ousted president and Lotte chief

SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors on Monday indicted ex-president Park Geun-hye on high-profile corruption charges that could potentially send her to jail for life.

Total Charlie: Chaplin fans set a world record

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland - Six hundred and sixty-two people on Sunday set a world record for the biggest gathering of Charlie Chaplins, each donning the black jacket, shoes, bowler hat, toothbrush mustache and cane of the comic's signature creation, the Little Tramp.

Trump hits back at protests, asking 'who paid' for rallies

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Sunday issued a number of tweets in a bid to play down a number of protests across the country demanding the release of his tax returns.

Search widens for murder suspect

CLEVELAND - Police in Ohio urged residents in surrounding states on Monday to be on alert for a man who they said shot and killed an elderly passer-by seemingly at random and then posted a gruesome video of the killing on Facebook.

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Turks vote on expanding Erdogan's power

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.

Wait is over for April the giraffe, YouTube star and new mother

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.

Hope fades for missing in Sri Lanka; anger grows as garbage toll hits 23

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.

Nation gathers to commemorate third anniversary of Sewol sinking

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.

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Over 100 killed in Aleppo blast

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.