Turkiye faces runoff election for president as Erdogan survives first test

ANKAR: Turkiye appeared headed for a runoff presidential election after neither Tayyip Erdogan nor rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu cleared the threshold to win outright on Sunday, in a poll seen as a verdict on Erdogan’s 20-year rule and increasingly authoritarian path.

With almost 91 percent of ballot boxes counted, both sides claimed to be ahead and contested the figures, warning against any premature conclusions in a deeply polarized country.

80 percent of Palestinians welcome Chinese offer to mediate with Israel, US seen as least favorite option

LONDON: Majority of Palestinians view China and Russia as potentially effective mediators for their peace talks with the state of Israel, a recent survey revealed.

The survey, conducted by YouGov in May at the request of Arab News, showed that Palestinians’ most preferred potential peace broker was Russia, followed closely by the European Union and China, while the US proved far from popular among the residents of the West Bank and Gaza.

Yemeni government airlifts nationals from Sudan to Yemen

AL-MUKALLA: Yemen’s internationally recognized government on Sunday began airlifting home hundreds of Yemenis stuck in Sudan.

The Yemeni government, and emergency committee, which oversees evacuation efforts in Sudan, announced that 179 Yemenis arrived in Aden, Yemen’s interim capital, on Sunday on the first of the direct flights from Port Sudan with national carrier Yemenia Airways.

Arab News/YouGov poll surveys where Palestinians stand on Nakba’s 75th anniversary

LONDON: More than half of Palestinians surveyed still support a two-state solution as the answer to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while a majority no longer feel that they are represented by neither Fatah nor Hamas, and three-quarters believe the current Palestinian leadership is incapable of reaching a peace deal with Israel.

These are the key findings of a new Arab News/YouGov survey to mark the 75th anniversary of the Nakba.

Younger Palestinians less interested in the ‘cause’? — not according to Arab News-YouGov findings

DUBAI: A YouGov survey of Palestinian residents of different ages shows that younger people are far less likely to support a two-state solution: the creation of an independent Palestinian state alongside the state of Israel.

The survey, a special Arab News-YouGov collaboration, showed that Palestinians between the ages of 18 to 24 make up 42 percent of those who support the idea, while more than 63 percent of those above the age of 45 are willing to support the initiative.