ANKARA — Polls have now closed and votes are being counted after millions cast their ballots for Türkiye’s momentous elections on Sunday.

Polls closed at 5 p.m. (1400 GMT) local time and a ban for broadcasting unofficial election results was lifted as of 6:30 p.m. (1530 GMT) local time, Supreme Election Council Chairman Ahmet Yener said. (Türkiye-Elections-Poll Counting)

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KHARTOUM — At least 676 people have been killed due to the clashes between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to a report of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Sunday.

“Clashes between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces have continued for 30 consecutive days, especially in and around Khartoum, killing at least 676 people and injuring 5,576, OCHA said. (OCHA-Report-Sudan-Casualty)

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JERUSALEM — Israeli tanks fired shells into two Hamas posts in the Gaza Strip on Sunday night in response to a rocket fired at Israel amid a fragile truce since Saturday after days of deadly fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group.

Israeli tanks “struck two military posts belonging to the Hamas organization in the northern Gaza Strip,” an Israeli military spokesperson said in a statement, adding that the fire was “a response” to a rocket launched earlier on Sunday evening from the Gaza Strip. (Israel-Shelling Gaza Strip)

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TEHRAN — An Iranian lawmaker said negotiations between Iran and Egypt are going on in Iraq and the two countries’ relations will be restored in the near future.

Fada Hossein Maleki, a member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, made the remarks in an interview with the semi-official Tasnim news agency, which was published on Sunday. (Iran-Egypt-Ties)