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Turkish inflation stabilises at under 80% in boost to Erdogan
Turkish inflation stabilises at under 80% in boost to Erdogan

Turkey's annual inflation rate stabilised in July at just under 80 percent, official data showed on Wednesday, helping support President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's pledges that runaway price increases would soon stop. The official annual rate of consumer price increases reached 79.6 percent in July compared to 78.6 percent in June.

Burkina army says civilians killed in air raid
Burkina army says civilians killed in air raid

Burkina Faso's army said on Wednesday that civilians had been killed in an air strike against jihadists, as local inhabitants reported around 30 people had died. Local residents said around 30 people had died, most of whom were women.

Russia backs Myanmar junta's efforts to 'stabilise' country, hold elections
Russia backs Myanmar junta's efforts to 'stabilise' country, hold elections

Russia backs the Myanmar junta's efforts to "stabilise" the crisis-wracked country and hold elections next year, its foreign minister said in talks with top generals on Wednesday, according to Russian state media. Lavrov is scheduled to travel on to an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers' meeting in Cambodia from which the junta's top diplomat has been excluded.