Anadolu Agency's Morning Briefing - April 25, 2022

By Burak Bir

ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.

Emmanuel Macron has won his second term as French president, according to exit polls on Sunday’s run-off election.

Macron, the candidate of his La Republique En Marche! party, received 58.6% of the vote in the election with the lowest-ever turnout since 1969.

Meanwhile, French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen conceded defeat but said the number of votes she received represents a “victory in itself.”

Global military expenditure reached an all-time high of over $2 trillion in 2021, according to an international survey.

Civilians and injured people in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol must be evacuated, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a phone call.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they are targeting a location inside Lebanon with artillery shells in retaliation for rocket fire.

US President Joe Biden plans to visit Israel in the coming months, according to a White House statement.

The Tunisian coast guard recovered the bodies of 17 irregular migrants and rescued 97 others after their boats capsized off the coast of eastern Sfax city.

Turkiye rejected and condemned statements made by US President Joe Biden regarding the events of 1915.

The death toll from an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria rose to 109.

Iran seized a foreign-flagged vessel in the northern shores of the Persian Gulf which it alleged was carrying 200,000 liters of smuggled fuel.

The PKK terrorist organization destroys the homes of the poor, collects taxes and engages in extortion in the region, said a top official from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

Israeli authorities closed the Erez (Beit Hanoun) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip to Palestinian workers, according to the Hamas-run Interior Ministry.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has reiterated his country’s support to the government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Libya.