GREECE: Greeks headed to the polls for the second time in less than two months yesterday, with the ruling right-wing conservative party a strong favourite to win with a wide majority after a campaign focused on economic growth and security.

The vote has been overshadowed by a major shipwreck just over a week ago that left hundreds of migrants dead or missing off the coast of western Greece. 

SYRIA: An air strike early yesterday over a busy vegetable market in north-western Syria killed at least nine and wounded over 30 people, activists and local first responders said.

Activists and Britain-based opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Russia, a top ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, launched the strike over the strategic opposition-held town of Jisr al-Shughur near the Turkish border.

CUBA: Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez expressed his gratitude on Saturday to Bolivia for sending food aid after heavy rains caused flooding in the country.

The Bolivians sent a shipment of 65 tons of food to help the Cubans after crops and housing were damaged last week by severe flooding in several provinces in the eastern Caribbean country.

SIERRA LEONE: Citizens await the results following Saturday’s vote of a tense general election campaign marred by violence.

Voters were deciding whether to give President Julius Maada Bio a second term amid growing concern about the state of the country’s economy. 

A dozen candidates hoped to unseat Mr Bio, though experts predicted his main competition likely would be Samura Kamara, the head of the All People’s Congress Party.