JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that he would postpone controversial plans to overhaul the judiciary, which had sparked mass protests nationwide. In a speech, Netanyahu said there is an “extremist minority” that is trying to divide Israel. “If there is a way to avoid civil war th...
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (AFP): Gas-rich Turkmenistan on Sunday held the first parliamentary polls since the ruling family tightened its iron grip on the Central Asian nation that does not tolerate political dissent or a free press. Polling stations closed at 7 pm (1400 GMT), according to the electoral commission, with turnout estimated at 91.12...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A Pakistani high court on Monday granted interim bail to the country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan in seven separate cases until April 6. A two-judge bench led by the Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court barred police from arresting Khan until the next hearing and also directed the Interior Ministry [...
ANKARA (AA) – The Indian parliament has disqualified Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of India’s main opposition Congress party, a day after a local court in the western Indian state of Gujarat convicted Gandhi in the criminal defamation case against India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A notification issued by the Lok Sabha, or lowe...
ISTANBUL (AA) — Australia has revealed the question to voters for a national referendum scheduled later this year to decide whether to recognize Indigenous people. Australians are to vote, “yes” or “no” on whether they approve a proposed law to “alter the Constitution to recognize the First Peoples of Australia by...
JERUSALEM (AA) – At least four Israeli protesters were arrested on Thursday as thousands rallied against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan, local media reported. Israel has seen mass protests over the past 12 weeks against the government’s judicial reform plan, seen by the opposition as an attempt to redu...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said that the military will not take part in politics in the future. “We are establishing an army that will not participate in politics in the future,” al-Burhan said in a televised speech. “There is no military personnel staging a coup, it is […...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the head of the Tripoli-based government, on Tuesday discussed the latest political developments in Libya with US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf. The discussions also dwelt on the importance of rallying local and international efforts for holding the country’s stall...
Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP): Kazakhstan held snap parliamentary elections Sunday as the leader of the Central Asian country pushes political reforms that critics say are designed to consolidate power one year after deadly protests. Polling stations opened at 7:00 am (0100 GMT), according to AFP reporters in the capital Astana and Almaty, Kazakhst...
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP): Nigerians were voting in local elections Saturday, just weeks after the ruling party won a presidential poll that the two main opposition parties alleged was marred by fraud. Africa’s most populous nation is electing hundreds of state assembly lawmakers and over two dozens governors, with a particularly competitive ...
