ANKARA (AA) – Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will not run in the upcoming elections, his spokesperson said on Wednesday. Bennett’s decision has come ahead of voting on the final readings of a bill that proposes dissolving the Knesset and calling an early election. Right-wing Yamina Party leader Bennett will remain ...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati has said that he has handed his government formation to the country’s President Michel Aoun. “I have handed President Aoun the cabinet line-up that I see fit,” Mikati told reporters following his meeting with Aoun. On Tuesday, Mikati concluded his parliamen...
LONDON (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced Tuesday that Argentina is on track to become a member of the BRICS group of emerging economies along with Iran. “Of course, both Argentina and Iran are worthy and respected candidates, as well as a number of other countries that are also mentioned in the discussions,...
Kabul, Afghanistan – (AFP) Hundreds of religious leaders and “people of influence” from around Afghanistan have been summoned to the capital to attend a three-day grand council in support of the country’s Taliban rule. Officials provided scant details of the men-only meeting which started on Wednesday, a week after a po...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – A coalition of five Tunisian parties has condemned attacks on their supporters during a protest against a planned constitutional referendum amid a deep political crisis in the North African country. Tunisian President Kais Saied plans to hold a national referendum on an amended version of the country’s constitution on Jul...
Illinois Republican Mary Miller, speaking at a rally alongside former president Donald Trump, called the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade a “victory for white life.” Miller is running for reelection in the state’s newly redrawn 15th Congressional district against Republican Rodney Davis in Tuesday’s primary. She thank...
On Sunday Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said right-wing U.S. Supreme Court justices who “misled” senators during confirmation hearings should be impeached for lying under oath. The justices testified under oath about whether they supported overturning Roe v. Wade. Speaking with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Ocasio-Cor...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Hamza Abdi Barre assumed office as Somalia’s 21st prime minister after receiving a vote of confidence from all the 220 members of parliament in Somalia on Saturday. The new prime minister will pick his Cabinet in 30 days. Parliament Speaker Aden Madobe was quoted by the local media as saying that […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The United States and four European countries have called on Libyan leaders to accelerate the establishment of a legal basis for holding elections in the war-torn country. “We call on the House of Representatives, the High State Council, and their leaders to urgently finalize the legal basis so that credible, transparent,...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s Ennahda movement has called on the authorities to unveil the identity of those plotting to assassinate Tunisian President Kais Saied. On Thursday, the Interior Ministry said there were plots to assassinate Saied and to “damage state security and create chaos.” “Ennahda condemns any assault on state institutions,...
