Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia (AFP): Kosovo and Serbia stopped short of signing a potentially landmark deal late Saturday night after holding a marathon round of talks, even as the EU hailed progress toward reaching a long-sought agreement between the arch-foes. The latest round of high-stakes negotiations followed months of EU-mediated s...
Kuwait City, Kuwait (AFP): Kuwait’s constitutional court on Sunday nullified last year’s legislative elections and ruled in favour of reinstating the previous parliament disbanded in June, state media said. “The Kuwaiti Constitutional Court issued a verdict on Sunday annulling the results of the 2022 National Assembly electio...
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...
Cairo, Egypt (AFP): Israeli and Palestinian officials were holding talks in Egypt on Sunday “to restore calm” after a surge in deadly violence in the occupied West Bank, Egypt’s foreign ministry said. The meeting, which follows similar talks last month in Jordan where both sides pledged to prevent more violence, comes amid co...
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AA) – Nur Ankiz had just finished feeding her six-month-old baby and placed it on a small old mat with patches inside her camp made of tarpaulin sheets placed on four standing sticks, with her other children playing nearby with visible ash marks on their clothes, indicating the recent fire incident in […]...
MOSCOW (AA) – Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of spreading “false and slanderous statement” about remarks by President Ilham Aliyev at Thursday’s session of the Organization of Turkic States in Ankara. In a statement on its website, the Foreign Ministry said Armenia “aims at covering up the occupation policy”...
Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia (AFP): Leaders from Kosovo and Serbia have kicked off the latest round of EU-led talks, as the long-time rivals come under increasing pressure to strike a deal to normalise ties. Their officials met on Saturday in North Macedonia after the two sides failed to reach an agreement in Brussels last […]
MOSCOW (AA) — The president of Kazakhstan has described a British top diplomat’s visit as “important for the whole region.” Welcoming British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in the Kazakh capital Astana, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said the visit was also significant for further developing British-Kazakh ties. “Your visit wi...
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 ...
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE, Pakistan (AA) – Local police raided former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s residence in the northeastern city of Lahore on Saturday while he was on his way to the capital Islamabad to appear in court. Police detained dozens of members of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Authorities, supported by heavy p...
