Kuwait City, Kuwait — AFP Inside Kuwait’s national assembly, 41-year-old lawmaker Dawood Marafie is a fresh face, determined to live up to the hopes of a younger generation exhausted by perpetual political turmoil in the Gulf state. He is among 12 newcomers to the legislature, most of them young reformists, following the election i...
KIGALI, Rwanda / MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA): Thousands of coup supporters yelling anti-French slogans on Friday marched near the French military base on the outskirts of Niger’s capital Niamey to denounce the continued presence of French troops in the country. Social media videos showed protestors raising Russian flags – something seen in e...
ISTANBUL (AA): Pakistan President Arif Alvi has asked the outgoing prime minister and opposition leader to nominate a “suitable person” for appointment as caretaker premier by Saturday, August 12. Alvi, in a letter to Shehbaz Sharif and Raja Riaz, said the Constitution mandates nomination of the caretaker prime minister within thre...
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP): Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement on Thursday buried one of its members who was killed a day earlier when a truck carrying ammunition belonging to the Iran-backed group overturned near Beirut, sparking clashes. Hundreds turned out for the funeral of Ahmad Ali Kassas in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah strong...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s political parties are in the process of nominating a caretaker government after President Arif Alvi dissolved Parliament on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The constitution requires that a caretaker government be formed three months before general elections. Sharif and opposition leader...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The release of Americans in Iran from prison is a “positive step,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday, while noting that Tehran will not be receiving any sanctions relief under the prisoner deal. “This is just the beginning of a process that I hope and expect will lead to their [&hellip...
WASHINGTON – More than 19 million people have been removed from voter rolls between 2020 and 2022 in 10 states of the U.S. According to a report by the liberal think tank Dēmos, the canceled voters account for about 8.5% of the registered U.S. electorate. The 10 states where large-scale deletions have been reported are […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Ivory Coast is ready to provide troops to the regional force to be deployed in Niger in case of military intervention to restore constitutional order, President Alassane Ouattara announced Thursday. Ouattara spoke in the city of Abidjan after returning from a summit in Nigeria, where leaders of the Economic Community of We...
ISTANBUL (AA): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh agreed Thursday to speed up the establishment of a committee to discuss prospects for intra-Palestinian peace. According to a statement by Hamas, Haniyeh spoke by phone with Abbas as part of the follow-up of the results of a meeting of Palestinia...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been denied bail by a high court in the capital Islamabad. However, the court agreed to hear his appeal against the conviction in a few days. Khan was sentenced last month to three years in prison for corruption. Khan’s lawyers appealed his conviction. “This is [&...
