KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – A local court on Thursday extended the suspension of a police operation to arrest former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on a judicial order in the northeastern city of Lahore for another day, according to local media. Justice Tariq Saleem Shaikh of the Lahore High Court ordered the government and security […...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Thousands of supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko rallied in Dakar on Tuesday as the country prepares for elections in less than a year. Tensions are rising ahead of the vote in a country seen as a democratic mainstay in the region, amid speculation that President Macky Sall could bypass the […]
Lahore, Pakistan (AFP): Pakistan police appeared Wednesday to have given up an attempt to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan, ending a siege of his residence after violent clashes with hundreds of his supporters. AFP correspondents and witnesses near Khan’s home in the plush Zaman Park suburb of Lahore said police and paramilitary r...
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan took to streets across the country Tuesday to protest the attempted arrest of their leader on a court order, according to officials and local media. Heavy contingents of police backed by water cannons and armored personnel carr...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli parliament has passed at its first reading a bill that limits the chances of a prime minister being impeached. The bill was passed on late Monday by a majority of 61 to 51 out of 120 members of the Knesset, according to Israeli TV Channel 12. The bill needs to […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily on Saturday unveiled details of his initiative for holding the country’s stalled elections this year. Last month, Bathily announced a new initiative to break the deadlock in Libya by creating a steering committee to hold the polls. Addressing a press conference in the capital Tripoli, [...
Banjul, Gambia (AFP): Hundreds of Gambians marched through the capital Banjul on Friday in what is believed to be the first opposition protest permitted in nearly three decades. “The principle reason for this peaceful protest is to demand greater transparency and accountability from the President Adama Barrow-led government,” Binta...
Bamako, Mali (AFP): Mali’s ruling junta will postpone a constitutional referendum but maintain a previously agreed timeline to return to civilian rule, a government spokesperson said in a statement read to the press Friday. “The transitional government informs national and international opinion that the date of the referendum sched...
MOSCOW (AA) – Uzbekistan’s parliament has decided to hold a nationwide referendum on constitutional amendments on April 30. “On March 10, after a detailed article-by-article study of all proposed additions and amendments to the current Constitution of Uzbekistan, the parliament decided to schedule a national referendum on the...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on May 14, the country’s president has said. “With the authority given by Article 116 of our Constitution, I signed the decree for renewing the elections on May 14, which were scheduled to be held on June 18, 2023,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at [&he...
