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 ...
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...
Tel Aviv, Israel (AFP): Israeli protesters returned to the streets on Thursday to rally against proposed judicial reforms, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a compromise plan touted by the country’s president. The reforms, several provisions of which have already been adopted by parliament, are “the end of democracy,...
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 […]
