KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan’s parliament on Wednesday approved legislation enhancing the powers of the caretaker prime minister ahead of elections in the South Asian country this year. The legislation, the first of its kind in the country’s 75-year political history, allows the caretaker prime minister to take administrative d...
Niamey, Niger (AFP): Members of Niger’s Presidential Guard have sealed off the residence and offices of President Mohamed Bazoum, a source close to Bazoum said, describing the move as a “fit of temper” by the elite troops and that “talks” were underway. The landlocked West African state which suffered years of col...
ANKARA (AA): Several groups have forcefully opposed the idea of uniform civil code in India, while some experts see it as a political move by the Hindu nationalist government, aimed at mobilizing Hindu voters. “Majoritarian morality must not supersede personal laws, religious freedom, and minority rights in the name of a code which remains an ...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Some 300 protesters rallied in Tunis on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of President Kais Saied’s grabbing of sweeping powers and demand the release of some 20 detained popular leaders of the opposition. The Tunisian opposition is dominated by the popular progressive Islamic movement, the Ennahda Party —...
BAGHDAD (AA): Iraqi independent candidates and new parties have little chance to win the local elections scheduled for the end of the year, according to political experts. The Iraqi High Election Commission has announced that 270 political parties and blocs will participate in the local elections slated for December. Provincial councils to be ...
ANKARA (AA): The Israeli Knesset (parliament) has approved a controversial bill as part of the government’s judicial overhaul plan. The Knesset’s TV channel showed a passage in the second and third reading of a bill to limit the “reasonableness standard,” which the opposition says will curtail the powers of the Supreme Court. The contentious j...
JERUSALEM (AA): The Israeli police arrested 19 protesters in West Jerusalem during protests against the controversial judicial reform bills. Protests were staged around the Knesset (parliament) building in West Jerusalem during voting on the “Limiting Reasonability” bill. It is widely believed by the public that these reforms will ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) — The Taliban have rejected a claim by Iran’s foreign minister that leaders of the ISIS terrorist group have crossed into Afghanistan. Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesman for the Taliban Foreign Ministry, called on Iran to provide intelligence to substantiate the claim. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian ...
Pechi Awang Leikai, India (AFP): Gender trumped tribe for a group of furious Indian mothers who torched the homes of two men from their own community who were accused of abusing women in a video that sparked outrage. At least 120 people have been killed during months of ethnic conflict between the predominantly Hindu Meitei […]
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bill that would require the Supreme Court to adopt a mandatory code of ethics. The bill requires the Supreme Court to follow stricter rules on disclosure of information. The bill, led by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, passed with votes from all caucuses and no Republican support. The ...
