Khartoum, Sudan (AFP): Hundreds of Sudanese protesters took to the streets Tuesday to protest a recent deal aimed at ending the crisis caused by last year’s military coup, AFP reporters said. “No to the settlement,” protesters chanted, heading toward the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum. Near-weekly protests have r...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A Bangladeshi court on Monday rejected the bail petitions of more than 200 opposition leaders and activists accused of being linked to recent clashes between Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) members and police. At least one person was killed and over a hundred injured, including dozens of police officers, in the hour...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A nationwide protest erupted in Bangladesh following the arrest of a major religiopolitical party leader in the capital Dhaka early Tuesday. “Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ameer (chief) Dr. Shafiqur Rahman was arrested from his residence at around 1 am on 13th December. We are vehemently condemning and protesting his ar...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Seven lawmakers of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) submitted their resignations to the parliament speaker on Sunday, demanding fresh elections under a neutral government and dissolution of the existing parliament. “We tendered our resignations to the speaker in line with the party’s decision. It is a ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – One dozen rights watchdogs across the world expressed concerns Friday about “gross human rights violations” in Bangladesh. The violations, “including cases of enforced disappearance, extrajudicial killings, and torture continue to occur,” according to a statement ahead of International Human Rights Day 2022...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The incoming government led by Benjamin Netanyahu is shaping up to be the “most extreme and crazy” in Israel’s history, outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid has warned. “Netanyahu is weak and his partners are younger, more determined and more extreme than him, and have subdued him unconditionally,” Lapid said on Twitter. A...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has asked President Isaac Herzog for a two-week extension to form the government. “Negotiations are in full swing, and much progress has been made. However, I will require all the days of extension that you have the power to give me according to the law so that [&hellip...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Amid the tense political situation in Bangladesh, and just a day before the main opposition party rally in the capital Dhaka, police on Friday arrested more members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and booked around 200 others in the southern coastal district of the country. Police arrested BNP Secretary Gener...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The political situation in Bangladesh became more volatile early Friday after police detained two more senior leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The detective branch of the police picked up the party’s second in command, Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, and BNP Standi...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Likud Party of Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has signed a deal with the far-right Zionist Shas party to join the upcoming government. Under the agreement, the head of Shas party, Aryeh Deri, will take the interior and health ministries in the first half of the government period (two years) while...
