ISTANBUL (AA) – Amid political deadlock over a new government, Malaysia’s royal family will be holding meetings to find a way out of the current situation. The royal palace, known as Istana Negara, said in a statement that the Council of Rulers will meet and King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah will brief and [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s inauguration ceremony will be held on Saturday, the country’s election authority has announced. The Central Election Committee press briefing, headed by the body’s chairman Nurlan Abdirov, registered Tokayev as the winner of the election and Kazakhstan’s president. Abdirov also announced...
ISTANBUL (AA) – King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah of Malaysia has announced that he will be making a decision on the new government soon. “I’ll make a decision soon,” Sultan Abdullah said, about forming the new government. “Please be rational, we have to move on. We have to move forward for our beloved […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Kazakhstan’s incumbent President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has won Sunday’s snap presidential election with over 81% of the vote, according to preliminary results. Kazakh news agency Kazinform, citing the country’s Central Election Commission, said Tokayev won over 6.4 million votes, securing an easy victory against five litt...
ANKARA (AA) – Kazakhstan is holding a snap presidential elections Sunday in which the incumbent appears certain to win a new term. Nearly 12 million voters will go to ballot boxes to cast their votes. The call for early elections was made by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in late September with a decree that said the […]
Maiduguri, Nigeria (AFP): Abacha Muyam and Babakura Alhaji Isa, friends from Bama in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, both voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in their country’s elections in 2019. Now the 41-year-old and 27-year-old are at odds over who should succeed their champion in next February’s ballot. Their disagreeme...
N’Djamena, Chad (AFP): More than 620 people, including dozens of minors, have been arrested in Chad after anti-regime protests that left at least 50 dead. The arrest figure is far higher than previously stated officially. N’Djamena prosecutor Moussa Wade Djibrine told reporters 621 people had been arrested and sent to Koro Toro hig...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s new legislative assembly has held its inaugural session over a month after the year’s second coup in the country. The military junta led by Capt. Ibrahim Traore, who seized power from Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba on September 30, has appointed 71 members to the assembly from political parties, [&hell...
Paris, France (AFP): Iranian security forces have killed at least 326 people in a crackdown on nationwide protests since Mahsa Amini’s death in custody, Iran Human Rights said in an updated toll Saturday. The Islamic republic has been gripped by protests that erupted over the death of Amini on September 16, three days after her […...
BERLIN (AA) – Lithuania has said the next round of European Union sanctions on Iran will focus on Tehran’s support for the Russian war in Ukraine and the ongoing crackdown on protesters. “On Monday, we will be suggesting additional listings that would be added to the Iranian sanctions list. From the European side, I think […...
