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...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The passage of a law by the Libyan parliament to create a constitutional court has triggered controversy in war-torn Libya. On Tuesday, the East Libya-based House of Representatives passed a law with a majority of votes to establish a constitutional court. The move, however, drew fire from the Tripoli-based High Council [...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Senegal’s opposition leader was questioned Tuesday in a Dakar court hearing over rape accusations, lawyers told local media, in a closely followed case. Ousmane Sonko — who came third in Senegal’s presidential election in 2019 — has enjoyed a rapid political rise thanks in part to his popularity wi...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – At least one person was killed and dozens injured in nearly two-hour-long clashes between police and activists from Bangladesh’s main opposition political party in Dhaka on Wednesday. According to eyewitnesses, the clashes erupted when police attempted to open a road that had been allegedly blocked by hundreds of...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdul Fattah al-Burhan has pledged to hold elections at the end of the country’s transitional period. The pledge was made during the signing ceremony of a framework agreement between the ruling Sovereign Council and political groups on Monday. The deal pledges a 2-year transition period and the [&...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s ruling military council and political forces on Monday signed a framework agreement meant to resolve the country’s months-long crisis. The deal was signed by army chief Gen. Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan, the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and a number of rebel movemen...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said gambling money was “partly” used to fund elections in the Southeast Asian nation. “On the issue of gambling, certainly, this is partly used to finance the elections,” Anwar told a news conference after chairing his first cabinet meeting in Kuala Lumpur. “Whether you call yourself ...
