KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party resumed its anti-government march toward the capital Islamabad on Thursday, which had been halted following an assassination attempt on him last week. The march resumed from the point where Khan was attacked in the Wazirabad district of northeastern Punjab...
Libreville, Gabon (AFP): The leaders of Chad’s two main opposition groups have said that they are in hiding over fears for their safety, following a violent crackdown on demonstrations last month. Succes Masra, head of the Transformers party, told AFP he was in “another country” because he was wanted by the “presidentia...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Two Bangladeshi citizens were gunned down on Wednesday allegedly by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the northern Bangladesh border, officials said. Both the men, aged between 28 and 30, were shot dead in the border district Lalmonirhat as they, along with a group of cattle smugglers, allegedly tried to [&h...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran has designated UK-based Persian-language news network Iran International as a “terrorist organization” and warned Britain that it will “pay for its anti-Iran actions.” In an interview aired Tuesday night, Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib decried the UK, the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia for the...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan said his anti-government march on the capital Islamabad will be resumed on Tuesday from the same point where he was attacked and wounded on Thursday. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Khan said the march will take another “10 to 14” days to reach the ...
Karachi, Pakistan (AFP): The assassination attempt on former prime minister Imran Khan and his accusation it was a plot involving a senior intelligence officer have pushed Pakistan into a “dangerous phase”, analysts say. Khan escaped with bullet wounds to his legs from an assassination attempt Thursday as he led supporters on a hig...
Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan left hospital on Sunday, a senior aide said, three days after being shot in the legs in a failed assassination attempt. The shooting and Khan’s accusation that his successor Shehbaz Sharif was involved have significantly raised the political temperature in a country tha...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – A main opposition bloc has called for the formation of a national salvation government to address Tunisia’s economic and social problems. In a statement on Sunday, the National Salvation Front accused the government of failing to provide basic commodities to the citizens. “The coup regime does not have any economic policy...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The head of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Military Council, Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, has warned loyalists of former President Omar al-Bashir against interfering in the army’s affairs. “The military institution does not support any faction or party,” Al-Burhan said in a speech aired by state television. “Stay away from the...
Langkawi, Malaysia (AFP): Mahathir Mohamad, the nearly 100-year-old elder statesman of Malaysian politics, filed his candidacy Saturday in what could be his final race, as campaigning for upcoming general elections began. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob called for elections 10 months ahead of schedule, with the graft-tainted ruling party of...
