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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...
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan clashed with police in many cities of the country on Friday as they continued to protest the attempted assassination on their leader in Wazirabad district of northeastern Punjab province. There have been reports of arrests of Pakistan Tehreek-e-I...
Wazirabad, Pakistan (AFP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan will be discharged from hospital soon, a lawmaker of his party said on Friday. “The doctors are allowing him to move … He is feeling perfectly well,” Seemi Bokhari, a lawmaker with Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party told AFP. She said after vi...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc secured an outright majority in parliament, according to final election results on Thursday, winning a decisive victory in Tuesday’s election. Netanyahu’s camp won 64 seats versus 51 seats of the current government led by Yair Lapid in the 120-seat parliament. Netanyahu’s Likud party ...
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team saw U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as their “best shot” to prevent congressional certification of the 2020 election results. That’s according to email conversations published Wednesday by Politico. A federal judge recently ordered former Trump lawyer John Eastman to share emails with the H...
Addressing Pakistanis from the hospital, Imran Khan said he knew of a planned assassination attempt a day before it happened. Khan accused U.S. diplomat Donald Lu for threatening the Pakistani ambassador that the country will face difficulties if the former premier is not removed. Protesters across Pakistan burned tires and blocked traffic fol...
