JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to offer far-right Zionist politician Itamar Ben-Gvir the portfolio of the National Security minister in the new government. Netanyahu’s Likud party agreed with Ben-Gvir, the head of the Jewish Strength party, on other positions as well. These include t...
Freetown, Sierra Leone (AFP): A brawl broke out in Sierra Leone’s parliament Wednesday as MPs debated a proposed change to the electoral system to allow for proportional representation in next year’s election, local media reported. In video footage, representatives from the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and the op...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese lawmakers have failed for a seventh time to elect a new president as the country grapples with deepening political and economic crises. The voting session was attended by 110 lawmakers of the 128-member parliament. Michel Moawad, a candidate backed by the Lebanese Forces party, got 42 votes, well short of the [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Malaysia’s Council of Rulers on Thursday decided to back opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as the country’s 10th prime minister. The decision came after a meeting of the nine-member Council of Rulers, led by King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, in Kuala Lumpur after days of political deadlock. Anwar Ibrahi...
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...
