CAIRO (AA) – Egyptian authorities have released activist Ziad El Alimi, who was serving a 5-year prison sentence, following an amnesty by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The presidential pardon committee said the decision came “in response to calls by various political parties.” Al-Alimi, a 41-year-old former parliamentarian, lawye...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday announced a “long march” this week to the capital Islamabad in a bid to force the government to call fresh general elections. At a news conference in southeastern city of Lahore, Khan said that his protest will begin from Lahore on Friday, with people […]...
The U.S. charged two Chinese intelligence officers on Monday with trying to obstruct the prosecution of a Chinese-based telecommunications firm. The U.S. rolled out three separate cases against Beijing. The two alleged Chinese spies were identified as Guochun He and Zheng Wang. They have been charged with an attempted scheme involving stealin...
Saudi Arabia has sentenced a Quran reciter to 12 years in prison for leading prayers at Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia mosque eight years ago. The kingdom is intensifying its crackdown on religious figures. Saudi rights organization, Prisoners of Conscience, said a Saudi court last Wednesday sentenced Imam and Quran reciter Abdullah Basfar to 12 year...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli voters will cast ballot on Nov. 1 to elect members of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament), the fifth legislative polls in less than four years. Around 6.7 million voters are eligible to vote in 11,707 polling stations nationwide to elect members of the 120-seat Knesset. Election Day is a day-off in Israel […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon’s parliament on Monday failed for the fourth time to elect a successor to incumbent President Michel Aoun. Aoun’s six-year term is set to end on Oct. 31. Candidate Michel Mouawad, backed by the Lebanese Forces Party, got only 39 votes in Monday’s session, which was attended by 110 members of […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he might have to run for president in 2024. Trump claims he “won twice” already and “did much better the second time” around. Speaking at a rally in Texas on Saturday, he said “to make our country successful, safe and glorious again, I will probably have to do it […]
U.S. President Joe Biden this week announced his intention to seek reelection in 2024. Biden told MSNBC on Saturday he has not made a formal decision, but has time to do so. He stressed that he hasn’t formally announced his candidacy yet because he has to treat himself “as a candidate from that moment on.” […]
Rishi Sunak became the United Kingdom’s first Hindu prime minister on Monday. He is also the first person of color to hold the office. Sunak’s appointment comes amid political turmoil after the forced departure of his predecessors Boris Johnson and Liz Truss in less than two months. The British empire once spanned nations across Asia […...
Dutch police on Sunday prevented a planned demonstration of the far-right Islamophobic group Pegida, which sought to burn a copy of the Quran at The Hague. This was a day after police also arrested a leader of the group and ended its planned Quran burning rally in the city Rotterdam before it started. A small […]
