Bamako, Mali (AFP): Mali’s junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita has received the draft of a new constitution for the country, a key part of the military’s bid to retain power until 2024 in the crisis-hit country. The text of the “preliminary draft constitution” has not been made public and arrived two months after it was [...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian factions have agreed on most points on an Algerian document for inter-Palestinian reconciliation, a Palestinian representative said on Wednesday. “Factions have agreed on core issues as the umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO),” Mustafa Barghouti, Secretary-General of the Palestinian National ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Iraqi Parliament is set to hold a session on Thursday to elect the country’s new president, Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi has announced in a statement. The statement said that Thursday’s session will have a “single item on the agenda — the election of the President of the Republic.” The move comes as […]...
N’Djamena, Chad (AFP): Chad’s ruler Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has said that a “government of national union” would be created in the coming days to steer the course toward new elections following a forum on the country’s future. The government “will put its heart and soul into ensuring that the will of the Ch...
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AA) – A global human rights watchdog has accused Bangladeshi authorities of launching crackdowns on opposition political parties. In a statement, Human Rights Watch said: “Opposition groups are reporting an escalation of repression by Bangladesh authorities and attacks by the ruling party (Awami League) supporter...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Monday dissolved the parliament, setting the country on the path to early elections. The general elections to the 222-seat 15th parliament must be held within 60 days from now. Yaakob announced the dissolution of the parliament in a special address, saying that the change of [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, is set to visit Russia on Tuesday for talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, according to the state news agency WAM. Bin Zayed will be the first Arab leader to visit Russia since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) -Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, has been named the nation’s transition president and will govern for a non-renewable two years transition period until elections. The announcement was made at the conclusion of a National Sovereign Inclusive Dialogue which was launched Aug. 20. At a ceremony in the capital,...
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AA) – Kyrgyzstan canceled the military drill of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the country’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday. Kyrgyzstan decided to call off the “Indestructible Brotherhood-2022” military drill of the CSTO military alliance that was scheduled to be held on its territory from...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Two Bangladeshi citizens were shot dead Sunday allegedly by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in two separate incidents along the border, officials said. The men were shot dead in the southwestern Satkhira and western Chuadanga border districts of Bangladesh when they were allegedly trying to cross the border ille...
