BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr has called for dissolving Iraq’s Parliament and holding early elections. “There will be no place for old faces anymore through a peaceful, revolutionary and democratic process and [holding] early democratic polls after dissolving the current Parliament,” al-Sadr said in a televis...
ANKARA (AA) – Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to renew a UN-mediated truce for an additional two months, the UN envoy’s office announced late Tuesday. A press statement by UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg hailed the achievement and urged all parties to strive for lasting peace in the war-torn country. “In the com...
LONDON (AA) – Rishi Sunak, one of the main contenders to become the British prime minister, has been criticized over his proposals to strengthen the government’s anti-terror strategy. Sunak’s plans, which include expanding the definition of extremism and vilifying individuals who are critical of the UK foreign policy, has been described by a f...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s main opposition coalition has called for “new constitutional arrangements” to resolve the months-long political crisis in the country. “A full democratic civilian authority must be established to run transition under new transitional arrangements,” the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition said in a statem...
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP): Somalia has appointed the former deputy leader and spokesman for the Al-Shabaab group as religion minister, Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said Tuesday. The announcement marks a sharp reversal of fortune for Muktar Robow, who has spent the last four years under house arrest after a falling-out with ex-president Moham...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – The new Kuwaiti government led by Prime Minister Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad has been sworn in to power. Crown Prince Meshal Al-Sabah received the 12-member Cabinet at the Bayan Palace in the capital Kuwait City at a ceremony attended by top officials. A royal decree was issued by the country’s emir […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has announced his Cabinet members after lengthy discussions. He announced this at a news conference held in the capital Mogadishu. He appointed Mukhtar Robow Ali Abu Mansur — a former al-Shabaab deputy leader who had defected from the group and renounced violence R...
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AA) – All barricades that were erected by Serbs living in Kosovo’s northern region bordering Serbia have been removed, Kosovo’s interior minister has said. Barricades on the roads were removed and the Jarinje and Brnjak border crossings are open for citizens, Xhelal Svecla announced. Masked groups wielding guns &#...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s election authority on Tuesday ruled that former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party received prohibited funding, and issued it a show-cause notice. The unanimous verdict, announced by a three-member bench of the Election Commission of Pakistan, declared that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)...
Dakar, Senegal – (AFP): President Macky Sall’s ruling coalition claimed victory in Senegal’s legislative elections but the opposition rejected the assertion as a “prefabricated majority.” “We won 30 departments” out of the 46 in the west African country and overseas constituencies, Aminata Toure, head ...
