White supremacists are a growing national threat, warn the FBI, National Counterterrorism Center, and Department of Homeland Security. Yet, in the wake of last weekend’s deadly Buffalo, New York shooting by a suspected gunman who said he was targeting Blacks, most Republicans in Congress deny there’s a trend. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas told Raw...
ISTANBUL – A member of the Israeli parliament (Knesset) has announced her withdrawal from the ruling coalition government. Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi – an Arab lawmaker from the leftist Meretz Party – said that she will not “support a coalition that is disgracefully harassing the society I come from.” Zoabi cited the governme...
Kfeir, Lebanon – AFP: Firas Hamdan, activist-turned-lawmaker- is one of 13 independent politicians who emerged from a mass anti-government protest movement in 2019, and made it to parliament on a reformist platform in the recent elections. The 35-year-old lawyer and another independent- Elias Jarade- both won seats from allies of the pow...
Beirut – AFP The head of Lebanon’s powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah called Wednesday on parliamentary factions to cooperate, following elections that saw no bloc achieve a majority and the representation of independent lawmakers rise. Nobody “can claim that the majority belongs to this or that group,” said Hassan Nasr...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Two prominent Sudanese opposition leaders were arrested Wednesday in South Sudan’s capital Juba. Sudanese Communist Party Secretary General Mohammed al-Khatib and leading party member Saleh Mahmud were on a political mission to meet with rebels who are non-signatories to the Juba peace agreement, party spokesman Fa...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Head of Libya’s High Council of State, Khalid al-Mishri, on Wednesday called on parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashaga to resign. His call came one day after Bashagha arrived in the capital Tripoli to take control of the government from Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, who has refused to hand over power. [&h...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s parliament-appointed Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha announced late Tuesday that he will base his government in the city of Sirte as of Wednesday. In a statement from Sirte on clashes that erupted between armed groups after he attempted to enter the capital Tripoli, Bashagha said they believe in the democratic...
Tripoli, Libya – AFP Libya’s capital was rocked early Tuesday by gunfights between backers of two rival administrations, threatening another escalation in the war-torn North African country. Supporters of a government endorsed by Libya’s parliament and by an eastern-based military strongman had tried to move into the western ...
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Allies of Lebanese group Hezbollah appear to have suffered losses in Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Lebanon, early results have shown. Unofficial results showed that Hezbollah and its Shiite ally Amal Movement have retained their seats in the 128-seat parliament. Hezbollah ally, the Free Patriotic Movement, however, won ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia – The United Nations and Somalia’s neighbors have congratulated Hassan Sheikh Mohamud- the new president of Somalia- announcing their commitment to work with the new administration. Mohamud has been elected president on Sunday May 15 after he received 214 parliamentary votes, defeating outgoing President Mohamed ...
