TUNIS, Tunisia (AA): Tunisia’s Ennahda movement has said that it refuses to engage in a “sham” dialogue that deepens the current political crisis in the country. On Thursday May 5, the Tunisian President Kais Saied had pledged to issue a decree soon to hold a national dialogue in Tunisia. “This dialogue is [a new attempt] […]
LONDON (AA): The Scottish National Party (SNP) remains the biggest party in Scotland as all votes have been counted in the local council elections which were held on Thursday May 5. Scottish Conservatives have lost their second place to Labour after losing big ground. The SNP won a total of 454 council seats, consolidating their […]
BEIRUT (AA): Lebanon’s parliamentary elections for expats kicked off on Friday. The voting has opened in 10 countries in the first phase: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan and Iran. The second phase for the voting abroad, scheduled on Sunday, will take place in 48 other countries. Lebanese Foreign Min...
STOCKHOLM (AA): NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that if Sweden applies for membership in the alliance, it will provide protection until it becomes a member. Speaking to Swedish public broadcaster SVT, Stoltenberg discussed Sweden’s possible NATO membership. He said NATO will increase its presence around Sweden’s bor...
TUNIS, Tunisia – Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has warned against the danger of internal fighting among Tunisians as a result of Tunisian President Kais Saied’s measures. In a statement, he said Saied continues to disintegrate “the democratic modern Tunisian State” as he believes that a new world order will ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia will elect its next president on May 15, the presidential election committee announced on Thursday, with two former presidents among more than a dozen candidates expected to contest for the coveted position. The Federal Parliament of Somalia’s 15-member committee responsible for organizing the elec...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Hamza Shehbaz of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) took oath as the new chief minister of Pakistan’s largest province of Punjab on Saturday after a long-drawn legal battle. National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf administered the oath to Hamza as the 21st chief minister of the bellwether...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Thousands of Sudanese demonstrators staged rallies on Saturday to mark the third anniversary of a deadly sit-in dispersal, in which dozens of protesters were killed. More than 60 protesters were killed when security forces violently dispersed a protest camp outside the army headquarters in the capital Khartoum on June 29...
NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – Kazakhstan will hold a referendum to amend 33 provisions of its basic law which constitutes one-third of the country’s constitution, the leader of the Central Asian nation said on Friday. “We will put a resolute barrier against nepotism and paternalism, corruption and compradors,” said Kazakh President Kassy...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Lawmakers in Somalia’s lower house of parliament chose Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur as its new speaker early Thursday after a much anticipated election held inside the heavily protected Aden Adde International Airport in the capital Mogadishu. Over 250 parliamentarians took part in the election following severa...
