As the November presidential election looms, both major parties are grappling with concerns over election integrity. Democrats accuse Republicans of restricting polling access and undermining vote certification. Republicans claim Democrats are manipulating ballots and voting machines. Former President Donald Trump, who is facing criminal char...
Algiers, Algeria — AFP Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who assumed Algeria’s presidency during mass pro-democracy protests, is touting his achievements as he seeks another term. Yet, five years after the movement faded, some say real change remains elusive. The Hirak protests, which led to the ousting of longtime autocratic president Abdelaz...
Donald Trump has accused Vice President Kamala Harris of mistreating Mike Pence and Justice Brett Kavanaugh. In a heated interview on Fox News, the Republican presidential candidate criticized Harris’s performance during Kavanaugh’s 2018 Senate confirmation hearings. Trump called her “nasty” and claimed she was unfair. Harris’s campaign rebu...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden has said the Secret Service is prohibiting him from going into crowds as he seeks to bolster Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on the campaign trail. “I’m not able to go out in the crowds anymore. The Secret Service doesn’t let me,” Biden told reporters at the W...
In an exclusive interview with MNTV, Oruç shared his insights into the delicate dance of peacebuilding, the challenges of mediating in conflict zones, and why he believes dialogue and trust are more potent than any arsenal By Iftikhar Gilani ANKARA, Turkiye (MNTV) In a world where peace often seems elusive, Hüseyin Oruç, Vice President of [&he...
Tunis, Tunisia – AFP Tunisia’s electoral authority on Monday announced it had approved three presidential candidates for the October 6 election, including incumbent President Kais Saied, dismissing three other would-be candidates despite court rulings allowing them to run. The three dismissed candidates had last week won appeals at...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris pledged Monday to support union workers. “Kamala believes as I do that unions are the spine of this economy. She will be a historic, pro-union president,” Biden said at his first joint campaign event with Harris in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He said when...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A Bangladeshi court has imposed a travel ban on 17 former ministers and 9 former members of parliament from the ousted Sheikh Hasina government. The officials are accused of irregularities and corruption. The ruling follows the downfall of Sheikh Hasina’s government on August 5, amid a massive student-led uprisin...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s far right party has won a state election for the first time since World War II, preliminary official results show. The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party managed to win 32.8% of the vote in the state of Thuringia, while the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) came in second with 23.6%. The [&hel...
Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP Two women dominated Bangladeshi politics for decades. One was chased into exile. The other is newly free from custody and too sick to rule, but her heir looks set to take power. Autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina, 76, fled the country by helicopter for neighbouring India this month as huge crowds demanding [&hell...
