DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s law minister announced on Tuesday that the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party and its students’ wing would be banned. Anisul Huq told reporters in the capital Dhaka that the government will ban the religio-political party and its students’ wing Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir by using R...
Vote.org has reported a dramatic surge in US voter registrations, with more than 100,000 new voters signing up since President Joe Biden exited the presidential race. The increase, driven largely by young voters, reflects growing mobilization efforts amid heightened Republican attempts to restrict ballot access. The group, which is known for i...
Vice-President Kamala Harris shattered expectations with a remarkable $200 million raised in her first week as presidential candidate for the Democratic party. This impressive haul highlights fervent support for her campaign, which also boasts the recruitment of 170,000 new volunteers. The surge in fundraising and volunteer numbers follows Pre...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stirred controversy by suggesting Christians should vote in November and not worry about future elections. Addressing a Christian rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump assured his supporters, “Just this time… in four years, you won’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re...
Saint Cloud, United States – AFP Donald Trump labeled Vice President Kamala Harris a “crazy liberal,” while she vowed to prevail over his “wild lies” as both laid out presidential campaign attack lines Saturday with just 100 days left until election day. After earlier addressing a bitcoin conference in Tennessee, ...
ANKARA (AA) – Former US President Donald Trump leads Vice President Kamala Harris by 2 points in the latest Wall Street Journal poll conducted after President Joe Biden’s exit from the 2024 presidential race. Trump received 49% support among 1,000 registered voters, while Harris garnered 47%, according to the poll. Published on Fri...
Billionaire Reid Hoffman is facing sharp criticism for urging Vice President Kamala Harris to replace Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan if she wins the presidency. Hoffman is the founder of LinkedIn and a major donor to the Democratic Party. He claims Khan’s aggressive stance on corporate concentration harms businesses and consumers. P...
The White House has distanced itself from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks describing Free Palestine demonstrators as “Iran’s useful idiots.” National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby called the comments “unfortunate” and inaccurate. He emphasized that while Iran has attempted to influence and fund some p...
Algiers, Algeria — AFP Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, accused of leading a crackdown on dissent since mass protests in 2019, is to face two challengers in a September 7 election, organisers have said. Abdelaali Hassani of the moderate party the Movement of Society for Peace and Youssef Aouchiche of the centre-left Socialist For...
Dhaka, Bangladesh — AFP Torn portraits of Bangladesh’s independence hero litter a ransacked state television station — a pointed expression of public fury against his daughter, who just witnessed the worst unrest of her premiership. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed the nation on Bangladesh Television (BTV) last week to ...
