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JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate a date for new elections. “I have a proposal for Benjamin Netanyahu: let’s sit down, you and I, the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, and set a date,” Lapid said during a meeting of his […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – The Senegalese Constitutional Council has approved the final list of 20 candidates for the presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25, but two opposition leaders, Ousmane Sonko and Karim Wade, son of former President Abdoulaye Wade, have been excluded. According to the final list released late Saturday, which left out th...
A closer look at the unprecedented hostilities and the wider implications for regional stability By Iftikhar Gilani Following the tit-for-tat airstrikes on militant groups in the Balochistan-Sistan region, Pakistan and Iran have decided to ease tensions after Pakistan’s caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani held talks with his Ir...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s military government said Thursday it thwarted a “coup attempt” by a network of serving and retired security personnel, and civilians. In a statement, government spokesman Jean-Emmanuel Ouedraogo said that “a coup attempt had been foiled on Jan. 14” and alleged coup plotters were arrested. A network of...
Moroni, Comoros – AFP Comoros security forces responded with tear gas and arrests on Wednesday after groups, angered by the re-election of President Azali Assoumani, tried to block roads in the capital. Debris and burning tyres were scattered in several streets of Moroni and the Indian Ocean archipelago’s largest street market lay ...
Tunis, Tunisia – AFP Hundreds of Tunisians demonstrated on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the country’s 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings, and to demand the release of jailed opposition leaders. They marched down the central thoroughfare of the capital Tunis waving the national flag, commemorating the day wh...
LONDON- (AA) Amid criticism from members of parliament, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended the country’s recent military strikes on targets associated with the Yemeni Houthi group, labeling them as an act of “self-defense” to protect crucial shipping lanes. “The United Kingdom will always stand up for freedom o...
Beijing, China – – AFP China has congratulated Bangladesh’s ruling party for its victory in Sunday’s elections, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina secured a fifth term in a vote marked by an opposition boycott and mass arrests. “China congratulates Bangladesh on successfully holding its national election as schedu...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A recent poll has revealed that 65% of Israelis are dissatisfied with the performance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vis-à-vis the war on Gaza. The survey conducted by the Israeli Kantar Institute included 756 people and showed that 63% expressed satisfaction with the performance of Defense Minister Yuval Gantz in the co...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In a big relief for some politicians in Pakistan, the top court of the South Asian nation on Monday ended lifetime disqualification of lawmakers. The Supreme Court of Pakistan, however, ruled that convicted parliamentarians can be barred from holding public office for five years. The judgement comes as a big relief for [&hellip...
