Malé, Maldives – – AFP President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives has vowed to expel Indian troops deployed in the strategically located archipelago, in his first speech to the nation after being sworn into power. Muizzu, 45, did not name India — but promised he would deliver on his election promises, key among them a […...
London, United Kingdom – AFP Labour leader Keir Starmer was hit by a string of resignations from his frontbench in the House of Commons on Wednesday night, after facing a rebellion from his MPs over his refusal to back a ceasefire in Gaza. The vote calling for the ceasefire was defeated by 293 votes to […]
Malé, Maldives – AFP The Maldives’s incoming president Mohamed Muizzu has vowed to expel Indian troops after taking office later this week, but told AFP he does not want to redraw regional balance by bringing in Chinese forces instead. “Maldives is too small to be entangled in geopolitical rivalry,” the president-elect ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden has “ignored our people” during the ongoing Gaza crisis and “we’re going to ignore him” in next year’s presidential election, the head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has said. “We told him directly, in our personal capacities, that if you do not call for an immediate […]...
HOUSTON, United States (AA) – Results of a recent poll show that Arab American support for Joe Biden has plunged to an all-time low, with the Democratic Party absorbing the brunt of the blow due to the community’s negative sentiment toward the US president over his support for Israel’s ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip. […]
Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP Bangladesh’s main opposition leader was detained for questioning on Sunday morning, as clashes continued for a second day between police and protesters against the prime minister ahead of upcoming elections. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman said the leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist P...
Abuja, Nigeria — AFP Nigeria’s Supreme Court has rejected the opposition’s challenges to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s election victory, validating his mandate after the final legal appeal. A seven-judge panel ruled as without merit the opposition appeals over claims of fraud, electoral law violations and Tinubu’s...
GENEVA (AA) – The recognition of the Palestinian state is among Spain’s far-left Sumar party’s demands to form a government with the Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), the party’s spokesperson said on Monday. Ernest Urtasun told a press conference that Sumar believes that there is room to close a government agreement with ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan’s three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday returned to his country after nearly four years in self-exile. His special chartered plane landed in the capital Islamabad as he was accompanied by party leaders and a group of journalists. Ahead of Sharif’s arrival, several streets in cities across Pak...
–Rwanda (AA) – The military administration in Niger has claimed to have foiled an attempt by deposed President Mohamed Bazoum to flee the country this week. Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane, the government spokesperson, said Bazoum tried to escape in the wee hours of Thursday together with his family, two cooks, and two security personnel. “Th...
