NIAMEY, Niger – A group of soldiers in the West African country of Niger has claimed to have overthrown President Mohamed Bazoum. The soldiers said they had taken control of the country’s borders and imposed a nationwide curfew. They also said they had suspended all institutions of government. Appearing on the local TV Colonel Amad...
NEW DELHI, India – The Hindu nationalist government in India has proposed a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for all citizens, regardless of religious affiliation. Muslims, Sikhs, and others fear that the government could impose Hindu upper-caste beliefs on the entire population in the name of the uniform code Activists say the introduction of a unifo...
WASHINGTON (AA) – U.S. officials will meet Taliban members and “technocratic experts” from key Afghan ministries this week in the Qatari capital of Doha. According to the State Department, topics to be discussed include economic stabilization, fair and dignified treatment of all Afghans, including women and girls, security is...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday spoke with Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, who is currently resisting a coup attempt staged by a military faction, and expressed Washington’s support for democracy in the western African country. “I told him of our support for the democratically elected pres...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA): The Niger Armed Forces chief endorsed the mutineers’ action on Thursday, saying he wanted to avoid a deadly confrontation between forces, which could result in bloodshed and jeopardize the population’s security. “The military command of the Nigerien armed forces has decided to subscribe to the declarati...
ANKARA, Türkiye – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday arranged a meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh. The meeting took place behind closed doors in Ankara. Experts believe that Türkiye’s hosting of the two Palestinian factions is crucial to advancing the reconcilia...
WASHINGTON (AA) – House Speaker McCarthy has said that Republicans will continue to pursue their inquiries against President Biden and may lead to an impeachment. He hinted that he will elevate ongoing investigations into Biden and his family into a formal impeachment inquiry. “We’ve only followed where the information has ta...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan’s parliament on Wednesday approved legislation enhancing the powers of the caretaker prime minister ahead of elections in the South Asian country this year. The legislation, the first of its kind in the country’s 75-year political history, allows the caretaker prime minister to take administrative d...
Niamey, Niger (AFP): Members of Niger’s Presidential Guard have sealed off the residence and offices of President Mohamed Bazoum, a source close to Bazoum said, describing the move as a “fit of temper” by the elite troops and that “talks” were underway. The landlocked West African state which suffered years of col...
ANKARA (AA): Several groups have forcefully opposed the idea of uniform civil code in India, while some experts see it as a political move by the Hindu nationalist government, aimed at mobilizing Hindu voters. “Majoritarian morality must not supersede personal laws, religious freedom, and minority rights in the name of a code which remains an ...
