Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Some 300 protesters rallied in Tunis on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of President Kais Saied’s grabbing of sweeping powers and demand the release of some 20 detained popular leaders of the opposition. The Tunisian opposition is dominated by the popular progressive Islamic movement, the Ennahda Party —...
BAGHDAD (AA): Iraqi independent candidates and new parties have little chance to win the local elections scheduled for the end of the year, according to political experts. The Iraqi High Election Commission has announced that 270 political parties and blocs will participate in the local elections slated for December. Provincial councils to be ...
ANKARA (AA): The Israeli Knesset (parliament) has approved a controversial bill as part of the government’s judicial overhaul plan. The Knesset’s TV channel showed a passage in the second and third reading of a bill to limit the “reasonableness standard,” which the opposition says will curtail the powers of the Supreme Court. The contentious j...
JERUSALEM (AA): The Israeli police arrested 19 protesters in West Jerusalem during protests against the controversial judicial reform bills. Protests were staged around the Knesset (parliament) building in West Jerusalem during voting on the “Limiting Reasonability” bill. It is widely believed by the public that these reforms will ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) — The Taliban have rejected a claim by Iran’s foreign minister that leaders of the ISIS terrorist group have crossed into Afghanistan. Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesman for the Taliban Foreign Ministry, called on Iran to provide intelligence to substantiate the claim. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian ...
Pechi Awang Leikai, India (AFP): Gender trumped tribe for a group of furious Indian mothers who torched the homes of two men from their own community who were accused of abusing women in a video that sparked outrage. At least 120 people have been killed during months of ethnic conflict between the predominantly Hindu Meitei […]
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bill that would require the Supreme Court to adopt a mandatory code of ethics. The bill requires the Supreme Court to follow stricter rules on disclosure of information. The bill, led by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, passed with votes from all caucuses and no Republican support. The ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday repeated his demand for an inquiry into alleged US involvement to oust him through a no-trust vote last year. In a video statement, Khan claimed that an “independent” inquiry into a cypher sent by the then Pakistani ambassador to the government re...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): A local court in Bangladesh, formed specifically to try “war criminals,” has delivered death sentences to four men for their alleged involvement in “crimes against humanity” during the Bangladesh independence war in 1971. A three-member International Crimes Tribunal convicted the four defendants ...
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the U.S. Capitol as Israeli President Isaac Herzog delivered a speech to Congress on Wednesday. The Israeli-American demonstrators said they wanted to send a message to President Biden that he should stand up for democracy in Israel. They said Biden should not allow Israel to slide int...
