Tashkent, Uzbekistan (AFP): Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has won a third term that will keep him in charge of the gas-rich country until 2030 as international observers said Monday the vote had lacked “genuine” competition. Mirziyoyev, who was running against three largely unknown candidates, won Sunday’s election with ...
Libreville, Gabon (AFP): Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said on Sunday that he would seek a third term as the oil-rich African nation’s head of state. “I officially announce today that I am a candidate,” he told a crowd of supporters in a speech broadcast live on his Facebook page. Bongo, 64, took over from [&helli...
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (AFP): In the streets of Tashkent, there is little doubt as to who will win Sunday’s presidential election in Uzbekistan. The residents who spoke to AFP all said they would cast their ballots for the incumbent, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. “There is nothing new to expect from this vote,” said Rustam Usmonov, a pro...
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – A federal court in Louisiana has barred the Biden administration from communicating or meeting with social media companies. The judge who issued the ruling is Terry A. Doughty, who was appointed by former President Trump. The decision, widely seen as a victory for conservatives, stems from a lawsuit filed by the ...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Relief swept Senegal and its foreign allies on Tuesday after President Macky Sall said he would not seek a contested third term in office, a move that defused fears of further deadly protests. A flood of reaction at home and abroad welcomed the announcement from Sall that after “long consideration” he had [&he...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA): East Libya-based strongman Khalifa Haftar has set an end-of August deadline for forming a committee for the fair distribution of oil revenues. Speaking during a meeting with his officers in the eastern city of Benghazi, Haftar accused the Tripoli-based central bank of “committing financial crimes.” “Reports of ...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Monday ended months of tense uncertainty by saying he would not seek a third term next year, clearing the way for open elections in the West African nation, long considered a bastion of democracy in a troubled region. Sall had until now remained coy about his ambitions, […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said it spotted an anti-aircraft missile launched from Syria toward its territory. Israeli security services said the missile exploded in the air. Meanwhile, the Israeli military radio reported that fragments of missile fell in the southern Israeli city of Comfort. No casualties have yet been reported. A...
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden has called the Supreme Court ruling overturning the student loan waiver misinterpretation of the Constitution. The Supreme Court rejected the student loan debt forgiveness plan by a 6-3 vote. Biden told reporters at the White House that the court’s decision was a mistake. He pledged to continue...
WASHINGTON – A Senate investigation has found that U.S. government agencies failed to respond to a massive intelligence warning of an attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The report, released last week, said the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation either dismissed or downplayed the threats. The repor...
