MOSCOW (AA) – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev easily cruised to victory in this week’s early presidential election, winning 92.1% of the vote with all the ballots counted, the country’s Central Election Commission officially announced on Friday. The Wednesday vote was historic, as it marked the first time it was held on the enti...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least 25 people were killed and dozens of others injured in two separate “terrorist attacks” in Pakistan on Wednesday ahead of a high-stake national vote, officials said. The first blast, the latest in a string of poll-related violence, took place in the Pishin district of southwestern Balochistan province onl...
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...
Dhaka, Bangladesh — AFP Bangladesh votes Sunday in an election guaranteed to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina her fifth term in office, after a boycott by opposition parties whose ranks have been decimated by mass arrests. Hasina’s ruling Awami League has presided over exceptional growth in a country once beset by grinding poverty...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Hundreds of lawyers in Bangladesh have boycotted courts as part of the “non-cooperation movement” called by the opposition parties. Bangladesh will hold the 12th parliamentary elections on January 7. The opposition parties led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) announced boycotting the Sunday electio...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied late Thursday announced country-wide local, and regional elections on December 24. According to a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette, a second round of local elections will be held after the announcement of the results of the first round. Analysts believe that local and reg...
