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Military seizes power in Madagascar as president impeached
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - An elite military unit that backed youth-led anti-government street protests said on Tuesday it had taken power in Madagascar after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina.
Madagascar army unit claims control, president says power-grab underway
AFP, Published on 12/10/2025
» ANTANANARIVO - A mutinied army unit declared Sunday that it was taking control of all Madagascar military forces as President Andry Rajoelina said an "attempt to seize power illegally" was under way.
Former red shirts sentenced to jail over 2010 protests
Published on 07/10/2025
» The Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced 11 former red-shirt protesters to jail over their role in the 2010 anti-government demonstrations in Bangkok that culminated in an army crackdown that left scores of people dead.
Georgia PM announces sweeping crackdown on opposition after 'foiled coup'
AFP, Published on 05/10/2025
» TBILISI - Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze vowed opposition arrests Sunday after the ruling party won local elections and police used force against protesters who tried to enter the presidential palace.
Rival rallies in Madagascar follow deadly Gen Z protests
AFP, Published on 04/10/2025
» ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - Backers and foes of Madagascar’s cornered government staged rival rallies in the capital Antananarivo on Saturday following days of fatal youth-led protests that the president has termed a coup bid.
Madagascar police fire tear gas at protest over power, water cuts
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» ANTANANARIVO - Madagascar police fired tear gas and rubber bullets Thursday as protests in the capital Antananarivo over repeated water and electricity outages spiralled into chaos with looting and arson.
Thaksin chapter closes, another opens
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 19/09/2025
» In yet another dramatic twist in Thai politics, erstwhile anti-establishment political juggernaut and former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra accepted a one-year jail sentence and began serving his time behind bars on Sept 9. After his return from a 15-year self-imposed exile in August 2023 and a concomitant royal pardon that reduced his eight-year imprisonment on corruption convictions to just one year, Thaksin cited his gravely ill health and spent the time comfortably at the Police General Hospital before being released on parole. The Supreme Court's ruling that his get-out-of-jail health card was invalid means Thaksin's renewed imprisonment and its aftermath are likely to reshape and realign Thailand's political landscape ahead of the next election, due by mid-2027.
Written in blood
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 21/07/2025
» In 2015, Joe Freeman and Aung Naing Soe noticed the prominent status of poetry in Myanmar politics. At the time, both journalists heard that Maung Saungkha, a 23-year-old poet, posted a poem about having a tattoo of an unnamed president on his penis on Facebook. Saungkha, however, was charged for defaming former president Thein Sein under telecommunication law, serving a six-month jail term.
Calls for a new PM grow
Gary Boyle, Published on 01/07/2025
» Anti-government demonstrators have vowed to ramp up their calls demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, while denying accusations that they want a military coup.