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Published on 25/02/2024
» Members of Cambodia's lower house and local councillors voted on Sunday to elect senators, with former Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is running from the ruling party of his eldest son's government, seen to win a seat and get the top post at the upper house.
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» CRAIGAVON, Northern Ireland - A lengthy boycott of devolved government in Northern Ireland will stretch into 2024 after talks to end the impasse stalled Tuesday, with frustration mounting over political dysfunction and crumbling public services.
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» ISTANBUL - Turkey on Wednesday launched fresh strikes against Kurdish targets in Iraq and warned of more intense cross-border air raids after concluding that militants who staged a weekend attack in Ankara came from Syria.
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - A far-right lawmaker launched a bid on Monday to oust US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his post, triggering the most serious showdown yet within the Republican party as it battles to contain firebrand supporters of ex-president Donald Trump.
AFP, Published on 20/09/2023
» KIGALI - Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said for the first time that he plans to run for a fourth term in elections due to be held next year.
AFP, Published on 10/09/2023
» MOSCOW: There is little suspense over the results of Russian local elections ending Sunday, with no real opposition and ballots in occupied regions denounced as "fake" by Kyiv and the West.
AFP, Published on 12/08/2023
» WARSAW - Poland's populist, nationalist government is increasingly taking an anti-German, anti-European Union stance in the run-up to the October 15 legislative elections in the hope of mobilising its most loyal followers, analysts say.
Kyodo News, Published on 31/07/2023
» Myanmar's ruling military is expected to extend its state of emergency, due to expire Tuesday, according to local media reports, amid prolonged conflict with those who call for democracy after a February 2021 coup that ousted the country's civilian government.
AFP, Published on 06/07/2023
» VERSAILLES, France: A French policeman who sparked riots last week after killing a teenager has denied threatening to shoot the boy in the head before opening fire, legal documents seen by AFP showed on Thursday.
AFP, Published on 24/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - Republican Ron DeSantis is to announce his hotly-anticipated challenge to Donald Trump for the party's 2024 White House nomination on Wednesday, touting his ultra-conservative record as governor of Florida as a blueprint for the nation.