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Jokowi picks cleric as running mate in 2019
Associated Press, Published on 10/08/2018
» JAKARTA: The battle lines for Indonesia's 2019 presidential election were drawn Friday as President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo formally registered as a candidate after choosing a conservative Islamic cleric as his running mate.
New US sanctions on Russia over UK poisonings
Associated Press, Published on 09/08/2018
» WASHINGTON: New sanctions against Russia will be imposed later this month for illegally using a chemical weapon in an attempted assassination of a former spy and his daughter in Britain earlier this year, the United States said.
Opposition silenced, Cambodia's Hun Sen coasts to election win
Associated Press, Published on 30/07/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's ruling party has won Sunday's general election, the chief government spokesman said, a widely expected outcome in an election slammed by rights groups as illegitimate, and which ensures that long-ruling Prime Minister Hun Sen will serve another five year-term.
Cricket star Imran Khan wins in Pakistan
Associated Press, Published on 27/07/2018
» ISLAMABAD: It's official. Pakistan's Election Commission on Friday declared former cricket star Imran Khan's party the winner of Pakistan's historic third consecutive election of a civilian government, but he didn't win an outright majority and must form a coalition.
Bomber kills dozens as Pakistan votes are counted
Associated Press, Published on 26/07/2018
» ISLAMABAD: After an election campaign overshadowed by violence and allegations of fraud, Pakistanis voted Wednesday for a new government that will face challenges of a crumbling economy and ongoing bloodshed by militants whose latest attack saw a suicide bomber kill 31 people outside a polling station.
S.Korean ex-leader sentenced to 8 more years in prison
Associated Press, Published on 20/07/2018
» SEOUL: A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former South Korean President Park Geun-hye to an additional eight years for abusing state funds and violating election laws.
'Good Morning Vietnam' broadcaster dies
Associated Press, Published on 20/07/2018
» NORFOLK, Virginia: Adrian Cronauer, the man whose military radio antics inspired a character played by Robin Williams in the film Good Morning, Vietnam, has died. He was 79.
Trump-Putin summit opens without election talk
Associated Press, Published on 16/07/2018
» HELSINKI: President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have had a "good start" to their high-stakes summit in Finland.
Sharif in custody as 132 die in Pakistan election violence
Associated Press, Published on 14/07/2018
» LAHORE, Pakistan: Disgraced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was in custody on Saturday, a day after the deadliest attacks in Pakistan's troubled election campaign killed more than 130 people, including a candidate.
Ex-S.Korean premier Kim Jong-pil, spy agency founder, dies
Associated Press, Published on 23/06/2018
» SEOUL: Kim Jong-pil, the founder of South Korea's spy agency whose political skills helped him also serve twice as prime minister, first under his dictator boss and later under a man his agency kidnapped, has died. He was 92.