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MADRID — Voters in Spain go to the polls Sunday in an election that could make the country the latest European Union member to swing to the populist right, a shift that would represent a major upheaval after five years under a left-wing government.
Here's what you need to know about the vote.
What is at stake?
Opinion ... | Europe Politics |
IDF finds body of soldier Noa Marciano, who had been held by Hamas ■ Body of 65-year-old Israeli woman hostage found near Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, IDF announces ■ Netanyahu blames Hamas for Israel's 'unsuccessful' efforts to minimize civilian deaths in Gaza ■ Blinken: U.S. to told Netanyahu that Israel cannot reoccupy... | Middle East Politics |
Lebanese residents of border towns come back during a fragile cease-fire
A cautious calm has prevailed over the border area in south Lebanon.
KFAR KILA, Lebanon -- With a cautious calm prevailing over the border area in south Lebanon Saturday, the second day of a four-day cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, villages t... | Middle East Politics |
'We’re not going to be party to Labor breaking an election promise': Coalition refuses to back Labor's proposed tax increase on superannuation earnings
The Coalition says the government's tax increase on super fund earnings is just the first part of billions of dollars in additional taxes Labor is planning to impose.
L... | Australia Politics |
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- Minister: prepare for more drones, more attacks
- Ukraine testing AI systems for drone target detection
- Ukraine aerial drone production up over 100 times in a year
KYIV, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Ukraine will be able to conduct more drone attacks on Russian warships, a Ukrainian minister who has played a key ro... | Europe Politics |
BAMAKO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, three West African Sahel nations ruled by military juntas, signed a security pact on Saturday promising to come to the aid of each other in case of any rebellion or external aggression.
The three countries are struggling to contain Islamic insurgents linked to a... | Africa politics |
At least 50 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a suicide attack in Pakistan, police say.
The blast happened near a mosque in the southwestern province of Balochistan on Friday as people gathered to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.
Officials in Balochistan have declared a state of emergency.... | Asia Politics |
The government of new Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was sworn into office Tuesday by King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
Prime Minister Srettha pledged that this will be “a government for the people” in his inaugural address delivered in Bangkok shortly after he and his 33 cabinet ministers were sworn in. He said he would... | Asia Politics |
Since the Conservatives narrowly won a shock byelection victory by campaigning against a key low-emissions zone known as Ulez in London, there have been seven days of turmoil for climate policy in the UK.
Support for a net zero UK by 2050 is expressed among all ages and types of political voter, according to the pollst... | United Kingdom Politics |
Exit Polls 2023 Live Streaming: How To Watch Results Of Assembly Elections In Rajasthan, MP And Other States?
With Telangana, voting in five poll-bound states will conclude on Thursday and all eyes will be on exit poll results 2023.
Polling is underway to elect 119 members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, with vo... | India Politics |
President Bola Tinubu has conveyed the decisions of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, on recent military intervention in Niger.
The ECOWAS decision is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Godswill Akpiabio and read at plenary on Friday.
Mr Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the Autho... | Africa politics |
BBC Chairman Donated Tens of Thousands of Pounds to Right-Wing Group Funding Criticism of BBC
Richard Sharp has pumped money into a group that funds organisations like the TaxPayers’ Alliance, Eurosceptics and the BBC-bashing News-Watch. Was this known at the time of his appointment?
Sign up for our weekly Behind the H... | United Kingdom Politics |
U.S. forces stationed in Syria were attacked Tuesday, Pentagon officials said Thursday, marking the 74th time since Oct. 17 that troops were targeted in the Middle East.
Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh confirmed the attack during Thursday's Department of Defense briefing.
"There was an attack on Tuesday…that brings... | Middle East Politics |
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- Three attackers killed in Sunday's incident
- Gunbattle prompts international concern over Kovoso
- Police seize weapons, suspects appear in court
PRISTINA/BELGRADE, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The main political party representing Serbs in northern Kosovo declared three days of mourning on Tuesday for people kille... | Europe Politics |
Ukraine’s Marine command in a Friday statement claimed its fighters destroyed hundreds of Russian combat vehicles in battles on the east bank of the Dnipro River, following Kyiv’s first official announcement this Tuesday acknowledging that one month ago its forces had captured a bridgehead there – an important goal in ... | Europe Politics |
Anthony Albanese’s approval rating has dropped five points over the summer as Peter Dutton ramped up what Indigenous leader Noel Pearson calls “a spoiling game” on the voice to parliament.The first Guardian Essential poll for 2023 shows voter approval of the prime minister dipped from 60% in December to 55% in January ... | Australia Politics |
Israel’s Truce And Hostage Deal With Hamas Faces Delays
The four-day halt in military operations in Gaza and freeing of hostages were initially envisaged to begin on Thursday morning.
(Bloomberg) -- Israel and Hamas’s negotiations continued overnight, with Israeli officials signaling that a release of hostages from Gaz... | Middle East Politics |
Jim Chalmers has declared it is “absurd” to think the Albanese government in 2023 will be a photocopy of the Hawke and Keating governments in the wake of a sustained backlash against his new essay championing values-based capitalism.
The treasurer says the overwhelmingly negative reaction to his summer think piece, pub... | Australia Politics |
Eight Buildings Collapse In Kullu, Rains Continue To Lash Himachal Pradesh
The assessment of damage is being done and some other unsafe buildings along the National Highway-305 in Anni have been vacated.
At least eight buildings that had developed cracks and were declared unsafe following recent rains collapsed in Anni... | India Politics |
An informal EU summit in Granada, Spain, was overshadowed by the prime ministers of Hungary and Poland, who opposed the section of a joint declaration that focused on migration.
The formal outcome of Friday's gathering bypassed any reference to migration policy, a glaring omission given the recent developments on the I... | Europe Politics |
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NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — West African nations have given Niger’s coup leaders one week to reinstate ... | Africa politics |
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Supreme Court is set on Tuesday to hear arguments against a bid by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition to curb bench powers, in a historic session that has already inflamed a crisis which has gripped the country for months.
The court's entire 15-judge bench will... | Middle East Politics |
The Wall Street Journal first reported that Chinese and Cuban officials had reached an agreement for the spy base, with Beijing slated to pay several billion dollars for the facility.
CNN has also reported the arrangement, but U.S. officials are denying those reports.
Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder calle... | Latin America Politics |
A Kosovo police officer and three gunmen have been killed after about 30 attackers stormed a village before barricading themselves in a monastery, police say.
Prime Minister Albin Kurti has urged the gunmen in the village of Banjska near the Serbian border to surrender.
He blamed "Serbia-sponsored criminals". Serbia ha... | Europe Politics |
The Malian army said Sunday it was involved in battles with separatist rebels in north of the country.
It comes as Tuareg rebels claimed to have seized another military base from the military.
There has been 'intense fighting' against 'terrorists' in the Bamba area, which separatist rebels claim to have taken control o... | Africa politics |
PH military on high alert after calling Marawi bombing terrorism
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine forces were on high alert on Sunday after a bomb killed four people and wounded several during a Catholic Mass in a university gymnasium in the south of the country, an attack the authorities called Islamist terrorism.
“I ... | Asia Politics |
Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Israeli war in Gaza blocked a U.S. military supply ship leaving the Port of Oakland for hours Friday by locking themselves to the vessel.
The protesters also blocked the entrance to Berth 20 where the container carrier Cape Orlando is moored. Protest groups say the ship is bound... | Middle East Politics |
Today saw all five of Poland’s main political groups hold major events in what media dubbed “Super Saturday”, as campaigning for this autumn’s elections heats up.
The national-conservative ruling United Right (ZP) coalition focused its message on defending Poland’s sovereignty from EU “attacks”. The main opposition par... | Europe Politics |
The joint extraordinary Arab and Islamic Summit held in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on 11 November 2023 concluded its work in the presence of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the League of Arab States... more
His Excellency President Adama Barrow, President of the Republ... | Middle East Politics |
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U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is pictured in Nairobi, Kenya in May. Guterres says Sudan is on the brink of a "full-scale civil war," as fierce clashes between rival generals continued unabated Sunday in the capital, Khartoum.
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U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterr... | Africa politics |
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Israel is doing all it can to get civilians out of harm's way as it battles Hamas in Gaza, including dropping leaflets warning them to flee, but its attempts to minimize casualties were "not successful", Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.
Netanyahu was asked by U.S. telev... | Middle East Politics |
Low-slung buildings, blue huts and somber soldiers dot the border village of Panmunjom inside the DMZ, or demilitarized zone, the swath of land between North and South Korea where a U.S. soldier on a tour crossed into the North under circumstances that remained murky.
The soldier was on a tour of the storied border tow... | Asia Politics |
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An independent United Nations human rights expert says Canada’s temporary foreign worker programs are “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.”
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Tomoya Obokata, the Human Rights Council-appointed special rapporteur, is urging the Canadian governmen... | Human Rights |
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has written a letter to his country’s Senate, asking its members to back a regional military intervention in neighbouring Niger, where a coup toppled the democratically elected government of Mohamed Bazoum last week.
Local daily The Cable reported on Friday that Tinubu requested for “mili... | Africa politics |
Irish political leaders gathered Sunday to mark 100 years since the end of the Irish Civil War.
Head of state Leo Varadkar and his deputy Micheál Martin met in Dublin with relatives of people killed in the war, BBC News reported. The two men laid a wreath at the city’s Garden of Remembrance.
The Irish army was also pre... | Europe Politics |
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his army is ready to stage a much-awaited counteroffensive against Russia, but warned of mass casualties unless Western allies can provide more military aid.
"A large number of soldiers will die" if Kyiv is not provided with the tools needed to defend against Russian missile... | Europe Politics |
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BINDURA, Zimbabwe (AP) — Opposition party supporters in Zimbabwe chanted and sang freedom so... | Africa politics |
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RIYADH: Ministers from Arab and Muslim countries will visit China on Monday on the first leg of a tour that aims to end the war in Gaza, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said.
The tour will be the first step for the Islamic Ministerial Committee to carry out decisions reached at the Arab-Islamic Summit h... | Middle East Politics |
The northern leg of the HS2 line is set to be scrapped, Sky News understands.
Rumours had been circling for weeks that the high-speed rail line between Birmingham and Manchester was going to be axed by the prime minister and chancellor due to soaring costs.
Even the reports - which have been denied by Number 10 - led... | United Kingdom Politics |
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Tuesday in Pyongyang's second show of force this week, officials said, a day after the beginning of U.S.-South Korean military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Sta... | Asia Politics |
"It's the economy, stupid."
It's a well-worn trope that the politicians who look after our wallets are the ones who tend to win.
With interest rates still climbing, inflation still gobbling up spending power and taxes at historically high levels, times are hard for millions.
A winning political party certainly needs sm... | United Kingdom Politics |
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has labelled his surprise trade trip to China "a very successful visit" and downplayed concerns about transparency during the four days of meetings.
Key points:
- Daniel Andrews says his visit was about sending a message that Victoria wants to deepen its relationship with China
- He say... | Australia Politics |
Daw Nant Mai woke up to the deafening sound of explosions as her body bounced into the air. She realized immediately that her village was being bombed.
That thought was followed by physical terror.
“I tried to get up from the bed, but I was trapped under rubble and couldn’t move,” she recalled in horror and shock.
She ... | Asia Politics |
South Korea’s top spy agency believes North Korea sent more than a million artillery shells to Russia since August to help fuel Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, according to a lawmaker who attended a closed-door briefing Wednesday with intelligence officials.
North Korea and Russia have been actively ... | Asia Politics |
Keir Starmer has been urged to intervene in the selection process for a Labour target “red wall” seat, after a leading candidate who had the support of eight trade unions was blocked from standing.
Greg Marshall, a Broxtowe borough councillor for Beeston West in Nottinghamshire, who previously stood as a candidate for ... | United Kingdom Politics |
Four children were among 11 people killed in a devastating Russian rocket attack on a packed pizza restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk.
Ukraine’s state emergency service said at least 56 people were injured, some critically, when two Iskander missiles slammed into the cafe in the city centre on Tuesd... | Europe Politics |
A prominent female rights activist in Afghanistan lambasted the global community Saturday for failing to come up with a plan or agreement on how to help her crisis-ridden country since the Taliban took control of it 18 months ago.
Mahbouba Seraj, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, spoke virtually from the Afghan capital, Kab... | Middle East Politics |
National Police of Ukraine urge evacuations and for electrical appliances to be turned off
Ukraine’s National Police force are asking people in affected villages to evacuate.
The Police said on Telegram a moment ago:
Units of the National Police and the State Emergency Service of the Kherson region were alerted to aler... | Europe Politics |
Actors Idris Elba and Sabrina Dhowre Elba say their parents were driving forces behind their own activism today, which focuses on food security.Idris Elba was inspired by his father's work in the Ford union and the stories he would tell him about it, where he worked for many years."I remember my dad wasn't getting paid... | Global Organizations |
The navies of South Korea, the United States and Japan conducted a trilateral missile defense exercise outside the territorial waters of South Korea and Japan on Wednesday to enhance military interoperability and readiness against escalating threats from North Korea.
The US Indo-Pacific Command’s reference to the inter... | Asia Politics |
ABUJA, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Monday swore in 45 ministers to a new cabinet that must get to grips with tackling the problems of sluggish growth, a weak currency and high inflation in Africa's largest economy.
The country also faces widespread insecurity, including the theft of crude oil b... | Africa politics |
Azerbaijan’s defense ministry said Tuesday it had begun an “anti-terrorist” campaign in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, as Armenian media and local authorities reported heavy bombardment of the regional capital of Stepanakert.
At least five people were killed, including a child, and 80 people were injured, amid a... | Asia Politics |
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Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom discussed his international youth basketball camps during an event on Capitol Hill on Monday, claiming it was a way to inspire younger generations.
Freedom said he started a basketball camp at the Vatican two weeks ago, following a meeting with Pope Francis, which marked the second... | Human Rights |
The UK’s first and only Green MP Caroline Lucas has announced she will not stand as a candidate at the next general election.
Ms Lucas, who has represented the constituency of Brighton Pavilion, confirmed she would stand down as an MP at the next election, which is expected to take place next autumn.
In a letter to her... | United Kingdom Politics |
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s parliament on Wednesday backed a major plan to protect natu... | Europe Politics |
Divisive Wilders stunned by PVV victory, pledges to govern for all Dutch people
Dutch politician Geert Wilders expressed enthusiasm and pride after leading his far-right PVV party to victory in the 2023 General Election. The first exit poll showed that his party will win 35 of the 150 seats in the Tweede Kamer, the low... | Europe Politics |
Maya Regev released from Hamas captivity, rushed to hospital for surgery
The director of Soroka hospital said Maya is in moderate condition and is expected to make a full recovery
Maya Regev, who was abducted by Hamas from the Nova music festival on October 7, was among the second group of hostages to be released late ... | Middle East Politics |
The people of Leicester have chosen who they want to run the council for the next four years. In 2019, Labour tightened their grip on a city that was already firmly in their control, winning all but one of the 54 seats on the councils.
But, it has been a tumultuous few months for the party as suspensions, defections an... | United Kingdom Politics |
North Korea said it fired four strategic cruise missiles Thursday, continuing its rapid pace of launches, as it blasted the United States and its allies for escalating military tensions.
The four Hwasal-2 cruise missiles flew 2,000 kilometers in about two hours and 50 minutes before hitting a "preset target" in the sea... | Asia Politics |
Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban government have agreed to boost trade and lower tensions along their border amid a surge in attacks on Pakistani security forces, officials said.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, struck the deal ... | Asia Politics |
Ukraine has released what it says is helmet-camera footage from its special forces clearing a Russian position in Bakhmut. Kyiv says it has stopped the enemy and pushed it back, with President Zelenskyy telling his people the Russians are mentally prepared for defeat.
Ukrainian military commanders said on Friday that t... | Europe Politics |
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SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry said Monday it sees the "possibility" of a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid speculation about Kim's possible trip to Russia.
The assessment by defense ministry spokesperson Jeon Ha-kyu ca... | Asia Politics |
Australia closes oldest coal plant, pivots to renewables
Australia's oldest coal-fired power plant was shuttered Friday, as the country—a once-notorious climate straggler—prepares for a seismic shift towards renewable energy.
The Liddell power station, a three-hour drive north of Sydney, was one in a series of aging co... | Australia Politics |
Farm attacks in South Africa surge after EFF sings ‘Kill the Boer’ song Photos: Facebook/WitkruisMonument/Twitter/@JuliusMalema
Farm attacks in South Africa surge after EFF sings ‘Kill the Boer’ song Photos: Facebook/WitkruisMonument/Twitter/@JuliusMalema
There has been a sharp increase in farm attacks since the EFF’s ... | Africa politics |
It was an otherwise ordinary night at the Avalon Club, a bar and sauna popular with the LGBTQ community in Valencia, Venezuela’s third-largest city.
Music was playing, drinks were flowing and guests were enjoying the accommodations, which included a restaurant, smoking room and massage parlour.
But that evening, on Jul... | Latin America Politics |
India Forms Probe Panel On Allegations Of Plot To Kill Sikh Extremist On American Soil
India has constituted a high-level enquiry committee to probe allegations relating to a conspiracy to kill a Sikh extremist on American soil.
India has constituted a high-level enquiry committee to probe allegations relating to a con... | India Politics |
Rescue workers combed through the rubble of damaged buildings in the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, the day after Russian strikes killed at least seven people.
Pokrovsk sits just 50 kilometres from the eastern frontline, where Moscow says it is gaining ground and repelling Ukrainian attacks.
Two missil... | Europe Politics |
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog says its monitors at the Russian-occupied Zaporizh... | Europe Politics |
Senior figures from the moderate and conservative factions of the New South Wales Liberal party have moved to block the state transport minister, David Elliot, from mounting an 11th-hour bid to save his career by running for a spot on the party’s upper house ticket.
Elliott confirmed on Monday that he was seeking to fi... | Australia Politics |
Israel Grinds War South As U.S. Monitors Gaza Civilian Deaths
The stepped-up fighting comes after increased warnings from the US that Israel must curtail civilian deaths in Gaza.
(Bloomberg) -- Israel is pushing military operations further into the southern Gaza Strip, with reports of strikes Monday night hitting the t... | Middle East Politics |
BAMAKO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Mali's military junta on Monday said it would postpone February elections for technical reasons, further pushing back a timeline for a return to democratic rule after two coups.
Mali had been expected to hold the first round of the vote on Feb. 4, 2024, and a second round two weeks later, wh... | Africa politics |
Armenia says 1,050 people have crossed into the country from Nagorno-Karabakh, days after the majority ethnic Armenian enclave was seized by Azerbaijan.
They entered after the government in Yerevan announced plans to move those made homeless by the fighting.
Azerbaijan retook the area inhabited by some 120,000 ethnic A... | Europe Politics |
Israel says it will allow two fuel trucks a day to enter the Gaza Strip, after pressure to do so from the US.
A US State Department official says around 140,000 litres of fuel will be allowed in every two days.
Most of that is intended for trucks delivering aid, as well as supporting the UN in providing water and sanit... | Middle East Politics |
Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani has declared himself the new leader of Niger after a dramatic coup.
Also known as Omar Tchiani, he staged a takeover which started on Wednesday when the presidential guards unit he led seized the country's leader.
Deposed President Mohamed Bazoum was the first elected leader to succeed another ... | Africa politics |
The performing arts industry in France was in a state of shock on Thursday, September 14, as the crisis between France and Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso took its toll on an artistic territory that could have done with more support instead. "On instructions from the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs," all subsidiz... | Europe Politics |
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces have ramped up attacks in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to g... | Europe Politics |
TOKYO -- The lower house of Parliament approved Tuesday a budget for the coming fiscal year that includes a record 6.8 trillion yen ($50 billion) in defense spending, part of Japan's effort to fortify its military as China’s influence in the region grows.
The 2023 defense budget, up 20% from a year earlier, includes 21... | Asia Politics |
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for steps to be taken against an official in her party who threatened to physically assault Peter Haas, the U.S. ambassador to Bangladesh.
The official justified his words by claiming that Haas was working in the interest of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party,... | Asia Politics |
MPs demand inquiry into disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal that led to Taliban return to power: Tobias Ellwood calls scuttle 'dark chapter' as report warns country is turning into terrorist safe haven again
- UK and US forces ended a bloody 20-year campaign in the country in 2021
- It almost immediately allowed the Tali... | United Kingdom Politics |
Here are the five things we can do to legislate against Australia's weasel-wording politicians and their constant blame shifting
Whether it's Labor's recent surprise on super, or the confusion that surrounded shared powers during the pandemic, our political leaders are continually failing to speak truth to their people... | Australia Politics |
Poland’s prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has announced that he would be willing to step aside and serve in a government led by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz of the opposition Polish People’s Party (PSL) if it allowed the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party to remain in power.
However, Kosiniak-Kamysz and his centre-righ... | Europe Politics |
Northern Ireland was created to secure an in-built Protestant and unionist majority. When, in the early 1930s, the Ulster Unionist MP Basil Brooke told his constituents not to employ Catholics, Northern Ireland’s prime minister, James Craig, commented: “I would not ask him to withdraw one word he said.”
How times chang... | United Kingdom Politics |
The "scandal" of MPs' earnings from second jobs and donations exposed by Sky News' Westminster Accounts project "needs to end" through "root-and-branch" reform, the SNP has said.The party's Westminster leader Stephen Flynn told Sky News' deputy political editor Sam Coates that the findings of the investigation should "... | United Kingdom Politics |
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Two people were fatally shot on a fifth day of violent protests in the South African city of Cape Town on Monday sparked by a dispute last week between minibus taxi drivers and authorities.
A person was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting near the Cape Town International Airpor... | Africa politics |
Delhi Environment Minister Seeks Suspension Of Officer Who Halted Smog Tower Project
In the letter to Kejriwal, Rai also sought disciplinary action against the project in-charge, Anwar Ali, whom the minister accused of changing his stance on the smog tower's effectiveness under pressure from Kumar.
Delhi Environment Mi... | India Politics |
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- LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:
- Truce details to be announced by Qatar, Hamas tells Al Jazeera
- Hostages to be swapped for Palestinian prisoners: Hamas official
- Both sides to free women, children: Hamas official
- Talks centred on truce, aid arrangements: Hamas official
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 21 (Reuters) - The chie... | Middle East Politics |
Myanmar’s junta launched airstrikes as resistance groups tried to seize Kawkareik town in Karen State on Friday morning, according to residents.
The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), and other resistance groups attacked junta bases in the town before dawn.
A reside... | Asia Politics |
KYIV, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Russia attacked Ukraine's grain ports in the early hours of Wednesday, including an inland port across the Danube River from Romania, sending global food prices soaring as Moscow ramps up its use of force to reimpose a blockade of Ukrainian exports.
Ukraine's defence ministry said a grain silo w... | Europe Politics |
Breakthrough in trade relations between Canberra and Beijing with reports Australian coal is on its way to China
There has been a major breakthrough in trade relations between Australia and China with Beijing's unofficial ban on importing Australian coal set to come to an end.
An unofficial ban on China importing Austr... | Australia Politics |
India has said it is exploring all legal options after a court in Qatar sentenced eight former Indian naval officers to death on unspecified charges.
Reports say the eight men, who worked with a private company in Qatar, were arrested on spying charges last year.
Neither Qatar nor India have revealed the specific charg... | India Politics |
Daniel Andrews defends Anthony Albanese after the PM was criticised for spending more time at the tennis than Alice Springs
Daniel Andrews has said Anthony Albanese "works hard every day" after the Prime Minister copped criticism for spending three nights at the tennis in Melbourne amid the Alice Springs crime crisis.
... | Australia Politics |
Milan — Italy's nationalist government is leading the revolt against European Union plans to tighten vehicle emissions limits, vowing to defend the automotive industry in a country still attached to the combustion engine. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's far-right coalition, which came into office last October, tried an... | Europe Politics |
Taliban take out ‘mastermind’ of bombing that killed 13 U.S. troops in Afghanistan
U.S. officials took no part in the raid, but have since independently confirmed the terrorist’s death.
The terrorist leader responsible for planning the attack on Abbey Gate during the evacuation from Kabul airport that killed 13 America... | Asia Politics |
PARIS, Nov 16 (Reuters) - France on Thursday condemned violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, calling it a "policy of terror" aimed at displacing Palestinians and urging Israeli authorities to protect Palestinians from the violence.
U.N. figures show that daily settler attacks have more than doubled, s... | Middle East Politics |
Israel's health ministry is investigating claims that Ethiopian women are being injected with a controversial contraceptive without their knowledge or consent.
Thousands of Ethiopian women are said to be receiving shots of Depo-Provera every three months in Israeli clinics. The contraceptive stops menstruation and has ... | Middle East Politics |
Years of violent unrest and armed conflict in Ethiopia have resulted in countless abuses in regions across the country, with no end in sight, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.
Laetitia Bader, HRW Director for Horn of Africa wrote that since April 2023, the Ethiopian military and militias known as Fano have cl... | Human Rights |
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian air defenses thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv ear... | Europe Politics |
Akal Takht Disqualifies Priests At Bathinda Gurdwara For Performing Same-Sex Wedding
The Akal Takht has disqualified the priests at a Bathinda gurdwara from performing religious services after they performed a same-sex wedding at the shrine last month.
The Akal Takht has disqualified the priests at a Bathinda gurdwara ... | India Politics |
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