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Trump wins White House in stunning comeback

The polarizing Republican's win, following one of the most hostile campaigns in modern US history, was all the more remarkable...
  • As supporters chanted "USA!", the 78-year-old added that his "magnificent" win would "allow us to make America great again
  • World leaders swiftly pledged to work with Trump, led by Israel and Ukraine where the course of raging conflicts could depend on the new presiden

Oil-rich Iraqi Kurdistan votes, shadowed by economic struggles

The KDP is the largest party in the outgoing parliament, with 45 seats against 21 for the PUK. The KDP's...
  • Iraqi Kurdistan presents itself as a relative oasis of stability in the turbulent Middle East, attracting foreign investors due to its close ties with the United States and Europe
  • However, activists and opposition figures contend that the region, autonomous since 1991, faces the same issues affecting Iraq as a whole: corruption, repression, and cronyism

Saied re-elected Tunisia president with 90.7% of the vote

Tunis, Tunisia - Kais Saied has been re-elected president of Tunisia with 90.69 percent of votes cast, electoral authority ISIE said...
  • Three years after Saied made a sweeping power grab, rights groups fear his re-election will entrench his grip on the only democracy to emerge from the 2011 protests
  • His imprisoned rival Ayachi Zammel received just 7.3 percent, and third candidate Zouhair Maghzaoui only 1.9 percent, ISIE head Farouk Bouasker said on national television

Trump launches into ‘dark speech’ on illegal immigration

Anti-immigrant sentiment has been at the core of Trump's appeal in economically depressed, majority-white parts of the country ever since...
  • Trump was seeking to strike back at Harris after she visited the US-Mexico border on Friday and vowed to do more to control asylum claims
  • The issue is one of the Democratic vice president’s weakest in polling, as she runs neck-and-neck against Trump in the November 5 election

Algeria’s Tebboune re-elected president for second term

That year, Tebboune became president after widely boycotted elections and mass pro-democracy protests from 2019 that died out under his...
  • More than 5.3 million people voted for Tebboune, accounting for "94.65 percent of the vote", ANIE head Mohamed Charfi told reporters
  • Tebboune, 78, was heavily favoured to secure a five-year second term in the race against moderate Islamist Abdelaali Hassani, 57, who took 3.17 percent of the vote

Unnerved and exposed, Trump struggles to regain campaign mojo

Washington, United States - Donald Trump has never lacked for self-confidence, but his presidential campaign has been sent into a tailspin...
  • President Biden's exit has been particularly impactful, removing a rival whose 81 years, faltering speech and physical frailties had largely shielded Trump from scrutiny
  • Now it is Trump, 78, who is the oldest presidential nominee in history, and the point of comparison is a 59-year-old former prosecutor who has come out fast and swinging

Arab-American mayor warns Biden has not ‘earned my vote’

Hammoud sidesteps the question of whether he could ultimately endorse Biden under the right circumstances, emphasizing that whatever he might...
  • Hammoud's profile surged in January after he declined an invitation to meet with Biden campaign officials seeking to shore up the Muslim vote
  • The son of Lebanese immigrants, Hammoud grew up in a "working poor" blue collar family and his father drove truck while his mother's father worked on an auto factory assembly line

Erdogan visits opposition party headquarters first time in 18 years

Istanbul, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the opposition CHP party headquarters on Tuesday, the first time in 18...
  • The one-and-a-half-hour meeting between Erdogan and CHP leader Ozgur Ozel in the capital Ankara comes more than a month after their first encounter in May
  • Erdogan has signalled "softening" in politics after the March vote observers called his worst defeat since his Islamic-rooted AKP party took power in 2002

Tunisian Jewish pilgrimage sees low turnout amid security fears

Djerba, Tunisia - Only a dozen pilgrims turned up Friday at this year's Jewish pilgrimage on Tunisia's island of Djerba...
  • The pilgrimage to the Ghriba synagogue, Africa's oldest, usually draws thousands of pilgrims from Europe, Israel and beyond, attracting international and local tourists as well
  • But on the first day of the pilgrimage event this year, only about a dozen worshippers were present - almost none of them foreigners

Modi’s struggling rivals to vote as India election resumes

New Delhi, India - India's six-week election resumes Saturday, with top rivals of Prime Minister Narendra Modi due to vote in...
  • Modi, 73, remains roundly popular after a decade in office and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is widely expected to win a third term next month
  • His prospects have been further bolstered by several criminal investigations into his opponents, sparking concerns from UN rights chief Volker Turk

Trump and Epstein: What was the relationship between the two like?

Washington, United States - Donald Trump's past ties with Jeffrey Epstein are under scrutiny after the US president slammed a...

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Tunisia’s president announces constitutional referendum

Kais Saied presented a roadmap for restoring democratic institutions, and announced a nationwide public consultation from January 1 until March...

Saied re-elected Tunisia president with 90.7% of the vote

Tunis, Tunisia - Kais Saied has been re-elected president of Tunisia with 90.69 percent of votes cast, electoral authority ISIE said...

Trump launches into ‘dark speech’ on illegal immigration

Anti-immigrant sentiment has been at the core of Trump's appeal in economically depressed, majority-white parts of the country ever since...

Algeria’s Tebboune re-elected president for second term

That year, Tebboune became president after widely boycotted elections and mass pro-democracy protests from 2019 that died out under his...

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Arab-American mayor warns Biden has not ‘earned my vote’

Hammoud sidesteps the question of whether he could ultimately endorse Biden under the right circumstances, emphasizing that whatever he might...
  • Hammoud's profile surged in January after he declined an invitation to meet with Biden campaign officials seeking to shore up the Muslim vote
  • The son of Lebanese immigrants, Hammoud grew up in a "working poor" blue collar family and his father drove truck while his mother's father worked on an auto factory assembly line

Erdogan visits opposition party headquarters first time in 18 years

Istanbul, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the opposition CHP party headquarters on Tuesday, the first time in 18...
  • The one-and-a-half-hour meeting between Erdogan and CHP leader Ozgur Ozel in the capital Ankara comes more than a month after their first encounter in May
  • Erdogan has signalled "softening" in politics after the March vote observers called his worst defeat since his Islamic-rooted AKP party took power in 2002

Tunisian Jewish pilgrimage sees low turnout amid security fears

Djerba, Tunisia - Only a dozen pilgrims turned up Friday at this year's Jewish pilgrimage on Tunisia's island of Djerba...
  • The pilgrimage to the Ghriba synagogue, Africa's oldest, usually draws thousands of pilgrims from Europe, Israel and beyond, attracting international and local tourists as well
  • But on the first day of the pilgrimage event this year, only about a dozen worshippers were present - almost none of them foreigners