India publishes election donation data after court order
The BJP had received slightly less than 48 percent of all election bonds cashed by parties up to March 2023,...
Polls for Iraq Kurd parliament postponed to June
Iraqi Kurds announced that polls to elect a new parliament in the autonomous region would be held in June, after...
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Tunisia launches national consultation to make new constitution
Eligible topics include electoral, economic, financial, social, developmental, health, education and cultural affairs.
- The move is part of a reform package pushed by President Kais Saied
- The exercise calls on citizens to send in suggestions and will last until March 20
Iraqi minister sacks local police chief after deadly operation
The operation took place Thursday when rapid intervention units and intelligence forces sought to storm a house in the village...
- The operation took place Thursday when rapid intervention units and intelligence forces sought to storm a house in the village of Al-Rashayed in the central Iraqi province
- In a brief initial statement, security forces said they had "pursued two individuals accused of terrorism" who "opened fire indiscriminately" once surrounded
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Tunisia in ‘uncertainty’ as president pushes new constitution
Tunisian President Kais Saied is preparing to ask the public for their thoughts on a new constitution.
- President Kais Saied sacked the government, suspended parliament, and seized wide-ranging powers on July 25
- The former law professor has long called for an overhaul of the country's post-revolution political system
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Libya PM back in position after election postponed
The election, set for December 24, was meant to be the culmination of UN-led efforts to drag Libya out of...
- Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah chaired a cabinet meeting on Thursday, marking his return to the post
- This happened despite concerns that postponing of the country's presidential election could jeopardize his position
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Saudi king asks Iran to end ‘negative behavior’ in the region
King Salman said, ‘We hope (Iran) changes its policy and negative behavior in the region, and it heads towards dialogue...
- Saudi Arabia and Iran have had bitter ties for decades, taking opposing sides in a range of regional conflicts
- This includes Yemen, where Saudi Arabia leads a military coalition against Iran-backed Huthi rebels
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Residents in frustration and unease over Libya poll delay
The poll was meant to take place just over a year after a landmark east-west ceasefire. The delay will be...
- Libya’s electoral board has suggested pushing the vote back by a month to January 24
- However, given political animosity between different stakeholders, agreeing a new date may not be easy
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Arab League chief urges cooperation to achieve successful Libya elections
Aboul Ghaith pointed to the dangerous juncture that Libya is going through, and said that everyone should join hands and...
- In a statement, Aboul Gheit urged the concerned parties to adopt dialogue as the only means to resolve the dispute
- Gheit stressed on the importance of a national consensus on the legal and procedural rules for the elections
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UN chief criticizes Lebanon leaders during his visit
Lebanon is in the throes of an economic meltdown that has been called by the World Bank as among the...
- The UN stands in solidarity with the people of Lebanon, Guterres said at a press conference with Lebanese President Michel Aoun
- However, he added that Lebanese political leaders ‘do not have the right to be divided and paralyze the country’
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Saudi exempts Iran Yemen envoy from air blockade for Covid treatment
Iran's ambassador flew out of the rebel-held Yemeni capital to receive Covid treatment Saturday in a rare exemption from an...
- The Irani envoy flew out of the rebel-held Yemeni capital to receive Covid treatment.
- Oman has frequently mediated with the rebels and remained neutral in Yemen conflict.
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Pentagon documents reveal ‘deeply flawed’ US air war in Middle East
Poor or inadequate surveillance footage often contributed to deadly targeting failures.
- The NYT obtained the Pentagon documents for its report through Freedom of Information requests beginning in March 2017
- The documents were also sourced from lawsuits filed against the Defense Department and the Central Command
India publishes election donation data after court order
The BJP had received slightly less than 48 percent of all election bonds cashed by parties up to March 2023,...
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Nearly 14m children in Sudan need aid, says UNICEF
NEW YORK, US - Two senior UN humanitarian officials have called for more funding and fewer bureaucratic impediments to support...
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Migrants suffer between life and death in Tunisia-Libya desert
In the midday heat, a Libyan patrol near the border with Tunisia comes across a black African man collapsed on...
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Quran set alight at protest outside Sweden parliament
Two men set the Quran alight outside parliament in Stockholm at a protest similar to previous ones that have sparked...
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Dutch museum exhibit on Egypt causes anger in North African country
LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS - In a Dutch museum the sound of hip-hop blares out next to sarcophagi and statues, in what curators...
- Egypt's antiquities service said the museum is "falsifying history" with its "Afrocentric" approach, which seeks to appropriate Egyptian culture.
- The museum said there had been a "commotion about this exhibition, because it shows Egyptian culture through the eyes of artists with African roots."
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Both sides in Sudan must be made accountable, says UN official
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - Sudan's warring sides must face "accountability" for the "crimes" committed in their conflict, which risks spiraling into a...
- The fighting, which began in mid-April, risks morphing into a tribalized and ideologized conflict, head of UN mission in Sudan said.
- Around 3,000 people have been killed, and the UN has warned of possible crimes against humanity in the western region of Darfur.
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Syria cancels BBC’s accreditation over ‘misleading reports’
In a rare move against an international media organization, the Syrian government has cancelled the BBC's accreditation over what it...
- The information ministry said that accreditation of the BBC Radio correspondent in Syria was also revoked
- In a terse statement BBC responded that its Arabic news provides impartial independent journalism