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For over a decade, the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria seemed to have weathered the storm of a brutal civil war with help from powerful allies like Russia and Iran. The 59-year-old Syrian president’s grip on power appeared resolute, despite the chaos around the country. Yet, much like the slogan “Our leader forever” during the […]
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Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: AP Speaking out for the first time since the fall of her government on August 5, Awami League Leader and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday (November 28, 2024) called for the release of an ISKCON leader arrested by the authorities in Bangladesh ‘without […]
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Policemen charge baton to disperse the supporters of Bangladeshi Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das after they surrounded police van carrying their leader at the court premises, in Chattogram in southeastern Bangladesh, on November 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A lawyer was killed on Tuesday (November 26, 2024) during clashes between the security personnel and […]
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Romania’s political landscape was left shocked after pro-Russia populist Calin Georgescu won the first round of the presidential election. The far-right leader knocked the EU-leaning premier out of the race that will be decided in a December run-off. Here are top facts about Romania’s hard-right presidential candidate Ahead of Sunday’s first election round, opinion surveys […]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. The move comes after the ICC prosecutor Karim […]
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Wadani party presidential candidate Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, also known as Irro, speaks during a press conference on November 10, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Somaliland presidential election. | Photo Credit: AFP The opposition leader in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland won last week’s election, the electoral commission said Tuesday (November 19, 2024). Abdirahman Mohamed […]
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Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba casts his vote in the first round of a parliamentary vote to nominate a prime minister following the October 27 general election, during a special session of parliament in Tokyo on November 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Japan’s parliament re-elected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday (November 11, 2024) […]
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Former British-Indian Home Secretary Priti Patel has been chosen by the newly elected Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch as her shadow Foreign Secretary to join her top team on the Opposition benches in the House of Commons. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Former British-Indian Home Secretary Priti Patel has been chosen by the newly elected […]
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Britain’s Member of Parliament Kemi Badenoch, speaks after being elected as the new leader of the opposition Conservative Party, in London, on November 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP “Anti-woke” candidate Kemi Badenoch on Saturday (November 2, 2024) won the vote to become the UK Conservatives’ new leader, replacing Rishi Sunak who quit after the […]
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A handout picture provided by the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on November 2, 2024, shows him waving to the crowd during a meeting with Iranian students in Tehran. Khamenei vowed to respond to attacks on Iran and its allies. | Photo Credit: AFP PHOTO/HO/KHAMENEI.IR Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday (November 2, […]
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