Election pits 75-year-old president Emmerson Mnangagwa against 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa Polls have opened in Zimbabwe’s first election since the removal of former president Robert Mugabe, a watershed vote that will determine the former British colony’s future for decades. The election pits 75-year-old president Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time Mugabe ally, against ... Read More »
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) said on Monday it had won all 125 parliamentary seats up for grabs in a general election a day earlier that critics said was neither free nor fair. “The CPP won 77.5 percent of the votes and won all the parliamentary ... Read More »
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will meet his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Monday to discuss cooperation between the two countries on his first major overseas trip since he replaced Boris Johnson earlier this month. Hunt and Wang Yi, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, are expected to discuss free trade, ... Read More »
The 17-year-old was greeted with banners, cheers and Palestinian flags upon her arrival home A teenage Palestinian protester has been released from an Israeli prison after serving her eight-month sentence. Ahed Tamimi, a 17-year-old who was jailed for slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers, was greeted with banners, cheers and Palestinian ... Read More »
‘We have always said, always, that the door would remain open,’ says European affairs minister Nathalie Loiseau Britain could still cancel Brexit and stay in the European Union on the same terms it currently enjoys, the French government has said. Nathalie Loiseau, the country’s European affairs minister, said on Thursday ... Read More »
Decision from major group representing diplomatic voice of 80 per cent of the world’s population comes at a time of heightened tensions in the region A United Nations bloc of developing countries has elected the observer state of Palestine as its next leader in a symbolic snub to the US ... Read More »
Since campaigning began, around 200 people – four of them candidates – have lost their lives in terrorist attacks Pakistan will make history on Wednesday when the country goes to the polls to elect a new government, the first time it will ever have achieved a second democratic transition of ... Read More »
DEVASTATING wildfires have been targeting Greece’s capital Athens and its surrounding cities, leaving at least 74 people dead and forcing hundreds of residents and tourists to flee for their lives. Greece has declared a state of emergency after at least 74 people died attempting to escape the wildfires raging in ... Read More »
The Syrian government Monday condemned the evacuation of hundreds of Syrian White Helmet rescue workers, calling it a “criminal operation” undertaken by “Israel and its tools”. The rescue workers and their families crossed out of Syria into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights before arriving in Jordan over the weekend. Israel said ... Read More »
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said on Monday that holding early elections would create instability in the country, after almost 300 people were killed in weeks of clashes stemming from a government clampdown on protests. Nicaragua’s main business lobby and other groups have urged Ortega to bring forward the country’s next ... Read More »
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